Anzac Wallace

Actor

Date of birth : 09/14/1945

Date of death : 04/08/2019

City of birth : New Zealand

After a childhood punctuated by petty theft Norman Rewiri made the mistake of trying to rob a betting shop at gun point; he was sent to prison where he finally began to educate himself. On release he took a new name, and started a new life as a union organizer & arbitrator. "Utu" director Geoff Murphy saw him on the news and asked him to play the lead in his film, starting him on a third career.