Alistair Browning

Alistair Browning

08.02.1954 - 02.06.2019 (65 gadi) (Dunedin, New Zealand)

Alistair Browning is a New Zealand actor who has won several awards for his work in film, television and theatre. He played the role of Damrod, a soldier of Faramir’s Rangers, in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Browning has regularly appeared in live professional theatre in New Zealand. He started his career at The Mercury Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand in 1977 as an intern, immersing himself in all aspects of theatre, including stage management, lighting, sound and special effects operation, set construction, costuming as well as acting. In 1980 he joined the Court Theatre company, playing Hamlet among many other roles and continued to work there and throughout New Zealand until the present day in a wide variety of genres from modern comedy to Classical. In 1981, he joined the core cast of The Sullivans television series in Melbourne, Australia and has since worked often in Australia in theatre, film and television. He has also performed in England at The Yvonne Arnaud, Old Vic and Shakespeare’s Globe theatres.