Acting
Shane Rangi
EN, DE cinema · 20 credits
Born
3 February 1969 (age 57)
Shane Rangi (b. February 3, 1969) is a New Zealand actor, stunt actor, and creature performer from Ngāti Porou. He has been working as a core member of Weta Digital since the mid-2000's, and was the primary performer for its initial Avatar and Iron Man pitch. He is perhaps best known for his various motion capture and creature performances in Andrew Adamson’s award winning The Chronicles of Narnia films and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He has three SAG nominations for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble. Shane has also done work in James Cameron’s The Way Of Water, Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines and in the Australian feature film Pacific Rim: Uprising. He plays the lead role in short film Die Like a Shark for which he won “Best Actor” at the Wairoa Māori Film Festival.
Known for
Filmography
Barbed Wire Canoe
Barbed Wire Canoe
as The Grant Brothers
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Matador Co-Pilot
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Matador Co-Pilot
Flip
as Helmet
Die Like a Shark
as Mark Otene, Producer
Mortal Engines
as Burly Salvageman, Stunts
Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses
as Janet’s Maternal Family
Existence
Stunt Coordinator
Skyrunners
as Alien
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
as Asterius/ Werewolf
The Water Horse
Production Runner, Stunts
King Kong
Stunt Double
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Harad Leader 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Witch-King (uncredited)