Peter Hambleton

Peter Hambleton (born 1960) is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Hambleton graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting. In 2002 Hambleton was a New Zealand Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellow. Well known in the Wellington theatre scene, he has played ornithologist Walter Buller in the 2006 play Dr Buller's Birds and Charles Darwin in the 2009 play Collapsing Creation. He played the Dwarf Glóin in The Hobbit film series and Mike Johnson in an episode of the 1999 TV miniseries A Twist in the Tale. He has also featured in television advertisements, including as the businessman in the Ansett New Zealand "Fluffy" advertisement.

Filmography

Films Year Film Role Notes 1993 The Rainbow Warrior Maury Whitham TV movie 1994 The Last Tattoo Peter Davis Feature film 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyGlóin,William, the stone troll Feature film 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Glóin Feature film 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Feature film

Television Year Film Role Notes 1995-96 Oscar and Friends Oscar's Father TV series 1999 A Twist in the Tale Mike Johnson TV miniseries 2013 Shortland Street Alisdair Rolleston TV series 2025 Warren's Vortex Stanky Steve TV series

Theatre Year Film Role Notes 2006 Birds Walter Buller 2009 Collapsing Creation Charles Darwin