Biography
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi is a New Zealand actor born on 6 February 2001 in Auckland to a Samoan mother and a Tongan father. He attended St Peter's College, Auckland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Communication Studies from Auckland University of Technology in 2023.
He began acting in 2019 with a role in the miniseries Jonah. In 2021 he played the lead Will 'Ilolahia in the limited series The Panthers, for which he was named a TIFF Rising Star and received a nomination for Best Actor at the 2022 New Zealand Television Awards. He appeared as Jaxon in the second series of Upright (2022).
His feature film credits include Red, White & Brass (2023) as Veni and Predator: Badlands (2025) as Dek. He has also been cast in God Bless You, Mr. Kopu and Whyte Christmas.
