---
name: "Colin McColl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/colin-mccoll"
fi1m_id: "colin-mccoll"
imdb_id: "nm0566099"
tmdb_id: 1683915
wikidata_id: "Q5145352"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T02:13:42.958532+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Colin McColl

## Identity

Colin McColl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/colin-mccoll
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** colin-mccoll
- **IMDb ID:** nm0566099
- **TMDB ID:** 1683915
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5145352
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McColl_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5145352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1683915

Actor. Born 1 January 1949 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1949, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 87 (1), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McColl_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5145352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566099/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1683915

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mārama*](https://film.one/film/marama.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Colin McColl is a New Zealand actor and theatre director. His film acting credits include John Forrest in *An Angel at My Table* (1990) and Doctor McKay in *Bread & Roses* (1993). He is also credited as Dr McCully in the forthcoming film *Mārama* (2025).

McColl has had a substantial career as a theatre director. He co-founded Taki Rua Theatre in 1983 and served as Artistic Director of Downstage Theatre in Wellington from 1984 to 1992. Since 2003 he has been Artistic Director of Auckland Theatre Company. His directing work has been presented at festivals including Edinburgh, and he has directed for the Norwegian and Dutch National Theatres.

He received an Arts Foundation Laureate Award in 2007 and was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 2010 for services to theatre.

*Sources: imdb.com, johnsonlaird.com, thearts.co.nz.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mārama* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/marama.md)
- *An Angel at My Table* (1990), Fi1m 87, as John Forrest — [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mārama* (2026), as Doctor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/marama.md)
- *The Master Builder* (2020), Director
- *The Dig* (1994), as Son-in-law
- *An Angel at My Table* (1990), as John Forrest — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md)
- *Dear Parents* (1973), Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2010: Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (won)
- Best Director Award 2002: Best Director Award (won)
- Best Director Award 2000: Best Director Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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