---
name: "Latham Gaines"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/latham-gaines"
fi1m_id: "latham-gaines"
imdb_id: "nm1271793"
tmdb_id: 54485
wikidata_id: "Q1603125"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 February 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:39:40.865094+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."
---

# Latham Gaines

## Identity

Latham Gaines

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/latham-gaines
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** latham-gaines
- **IMDb ID:** nm1271793
- **TMDB ID:** 54485
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1603125
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham_Gaines, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1603125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1271793/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54485

Composer. Born 3 February 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 February 1964, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham_Gaines, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1603125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1271793/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54485

## Biography

Latham Gaines is an American actor and composer. Born on 3 February 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, he studied acting at New York University and moved to New Zealand in 1995. He is the son of novelist Charles Gaines and artist Patricia Ellisor Gaines, and collaborates frequently with his brother Shelby Gaines.

As an actor, Gaines is known for roles including Mesogog / Dr Anton Mercer in the television series *Power Rangers DinoThunder* (2004), Bill Burke in the film *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007), and Edward North in the New Zealand series *The Cult* (2009), for which he received a Qantas Film and Television Award nomination. Other credits include appearances in *King Kong* (2005), *The World's Fastest Indian* (2005), and *Heart Eyes* (2025).

Gaines works as a composer with his brother as the duo GAINES, creating scores and sound sculptures from found objects. Their credits include the films *The Kid* (2019), *Wildcat* (2023), and *The Weight* (2026).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *King Kong* (2005), Fi1m 81, as Photographer — [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong-2005.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Weight* (2026), Fi1m 66, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *The Weight* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md)
- *Heart Eyes* (2025), as Nico
- *Wildcat* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Kid* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *James Patterson's Murder is Forever* (2018), series, as Jim Hood
- *The Cult* (2009), series, Actor
- *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007), as Bill Burke
- *Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America* (2006), as Kostmart Manager
- *King Kong* (2005), as Photographer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong-2005.md)
- *The World's Fastest Indian* (2005), as Passport Officer
- *Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Legacy of Power* (2004), as Mesogog
- *Power Rangers Dino Thunder: White Thunder* (2004), as Mesogog / Anton Mercer
- *Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Day of the Dino* (2004), as Mesogog
- *Raising Waylon* (2004), as Paul
- *Murder in Greenwich* (2002), as Probation Officer
- *Superfire* (2002), as Dr. Simon Orr
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Mr. Crawford
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, as Kastor, Mineus, Rich Guy, Zarat — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Captain, Marcus
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as Mesogog / Anton Mercer

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