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name: "Taungaroa Emile"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taungaroa-emile"
fi1m_id: "taungaroa-emile"
imdb_id: "nm0256394"
tmdb_id: 7245
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:02:17.354098+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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# Taungaroa Emile

## Identity

Taungaroa Emile

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taungaroa-emile
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** taungaroa-emile
- **IMDb ID:** nm0256394
- **TMDB ID:** 7245
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7245

Actor. Born in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7245

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Once Were Warriors*](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md) (82)

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## Biography

Taungaroa Emile is a New Zealand actor of Māori descent, affiliated with the iwi Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rarotonga. He made his screen debut as Mark 'Boogie' Heke in the 1994 film *Once Were Warriors*, for which he won the New Zealand Film and Television Award for Best Juvenile Performance.

Emile reprised the role in the 1999 sequel *What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?*. His other credits include *Whale Rider* (2003) as Willie, episodes of *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* and *Xena: Warrior Princess*, *Shortland Street*, *No. 2* (2006) and the short film *Tama Tū* (2005). He was born in Flaxmere in 1978.

*Sources: nzonscreen.com, imdb.com, natlib.govt.nz.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Once Were Warriors* (1994), Fi1m 82, as Mark 'Boogie' Heke — [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Chief of War* (2025), series, as Kamehameha's Councilman
- *Nancy From Now On* (2019), Actor
- *Enemy Within* (2019), as Izzy Kaanaoi
- *Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses* (2015), as Shane
- *Tangiwai: A Love Story* (2011), as Toki Awa
- *Aftershock* (2008), as Diabetic
- *Rain of the Children* (2008), as Toko
- *Patu Ihu* (2008), as Older Narks
- *The Man Who Lost His Head* (2007), as Maku (as Taungaroa Emile Jr)
- *No. 2* (2006), as Soul
- *Kerosene Creek* (2004), as Sonny Boy
- *Tama Tū* (2004), as Māori Battalion Soldier
- *The Legend of Johnny Lingo* (2003), as Pua's Friend #1
- *Whale Rider* (2003), as Willie
- *Jubilee* (2000), as Tyron
- *What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?* (1999), as Boogie Heke
- *Staunch* (1999), as Fred Stevens
- *Young Hercules* (1998), as Thamus
- *Flight of the Albatross* (1996), as Mako
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, as Frankus — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Linxus, Ximenos
- *Once Were Warriors* (1994), as Mark 'Boogie' Heke — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md)

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