Kevin J. Wilson

Kevin J. Wilson is a New Zealand actor. He is best known for his performance as Sam Murphy on the satirical Frontline and his role as Senator Albinus on Starz TV series Spartacus.

Early life Wilson began his acting career at Auckland University. He trained as a classical actor and appeared in stage plays.

Career One of Wilson's earliest television appearances was in a guest role in New Zealand drama series Pukemanu in 1971. He portrayed Sir Malcolm in the erotic Australian soap opera Chances for 6 episodes. and then played a regular ongoing role as Declan Kennedy in Shortland Street in 1993. He went on to play recurring roles as Ted Eastman in RFDS (1993–1994) and as Sam Murphy in Frontline (1995). He more recently featured as General Egremont in Legend of the Seeker (2009–2010, and as Senator Albinus in 5 episodes of Spartacus from (2010–2012).

Wilson portrayed photographer Alfred Burton in 1981 biopic Pictures. Other film credits include 1984 drama Wild Horses, 1990 Jane Campion film An Angel at My Table and 1992 war film Chunuk Bair. He has also directed several shorts.

Wilson has been nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards in New Zealand and Australia 15 times.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1978 Skin Deep Policeman Feature film 1981 Pictures Alfred Burton Feature film 1983 Wild Horses Harry TV movie 1985 Kingpin Len Crawford Feature film 1986 Dangerous Orphans Inspector Lucas Feature film 1990 An Angel at My Table Janet's father Feature film 1992 Chunuk Bair Connolly Feature film 1998 Lost Valley Tom Blake Feature film 2001 Exposure Father Close Film 2002 Blood Crime Smitty TV movie 2003 Murder on the Blade Crown Prosecutor TV documentary movie 2004 Roach Short Film 2004 Ike: Countdown to D-Day Rear Admiral Bertram Ramsay TV movie 2004 Spooked Mike Taylor Feature film 2005 Luella Miller Peter Feature film

Television Year Title Role Type 1966–1970 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo TV series 1969 The Alpha Plan Carl's Henchman TV series 1971 Pukemanu TV series, season 1, episode 2: "Risk Extreme" 1972 Behind the Legend Les Darcy TV series 1975–1983 Close to Home TV series 1976–1978 Joe and Koro George TV series 1977 The Mackenzie Affair Miniseries 1977–1980 A Haunting We Will Go Major Toom TV series 1980–1984 Mortimer's Patch TV series 1982 Casualties of Peace Ginger TV series 1982 Loose Enz Andy TV series, season 1, episode 2: "Coming and Going" 1982–1983 Both Sides of the Fence Bob Abbott TV series 1983 Sea Urchins Dan Smart TV series, season 3, episode 5 1984 Inside Straight Bourke TV series, season 1, episode 6: "Taxi Hijack" 1985 Roche Stan Nolan TV series, season 1, episode 3: "Squeeze Me, Honey, Honey" 1986 Seekers TV series 1987 Erebus: The Aftermath TV series 1987–1990 Gloss TV series 1989–1991 Shark in the Park Sergeant Jesson TV series 1992 G.P. Kevin Allsop TV series, season 4, episode 23: "All Care Taken" 1992–1994 Marlin Bay Hamish Saunders TV series 1991–1992 Chances Sir Malcolm Watkins TV series, 6 episodes 1993; 2002–2003 Shortland Street Dave Greenlaw / Declan Kennedy TV series, 82 episodes 1993–1994 R.F.D.S. Ted Eastman TV series, 13 episodes 1995 Frontline Sam Murphy TV series, season 2, 13 episodes 1996 Xena: Warrior Princess Xerxes TV series, season 1, episode 11: "The Black Wolf" 1996 Ngā Puna: Small Town Blues TV series 1999 The Length of Memory Blighty TV series 2002 Mercy Peak Ian Enderby TV series, season 2, episode 5: "Death and Taxes" 2009 Power Rangers RPM Commander Murdoch TV series, season 1, episode 20: "Heroes Among Us" 2009; 2010 Legend of the Seeker General Egremont TV series, seasons 1–2, 8 episodes 2010; 2012 Spartacus Senator Albinus TV series, seasons 1–2, 5 episodes 2016 Terry Teo Larry TV series, season 1, episode 3: "Baby Takes a Bullet" 2016; 2017 The Shannara Chronicles Bremen TV series, 2 episodes

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Type 1978 The Merchant of Venice Bassanio Hannah Playhouse, Wellington 1979 Flying Blind Mac Hannah Playhouse, Wellington 1979 Macbeth Macbeth Opera House, Wellington with Downstage Theatre Company 1995 The Learner's Stand Pete the shearer Herald Theatre, Auckland with Auckland Theatre Company

As director Year Title Role Type 1974 The Nuns Director Independent Theatre, Auckland 1998 The Baltimore Waltz Director Silo Theatre, Auckland