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name: "Dean O'Gorman"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 December 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T15:36:31.106884+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."
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# Dean O'Gorman

Actor. Born 1 December 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 December 1976, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Active:** 2012–2014
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 63 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Fantasy 3
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,936m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_O%27Gorman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328618, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641063/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152566

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md) (60), [*The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md) (54)

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## Biography

Dean O'Gorman is a New Zealand actor. He is known for playing the dwarf Fíli in Peter Jackson's *The Hobbit* film trilogy, appearing in *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013) and *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014). He also portrayed Kirk Douglas in the biographical film *Trumbo* (2015).

O'Gorman was born in Auckland and began acting in the 1990s with roles in series such as *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* and *Xena: Warrior Princess*. He has appeared in other films including *The Convert* (2023) and television series such as *The Almighty Johnsons*. He married Sarah Wilson in 2016.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Fi1m 54, as Fili — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), Fi1m 65, as Fili — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), Fi1m 60, as Fili — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Ms. X* (2026), series, as Oscar Clarke
- *Forgive Us All* (2025), as Lockie
- *Morning Hate* (2024), Director, Writer
- *The Convert* (2024), as Kedgley
- *After the Party* (2023), series, as Simon
- *Vegas* (2021), series, as Ryder Harrison
- *One Lane Bridge* (2020), series, as Andrew "Grub" Ryder
- *My Life Is Murder* (2019), series, as Terrence Scott
- *Golden Boy* (2019), series, as Aussie Dave
- *The Bad Seed* (2019), series, as Ford Lampton
- *Pork Pie* (2017), as Jon
- *Hillary* (2016), series, as George Lowe
- *Wanted* (2016), series, as Will
- *Auckward Love* (2015), series, as Dan
- *Trumbo* (2015), as Kirk Douglas
- *Westside* (2015), series, as Evan Lace
- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), as Fili — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Barnaby
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), as Fili — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), as Fili — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *Tangiwai: A Love Story* (2011), as Bert Sutcliffe
- *The Almighty Johnsons* (2011), series, as Anders Johnson
- *Kawa* (2010), as Chris
- *The Cult* (2009), series, Actor
- *The Legend of Bloody Mary* (2008), as Reverend Whittaker
- *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, as Carver Dunn
- *Animalia* (2007), series, Actor
- *Moonlight* (2007), series, as Daniel
- *Serial Killers* (2004), series, as Andrew/Dr Gilligan
- *Toy Love* (2002), as Ben
- *Snakeskin* (2001), as Johnny
- *McLeod's Daughters* (2001), series, as Luke Morgan
- *Lawless: Beyond Justice* (2001), as Nat Joseph
- *Little Samurai* (1999), as Tony
- *Farscape* (1999), series, as Zukash — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *Fearless* (1999), as Cliff
- *When Love Comes* (1998), as Mark
- *Young Hercules* (1998), series, as Iolaus
- *Young Hercules* (1998), as Young Iolaus
- *Doom Runners* (1997), as Deek
- *Big Sky* (1997), series, as Dean
- *Return to Treasure Island* (1996), as Jim Hawkins
- *Siren* (1996), as Siren
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, as Homer / Orion, Wiglaf — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Bonjour Timothy* (1995), as Timothy
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Ruun, Young Iolaus, Iloran
- *Shortland Street* (1992), series, as Harry Martin
- *Raider of the South Seas* (1990), as Bobby Morrison
- *The Rogue Stallion* (1990), as Tony Garrett
- *The Ray Bradbury Theater* (1985), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Dean O'Gorman](https://film.one/media/person/1078097/gallery-d829a7a72d5e.jpg) Dean O'Gorman — Weekly Dig, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dean_O%27Gorman_Boston_Comicon_2013.jpg/1280px-Dean_O%27Gorman_Boston_Comicon_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dean O'Gorman](https://film.one/media/person/1078097/gallery-3af0a62abfc9.jpg) Dean O'Gorman — Image via TMDB

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