Byron Coll
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Byron Coll is a New Zealand film, theatre and television actor. He has appeared in television series such as BBC's The Luminaries, NBC's La Brea, Cowboy Bebop on Netflix, and New Zealand feature films such as Nude Tuesday, Muru and Shadow in the Cloud.
Early Life
Coll was born in Christchurch. He discovered acting at high school and subsequently undertook a Bachelor of Performing Arts at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School.[1] He graduated in 2007.[2]
Career
Coll made his feature film debut in Gaylene Preston's Home By Christmas in 2010.[3]
In 2013, he starred as petty criminal Lindsay in Louis Sutherland and Mark Albiston's feature film debut, Shopping. The film screened at Sundance Film Festival and won Best Film at the 2013 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards.[4] In the same year, he appeared in Jane Campion's television series Top of the Lake.[5]
From 2013-2017, Coll was most well-known to New Zealand audiences as Tim, the All Blacks superfan in a series of popular Mastercard commercials.[6]
In 2014, Coll played the WWI conscientious objector Mark Briggs in the New Zealand telemovie Field Punishment No.1 He also starred in Matthew J. Saville's award-winning short film Dive.[5]
In 2020, he played Charlie Frost in the BBC television series The Luminaries – an adaptation of Eleanor Catton's novel of the same name – alongside Eva Green as Lydia Wells and Marton Csokas as Francis Carver. The same year, he played Scottish RAF crew member Terence Taggart in Roseanne Liang's action horror Shadow in the Cloud alongside Chloë Grace Moretz.[3] In 2021, Coll played Mark Manley in the television series Cowboy Bebop on Netflix.[3]
In 2022, he played Finnius in New Zealand comedy film Nude Tuesday, written by Jackie van Beek and Armağan Ballantyne and directed by Ballantyne. He also appeared as Jarrod in Muru, a New Zealand action-drama film about the 2007 New Zealand police raids of the Ngāi Tūhoe community of Rūātoki.[3] In the same year he also appeared in NBC science fiction drama series La Brea, as Professor Franklin Marsh.[3]
Coll is a regular cast member on sketch comedy series from Viva La Dirt League, the New Zealand professional sketch comedy YouTubers with 5.11 million subscribers as of May 2023. He features in series such as Bored, D&D Logic and Epic NPC Man.[3][7]
Coll will appear in New Zealand feature films that are yet to be released, including One Winter, Christine Jeff's A Mistake, and Rachel House's debut feature The Mountain.[8][9] He also will appear in the Apple TV series Time Bandits, executive produced by Taika Waititi.[8]
Coll is also a fine art photographer and was one of Capture Magazine's Top 20 Emerging Photographers in Australasia in the Landscape category.[10][11]
Filmography
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Home By Christmas | Hoppy | Feature film |
| 2013 | Shopping | Lindsay | Feature film |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Soldier | Feature film |
| 2014 | Dive | George | Short film |
| 2019 | Daffodils | Stuart | Feature film |
| 2019 | Guns Akimbo | Skizm Goon | Feature film |
| 2020 | This Town | Tony | Feature film |
| 2020 | Shadow in the Cloud | Terence Taggart | Feature film |
| 2022 | Nude Tuesday | Finnius | Feature film |
| 2022 | Muru | Jarrod | Feature film |
| TBA | The Mountain † | Hugh | Feature film |
| TBA | One Winter † | Coach Bullivant | Feature film |
| TBA | A Mistake † | Jason Latham | Feature film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Skyrunners | Mr Hiddlebaum | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Tangiwai: A Love Story | Stan Avery | TV Movie |
| 2013 | Woodville | Sid | Web series |
| 2014 | Bored | Byron | Web series |
| 2014 | Field Punishment No.1 | Mark Briggs | TV Movie |
| 2016 | Terry Teo | Sgt. Phipps | TV series |
| 2017 | Power Ranger Ninja Steel | Redbot | TV series |
| 2018 | Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel | Clint | TV series |
| 2019 | Educators | Sex Ed Teacher | TV series |
| 2019 | Wellington Paranormal | Unhelpful Fisherman | TV series |
| 2020 | The Luminaries | Charlie Frost | TV series |
| 2020 | Inside | Gary | TV series |
| 2021 | D&D Logic | Wizard | Web series |
| 2021 | Cowboy Bebop | Mark Manley | TV series |
| 2021 | Last at 11 | Manny Sullivan | TV series |
| 2022 | The Brokenwood Mysteries | Pablo Piccante | TV series |
| 2022 | La Brea | Franklin Marsh | TV series |
| TBA | Time Bandits † | Loudest Voice Neanderthal | TV series |
References
- ↑ BEYNEN, JACK VAN (2017-03-05). "How Cantabrian Byron Coll, that guy from the Mastercard ads, got into opera". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Byron Coll". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ Screen, NZ On. "Shopping | Film | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Screen, NZ On. "Byron Coll | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Carter's epic All Blacks prank revealed". NZ Herald. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Byron Coll". Viva La Dirt League. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Byron Coll – IMC". Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ reporter, Regional (2023-05-16). "New film featuring Taranaki Maunga will be Rachel House's directing debut". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers Awards 2019 Winners - Capture magazine". www.capturemag.com.au. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Lion Rock Management". lionrock.nz. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
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