---
name: "Peter Elliott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-elliott"
fi1m_id: "peter-elliott"
imdb_id: "nm0254591"
tmdb_id: 1238424
wikidata_id: "Q7173838"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 March 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T07:35:18.970927+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."
---

# Peter Elliott

## Identity

Peter Elliott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-elliott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-elliott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0254591
- **TMDB ID:** 1238424
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7173838
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Elliott_(New_Zealand_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173838, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238424

Actor. Born 6 March 1956 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 March 1956, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Elliott_(New_Zealand_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173838, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238424

## Biography

Peter Elliott is a New Zealand actor. Born in Christchurch in 1956, he began working in television set construction before turning to acting. He joined the Court Theatre in Christchurch in 1980 and made his television debut in the late 1980s.

Elliott played Bill Perry in Peter Jackson’s *Heavenly Creatures* (1994). He is known for his role as Dr David Kearney in the long-running soap *Shortland Street* (1996–1999, with later returns) and as Rex Thorne in the 1980s series *Gloss*. He has also appeared in *800 Words* and numerous other New Zealand television productions, as well as on stage.

Elliott has worked as a television presenter and narrator. In 2021 he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to the performing arts.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Bill Perry — [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Day Today* (1994), Fi1m 86, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Sounds* (2020), series, as Stuart McGregor
- *800 Words* (2015), series, as Big Mac
- *Venus and Mars* (2015), as Quentin Doig
- *Westside* (2015), series, as Frankie Figgs
- *Agent Anna* (2013), series, as Cameron Glover
- *Safe House* (2012), as D.I Andrew Hunter
- *Primeval New Zealand* (2012), as Presenter
- *The Nutcracker* (2010), as Gielgud
- *Until Proven Innocent* (2009), as Murray Gibson
- *We're Here to Help* (2007), as Bill Birch
- *Maiden Voyage* (2004), as Trevor Denning
- *Terror Peak* (2003), as Patrick
- *This Is Not a Love Story* (2002), as Karl
- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), as Bill Perry — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as Mr. Lunt
- *First Born* (1988), series, as Mary
- *Gloss* (1987), series, as Rex Redfern

## Gallery

- ![Peter Elliott, after his investiture as ONZM, for services to the performing arts and baseball, by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, at Government House,  (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/83983/gallery-0a01640f8957.jpg) Peter Elliott, after his investiture as ONZM, for services to the performing arts and baseball, by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, at Government House,  (2021) — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Peter_Elliott_ONZM_investiture.jpg/1280px-Peter_Elliott_ONZM_investiture.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Elliott](https://film.one/media/person/83983/gallery-5f40e6c1fed4.jpg) Peter Elliott — Image via TMDB
- ![Peter Elliott](https://film.one/media/person/83983/gallery-d5f7e1e7f8f9.jpg) Peter Elliott — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2020: Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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