---
name: "David Fane"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-fane"
fi1m_id: "david-fane"
imdb_id: "nm0266713"
tmdb_id: 55937
wikidata_id: "Q5233538"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T16:50:56.297497+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."
---

# David Fane

## Identity

David Fane

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-fane
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-fane
- **IMDb ID:** nm0266713
- **TMDB ID:** 55937
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5233538
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fane, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55937

Actor. Born 28 December 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 December 1966, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Девід Фен, 大衛·法恩
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Adventure 2, Animation 2, Family 2, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,946m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fane, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55937

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Moana 2*](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md) (55), [*Next Goal Wins*](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md) (50)

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

## Biography

David Fane is a New Zealand actor born on 28 December 1966 in Auckland. He trained at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, graduating with a Diploma in Acting in 1992.

Fane is a founding member of the Naked Samoans theatre company and co-wrote and voiced multiple characters in the animated series *Bro'Town* (2004–2009). His film roles include Eric Elisi in *Eagle vs Shark* (2007), Mr. Va'a in *The Tattooist* (2007), Ace in *Next Goal Wins* (2023) and the voice of Kele in *Moana 2* (2024). He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 2023 for services to the performing arts.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Truffler (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Moana 2* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Kele (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Ace — [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Zootopia 2* (2025), as Truffler (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Yesterday Island* (2025), as Lucien
- *Moana 2* (2024), as Kele (voice) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), as Ace — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *Our Flag Means Death* (2022), series, as Fang
- *Paper Champions* (2020), as Kenife
- *Wellington Paranormal* (2018), series, as Raymond St John
- *Gary of the Pacific* (2017), as Dad
- *800 Words* (2015), series, as Smiler
- *Westside* (2015), series, as Ofisa Falani
- *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Olson Siola
- *Sione's 2: Unfinished Business* (2012), as Bolo
- *Love Birds* (2011), as Kanga
- *The Tattooist* (2007), as Mr. Va'a
- *Eagle vs Shark* (2007), as Eric Elisi
- *Sione's Wedding* (2006), as Bolo / Paul
- *Outrageous Fortune* (2005), series, as Falani
- *bro'Town* (2004), series, as Jeff da Māori / Mack McCorkenstein-Taifule (voice) · Creator
- *The Legend of Johnny Lingo* (2003), as Kata
- *Tongan Ninja* (2002), as Herman the Henchman
- *The Strip* (2002), series, as Jack Sione
- *Room Tone* (2000), as Benj

## Gallery

- ![David Fane](https://film.one/media/person/10367/gallery-871db29c8a14.jpg) David Fane — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/David_Fane_ONZM_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Fane (right), after his investiture as ONZM, for services to the performing arts, by the administrator of the government, Dame Helen Winkelmann, at Govern (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/10367/gallery-37ed401cfda9.jpg) David Fane (right), after his investiture as ONZM, for services to the performing arts, by the administrator of the government, Dame Helen Winkelmann, at Govern (2023) — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/David_Fane_ONZM_investiture.jpg/1280px-David_Fane_ONZM_investiture.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2022: Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (won)
- Senior Pacific Artist Award 2016: Senior Pacific Artist Award (won)
- Male Actor of the Year 1998: Male Actor of the Year (won)

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

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