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Martyn Sanderson ONZM (24 February 1938 – 14 October 2009) was a New Zealand actor, director, producer, writer and poet. Sanderson was described as one of the founding fathers of modern theatre in New Zealand.
Martyn Sanderson was born on 24 February 1938 in Granity, New Zealand. He was an actor and writer, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree (1989) and The Harp in the South (1987). He was married to Wanjiku Kiare.
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- Granity, New Zealand
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- Otaki, Manawatu, New Zealand
Acclaimed actor Martyn Sanderson has died, aged 71. Sanderson was also a writer and director with a career that spanned more than 40 years. He was still producing theatre when he died.
Martyn Sanderson was a New Zealand actor and writer, best known for his role as a wizard in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. He died in 2009 and was married to Wanjiku Kiare.
- February 24, 1938
- October 14, 2009
Learn about the life and career of Martyn Sanderson, a versatile and influential New Zealand performer and filmmaker. He co-founded Downstage theatre, acted in 26 movies, and directed Flying Fox on a Freedom Tree and Just What the Doctor Ordered.
Oct 14, 2009 · Martyn Sanderson is known as an Actor, Writer, Screenplay, Director, and Producer. Some of his work includes The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Solo, My First Suit, An Angel at My Table, Bad Blood, The Tale of Ruby Rose, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and The Lost Tribe.
Martyn Sanderson burst onto the New Zealand poetry scene with eleven poems in Louis Johnson's 1964 New Zealand Poetry Yearbook, the issue which contained allegedly 'obscene' poems from Baxter and Richard Packer. Two of Sanderson's poems were also embroiled in the obscenity controversy.
