Shane Rangi
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Shane Rangi (b. February 3, 1969) is a New Zealand actor, stunt actor, and creature performer from Ngāti Porou. He has been working as a core member of Weta Digital since the mid-2000's, and was the primary performer for its initial Avatar and Iron Man pitch. He is perhaps best known for his various motion capture and creature performances in Andrew Adamson’s award winning The Chronicles of Narnia films and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He has three SAG nominations for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble. Shane has also done work in James Cameron’s The Way Of Water, Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines and in the Australian feature film Pacific Rim: Uprising. He plays the lead role in short film Die Like a Shark for which he won “Best Actor” at the Wairoa Māori Film Festival.
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Credits
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
as Matador Co-Pilot
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Witch-King (uncredited)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
as Harad Leader 2
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
as Matador Co-Pilot
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
as General Otmin
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
as Asterius/ Werewolf
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
as Tavros
Mortal Engines (2018)
as Burly Salvageman
Skyrunners (2009)
as Alien
Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses (2015)
as Janet’s Maternal Family
Barbed Wire Canoe (—)
as The Grant Brothers
Die Like a Shark (2019)
as Mark Otene
Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2020)
as Barry
Flip (2019)
as Helmet