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name: "Jonny Brugh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonny-brugh"
fi1m_id: "jonny-brugh"
imdb_id: "nm1591353"
tmdb_id: 586951
wikidata_id: "Q27921425"
roles: []
born: "25 April 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-13T22:03:13.816165+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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# Jonny Brugh

## Identity

Jonny Brugh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonny-brugh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonny-brugh
- **IMDb ID:** nm1591353
- **TMDB ID:** 586951
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27921425
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Brugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27921425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/586951

Actor. Born 25 April 1970 in Wellington, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 April 1970, Wellington, New Zealand
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Jonathan Brugh, Jonathan Burgh, J. Brugh, Deacon Brugh, 조니 브루, Джонатан Бруг
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Brugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27921425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/586951

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Time Bandits*](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Jonny Brugh, also credited as Jonathan Brugh, is a New Zealand actor, comedian and musician. He was born on 25 April 1970 in Wellington.

In the 1990s he formed the comic duo Sugar and Spice with Jason Hoyte and won a Billy T Award in 1998. Brugh is best known for playing Deacon in the 2014 film *What We Do in the Shadows*, directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, a role he first played in their 2005 short film. He has appeared in *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022) as Rapu, *Mega Time Squad* (2018) and the series *The Office* (2024) as Lloyd Kneath.

Brugh played Damon in the 2024 Apple TV+ series *Time Bandits*. He has also written and produced comedy series including *Educators*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Time Bandits* (2024), Fi1m 62, as Damon — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022), Fi1m 55, as Rapu — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-love-and-thunder.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant* (2026), as Dr. Richard
- *Holy Days* (2026), as Father Findlay
- *Pop* (2025), as Captain
- *The Office* (2024), series, as Lloyd Kneath
- *Time Bandits* (2024), series, as Damon — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Ministry of Jingle* (2023), as Bruce
- *The Paragon* (2023), as Haxan
- *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022), as Rapu — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-love-and-thunder.md)
- *The Moth Effect* (2021), series, as Jesus, John
- *This Town* (2020), as Farmer
- *Educators* (2019), series, as Jarred Needham · Writer, Creator
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, as Deacon Brucke
- *Mega Time Squad* (2018), as Shelton
- *800 Words* (2015), series, as Monty
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014), as Deacon
- *How to Meet Girls from a Distance* (2012), as Carl Stewart
- *What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires* (2005), as Deacon · Executive Producer
- *Ash: Ashley Thorndyke - Work in Progress* (1995), as Felipe
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as Ice Cream Attendant
- *The Burning of Broken Beak*, as Robert Shaughnessy

## Gallery

- ![Jonny Brugh](https://film.one/media/person/1076689/gallery-12786a58fed7.jpg) Jonny Brugh — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Jonathan_Brugh.jpg/1280px-Jonathan_Brugh.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jonny Brugh](https://film.one/media/person/1076689/gallery-6e52cd6ee99e.jpg) Jonny Brugh — Image via TMDB

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