Marshall Napier

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Marshall Napier
Napier as Draco on The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End'
Born	New Zealand

Marshall James Napier is a New Zealand actor. He is the father of actress Jessica Napier and the uncle of actor James Napier.^[1]

Before becoming an actor, Napier worked variously as an art student, factory worker and truck driver. In 1988, he moved with his wife and two children, Reuben and Jessica, to Australia, to pursue a career in acting, and has worked in theatre, film, and television productions. In his 40's, he began writing plays.

1 Theatre
2 Partial Filmography
- 2.1 Movies
- 2.2 Television Series
3 Activism
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Theatre

A partial list of his theatre credits follows:

He has also written a play, now in production in New York's upper west side, entitled Freak Winds, which he also stars in and directs.^[2]

[edit] Partial Filmography

[edit] Movies

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey - Searle
Came a Hot Friday - Sel Bishop
The Big Steal - Desmond Clark
Babe - Chairman of Judges
Bad Eggs - Doug Gillespie
Goodbye Pork Pie - Traffic officer

[edit] Television Series

Police Rescue - Sgt. Fred 'Frog' Catteau (his daughter, Jessica Napier, played his character's daughter)
Seven Deadly Sins - Brodie
Water Rats - Joe Da Silva
McLeod's Daughters as Harry Ryan/Carl Weatherdon 2001-2006
Farscape - specifically the episode entitled "...Different Destinations" - General Grynes
The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End (television) - Draco
City Homicide as Wilton Sparkes 2007 ^[3]

[edit] Activism

In 2002, he and his daughter, Jessica Napier, won $64000 in the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for the "South Australian Animal Rights Group".