Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott, ONZM has been a fixture on New Zealand television for more than three decades. Award-nominated for his role as the scheming Rex Thorne on 1980s soap Gloss, he would go on to win for tele-movie Until Proven Innocent, and spent four years on Shortland Street. Elliott has also guided viewers through New Zealand's history as host and narrator of shows Explorers, Captain's Log, and Frontier of Dreams.

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There are very few moments in a career that are truly memorable – but the moment in which you are most happy is when you are regarded as an equal by your peers. Peter Elliott

Interview

Peter Elliott: Glossy beginnings and a distinguished career...

Interview, 2009

Bloopers - Shortland Street

2018, As: David Kearney - Television

Shortland Street - Past Memories

2017, Subject - Web

800 Words

2015 - 2018, As: Bill 'Big Mac' McNamara - Television

The Art of the Architect

2014, Presenter - Television

The Art of the Architect - Episode Eight

2014, Presenter - Television

Agent Anna

2014, As: Cameron - Television

The Last Ocean

2012, Narrator - Film

Primeval New Zealand

2012, Presenter - Television

Bliss: The Beginning of Katherine Mansfield

2011, As: Harold Beauchamp - Television

50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity

2010, Subject - Television

From the Archives: Five Decades (1990s)- Peter Elliott

2010, Subject - Television

Until Proven Innocent

2009, As: Murray Gibson - Television

Inside Story: The Wahine Disaster

2008, Narrator - Television

Join Together - The New Zealand Commonwealth Games Story

2006, Narrator - Television

Who Laughs Last?

2006, Actor in play Conjugal Rites, Narrator - Television

Interrogation

2005, As: Detective Senior Sergeant Hamish Boyd - Television

Interrogation - First Episode

2005, As: Detective Senior Sergeant Hamish Boyd - Television

The Mighty Pride

2005, Narrator - Television

A Political Game

2004, Narrator - Television

Explorers

2004, Presenter - Television

Explorers - Barrington

2004, Presenter, Associate Producer, Writer - Television

Spooked

2004, As: Randy Fox - Film

Give It A Whirl

2003, Narrator - Television

Give It A Whirl 1 - Causing a Commotion (First Episode)

2003, Narrator - Television

Give It A Whirl 2 - The Swinging Sixties (Episode Two)

2003, Narrator - Television

Give It A Whirl 3 - The Summer of Love (Episode Three)

2003, Narrator, Narrator - Television

Give It A Whirl 4 - Anarchy in the Air (Episode Four)

2003, Narrator - Television

Give It A Whirl 5 - Finding Our Own Voice (Episode Five)

2003, Narrator - Television

Give It A Whirl 6 - Land of Plenty (Episode Six)

2003, Narrator - Television

Intrepid Journeys - Kenya (Peter Elliott)

2003, Presenter - Television