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Mark Hadlow

Actor

From an early role as a teen bully in Children of Fire Mountain, Mark Hadlow, ONZM, has gone on to work beside Billy T James, Peter Jackson, talking hedgehogs and mutant huhu grubs. The veteran actor/comedian is fondly remembered for playing a wide-eyed farmer on hit TV series Willy Nilly; in Jackson’s three-part adaptation of The Hobbit, he was grey-bearded Dori the dwarf.

Mark Hadlow is the best physical comedian I’ve ever seen. Actor Tandi Wright, in an October 2011 interview for NZ On Screen

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Interview

Mark Hadlow: From a teenage bully to a troll and a dwarf…

Interview, 2014

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Darkest Light

2023, As: David King - Film

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Mortal Engines

2018, As: Slave auctioneer - Film

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Blue Moon

2018, As: Horace Jones - Film

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014, As: Dori - Film

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013, As: Dori - Film

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012, As: Dori / Bert (the Troll) - Film

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The Holy Roller

2011, As: Wally - Film

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Huhu Attack!

2011, As: Derek - Short Film

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No Petrol, No Diesel!

2009, As: Martin Bligh - Film

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The Waimate Conspiracy

2006, As: Mr Glue QC - Film

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King Kong

2005, As: Harry (theatre actor) - Film

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Willy Nilly

1998, As: Harry - Short Film

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Bonjour Timothy

1995, As: Rugby Coach - Film

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Billy T James - A Celebration

1995, Subject - Television

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Absent Without Leave

1992, As: Corporal - Film

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Meet the Feebles

1990, As: Various voices - Film

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The Billy T James Show (sitcom) - excerpts

1990, As: Greg - Television

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Just Me and Mario

1989, As: Kevin Stiles - Short Film

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Dixie Chicken - Episode Two

1987, As: Son - Television

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Close to Home - Final Episode

1983, As: Removal Man - Television

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Constance

1983, As: Errol's friend - Film

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Savage Islands

1983, As: German Gun Operator - Film

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Battletruck

1982, As: Orrin - Film

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What Now?

1989, Presenter - Television

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The Scarecrow

1981, As: Sam Finn - Film

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Beyond Reasonable Doubt

1980, As: Bruce Roddick - Film

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Children of Fire Mountain

1979, As: Sid - Television

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Children of Fire Mountain - Tom (First Episode)

1979, As: Sid - Television