--- name: "Ian Mune" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-mune" fi1m_id: "ian-mune" imdb_id: "nm0612786" tmdb_id: 7255 wikidata_id: "Q1655613" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 January 1941" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 87 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-26T00:17:23.502323+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." --- # Ian Mune ## Identity Ian Mune - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-mune - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ian-mune - **IMDb ID:** nm0612786 - **TMDB ID:** 7255 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1655613 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Mune, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7255 Actor. Born 1 January 1941 in Auckland, New Zealand. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 January 1941, Auckland, New Zealand - **Active:** 1978–2001 - **Frequently works with:** [Sam Neill](https://film.one/person/sam-neill.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (2), 2000s 90 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 85 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $918m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Mune, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7255 ## Biography Sir Ian Mune is a New Zealand actor, director and screenwriter. Born in Auckland in 1941, he trained as a teacher in Wellington and began acting on stage before spending time in the UK. He returned to New Zealand and built a screen career spanning more than fifty roles over four decades. Mune played the Reverend in *The Piano* (1993) and the judge in *Once Were Warriors* (1994). Other acting credits include Bounder in *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), roles in *Housebound* (2014) and *Sweet Tooth* (2021), and appearances in television series such as *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* and *The Brokenwood Mysteries*. As a director his feature films include *Came a Hot Friday* (1985), *The End of the Golden Weather* (1991) and *What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?* (1999). He received numerous New Zealand television and film awards for both acting and directing, including a Feltex award in 1975. In the 2024 New Year Honours he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to film, television and theatre. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), Fi1m 90, as Bounder — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md) - *Once Were Warriors* (1994), Fi1m 82, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md) - *The Piano* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Reverend — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md) ## Complete filmography (59) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant* (2026), as Henry the Pharmacist - *Pike River* (2025), as Rocky Rockhouse - *The Rule of Jenny Pen* (2025), as Howie Wicker - *The Pact* (2021), series, as Frank Simpkins - *Sweet Tooth* (2021), series, as Ron - *The Master Builder* (2020), as Brovik - *Vermilion* (2018), as Priest - *Kiwi Christmas* (2017), as Norman - *Wanted* (2016), series, as Jim Walsh - *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Kenny 'Pummel' Waterson - *Housebound* (2014), as Judge - *Ghost Bride* (2013), as Frank - *Agent Anna* (2013), series, as Neil Dryden - *Two Little Boys* (2012), as Mr. Abercrombie - *Rest for the Wicked* (2011), as Graham - *Billy T Te Movie* (2011), Writer, Director - *The Insatiable Moon* (2011), as Norm - *Spies and Lies* (2010), as Jim Cummings - *Wound* (2010), as Dr. Nelson - *I'm Not Harry Jenson* (2009), as Bill - *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, as Silas - *Burying Brian* (2008), series, Actor - *A Song of Good* (2008), as Ron Cradle - *Perfect Creature* (2007), as Slum Landlord - *Spooked* (2004), as Dave Johnson - *Ike: Countdown to D-Day* (2004), as Winston Churchill - *Lucy* (2003), as Buster Keaton - *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), as Bounder — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md) - *Cow* (2001), as Long - *Savage Honeymoon* (2000), as Gary - *What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?* (1999), Director - *Nightmare Man* (1999), as Worden - *Topless Women Talk About Their Lives* (1997), Actor - *The Last of the Ryans* (1997), as Henry Bolte - *The Whole of the Moon* (1996), Screenplay, Director - *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Director, Menus Maxius, King Sidon - *Nuclear Reaction* (1995), as Narrator - *Once Were Warriors* (1994), as Judge — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md) - *The Piano* (1993), as Reverend — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md) - *The End of the Golden Weather* (1991), Director - *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, Director - *The Grasscutter* (1990), Director - *Thunderbox* (1989), Actor - *Erebus: The Aftermath* (1987), series, as Morrie Davis - *Worzel Gummidge Down Under* (1987), series, as Worty Yam - *Bridge to Nowhere* (1986), Writer, Director - *Came a Hot Friday* (1985), Writer, Director - *Shaker Run* (1985), as Barry Gordon - *Dangerous Orphans* (1985), as Hanna - *The Silent One* (1984), Screenplay - *Goodbye Pork Pie* (1981), Author - *Nutcase* (1980), as U Boat Commander · Screenplay - *The Mad Dog Gang Meets Rotten Fred and Ratsguts* (1978), Writer - *Sleeping Dogs* (1978), as Bullen · Screenplay, Art Direction - *The God Boy* (1976), Writer - *Rangi's Catch* (1972), as Jake - *Packed in the Boot* (1972), as Jake - *The Mysterious Campers* (1972), as Jake - *Night Freaks*, as Pensioner ## Gallery - ![Ian Mune](https://film.one/media/person/82407/gallery-d7a481164859.jpg) Ian Mune — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Ian_Mune_KNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ian_Mune_KNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sir Ian Mune (right), after his investiture as KNZM, for services to film, television and theatre, by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/82407/gallery-3d4d98ff15ff.jpg) Sir Ian Mune (right), after his investiture as KNZM, for services to film, television and theatre, by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House (2024) — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Ian_Mune_KNZM_investiture.jpg/1280px-Ian_Mune_KNZM_investiture.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2023: Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (won) - Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1990: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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