Tiriel Mora

Tiriel Mora (born 19 October 1958) is an Australian television and film actor.

Early life Tiriel Mora's parents were French-born visual artist Mirka Mora and German-born entrepreneur, art dealer and restaurateur Georges Mora. His older brothers are film director Philippe Mora and art dealer William Mora. He lived with his father in a hotel in St Kilda, and his mother lived nearby.

Mora decided that he wanted to be an actor at the age of five. When he turned eighteen he spent a year in London before returning to Australia to study at the University of New England. He was shortlisted for a place at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) several times, but was unsuccessful.

His other television credits include a guest role in long-running soap opera Neighbours (1986) as Roger Yates, playing a Nebari called Silas in Farscape (1999–2003), Judge Renmark in ABC-TV's legal drama Janet King (2014) and Henry Bowditch in critically acclaimed period drama Love Child. In 2018, he appeared in a recurring guest role in Home and Away as lawyer Kurt Adams.

Further film credits include the 1993 biographical film My Forgotten Man (aka Flynn) opposite Guy Pearce, 2000 slasher film Cut, 2002 comedy-drama Garage Days, 2002 horror film Queen of the Damned opposite Aaliyah, and 2005 Peter Jackson blockbuster King Kong, alongside fellow Australian Naomi Watts. He had a voice role in the 2006 animated film Happy Feet, and appeared in the family adventure films Dinosaur Island (2014) and My Pet Dinosaur (2017). In 2020, he played Marduk in the independent Australian children’s fantasy film The Legend of the Five.

Mora also appeared in Qantas television advertisements in the 2000s.

Mora has also appeared in several stage productions. He worked with the now-defunct Anthill Theatre in South Melbourne under director Jean-Pierre Mignon. In 2014, he was the associated artistic director of the Katoomba Theatre Company. Judge Granville Renmark 4 episodes

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Theatre YearTitleRoleNotes 1981 Exiles Black Cowboy Anthill Theatre, Melbourne 1982 The Condemned of Altona Franz Anthill Theatre, Melbourne Make Me Smile Lead role Comedy Theatre, Melbourne 1994 5 A Season of Plays: The Sun, The Moon and the Stars Interrogator Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne with Wintercourt Productions 1995 Scenes from a Separation Darcy Molyneux Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC 1996 The Rover Frederick Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC 2002 Hanging Man Scott Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 2003 Black Milk Mishunya Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney with Splinter Theatre Company2004 In Our Name Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney Ladybird Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney The Westlands The Mayor Weatherboard Theatre Company