---
name: "John Tui"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-tui"
fi1m_id: "john-tui"
imdb_id: "nm1732270"
tmdb_id: 205406
wikidata_id: "Q1059037"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 June 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T14:22:20.889231+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."
---

# John Tui

## Identity

John Tui

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-tui
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-tui
- **IMDb ID:** nm1732270
- **TMDB ID:** 205406
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1059037
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tui, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/205406

Actor. Born 11 June 1975 in Auckland, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 June 1975, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 56 (2), 2020s 50 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 54 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Action 2, Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Family 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,657m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tui, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/205406

## Biography

John Tui is a New Zealand actor. He trained at Unitec's School of Performing and Screen Arts in Auckland and began his career in 2003.

Tui is known for his roles as Anubis "Doggie" Cruger in *Power Rangers S.P.D.* (2005) and Daggeron in *Power Rangers Mystic Force* (2006). His film credits include *Battleship* (2012), *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw* (2019) and *Moana* (2026) as Chief Tui. He also played Afa Anoa'i in the series *Young Rock* (2021–2023).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Moana* (2026), Fi1m 50, as Chief Tui — [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2026.md)
- *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), Fi1m 58, as Korso — [page](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Fi1m 54, as Bolg — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Moana* (2026), as Chief Tui — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2026.md)
- *Plum* (2024), series, as Brick
- *Young Rock* (2021), series, as Afa Anoa'i
- *Paper Champions* (2020), as Wade
- *The Legend of Baron To'a* (2020), as Baron To'a
- *Savage* (2019), as Moses
- *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw* (2019), as Kal
- *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), as Korso — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Rey* (2017), as Wade
- *Born to Dance* (2015), as Zack
- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), as Bolg — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *Battleship* (2012), as Chief Petty Officer Walter "The Beast" Lynch
- *Billy* (2011), as Avondale Barman
- *Power Rangers Mystic Force: Dark Wish* (2006), as Daggeron
- *Power Rangers Mystic Force: Broken Spell* (2006), as Daggeron
- *Sione's Wedding* (2006), as Tavita
- *Power Rangers S.P.D.: Zapped* (2005), as Doggie Cruger
- *Power Rangers S.P.D.: Joining Forces* (2005), as Doggie Cruger
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as Doggie Cruger, Daggeron

## Gallery

- ![John Tui](https://film.one/media/person/1031888/gallery-a537672aa25a.jpg) John Tui — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/John_Tui_%287064083597%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![w:John Tui & Rihanna at the Australian premiere of Battleship in Sydney, Luna Park (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1031888/gallery-cbe0b6a47273.jpg) w:John Tui & Rihanna at the Australian premiere of Battleship in Sydney, Luna Park (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/John_Tui_%26_Rihanna_%286918003870%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![w:John Tui & Rihanna at the Australian premiere of Battleship in Sydney, Luna Park (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1031888/gallery-0606164181d2.jpg) w:John Tui & Rihanna at the Australian premiere of Battleship in Sydney, Luna Park (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/John_Tui_%26_Rihanna_%287064083597%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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