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Grant Roa

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Grant Roa
Grant Roa was born on 2 June 1974 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. He is an actor, known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Godzilla (2014).
BornJune 2, 1974
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BornJune 2, 1974
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      • 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
    Alita: Battle Angel
    7.3
    Movie
    • Transportation Department(Mr Rodrigues)
    • 2019
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(Weta Digital)
    • 2011
    Godzilla (2014)
    Godzilla
    6.4
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(Weta Digital)
    • 2014
    Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(Weta Digital)
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • Helmsman (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Rebecca Gibney, Robbie Magasiva, Scott Wills, Cohen Holloway, James Rolleston, Min Kim, Samuel Austin, and Olivia Morphew in Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2020)
      Lowdown Dirty Criminals
      4.3
      • Paul
      • 2020
    • Grant Roa and Jennifer Martin in Thumb of Maui (2015)
      Thumb of Maui
      • Sensei Sydney Manson
      • 2015
    • Girl vs. Boy (2012)
      Girl vs. Boy
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Stuart
      • 2012
    • Captain Amazingly Incredible and the Space Vampires from the Evil Planet!!! (2010)
      Captain Amazingly Incredible and the Space Vampires from the Evil Planet!!!
      7.5
      Video
      • Brogor
      • 2010
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • Bouncer (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Christopher Lambert and Veronica Ferres in No Sky Over Whales (2009)
      No Sky Over Whales
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • Taxidriver
      • 2009
    • Separation City (2009)
      Separation City
      5.7
      • Tem Bristow
      • 2009
    • Until Proven Innocent (2009)
      Until Proven Innocent
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Mt Eden Guard
      • 2009
    • Kehua
      Short
      • George
      • 2009
    • Second Hand Wedding (2008)
      Second Hand Wedding
      6.3
      • Charlie
      • 2008
    • The Hothouse (2007)
      The Hothouse
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Nick
      • 2007
    • The Lost Children (2006)
      The Lost Children
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Te Kahu
      • 2006
    • The Killian Curse (2006)
      The Killian Curse
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Mr. Elder
      • Jacob Elder
      • 2006
    • Shortland Street (1992)
      Shortland Street
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Charlie Te Ngaru
      • 2003–2004

    Visual Effects

    • Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • visual effects production runner: Weta FX
      • 2022
    • Paul Giamatti, Dwayne Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Edgar Ramírez, Emily Blunt, and Jack Whitehall in Jungle Cruise (2021)
      Jungle Cruise
      6.6
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2021
    • Will Smith and Victor Hugo in Gemini Man (2019)
      Gemini Man
      5.7
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2019
    • Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Natalie Portman, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Redford, Rene Russo, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Linda Cardellini, Vin Diesel, Matthew Berry, Russell Bobbitt, Taika Waititi, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, James D'Arcy, Chris Evans, Jon Favreau, Frank Grillo, Sean Gunn, Maximiliano Hernández, Ken Jeong, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Stan Lee, Elizabeth Olsen, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Hiroyuki Sanada, John Slattery, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Jennifer 'Ms Fer' Russell, Camille Kinloch, Penelope Kathryn Golden, Eric Patrick Cameron, Terry Notary, Ava Russo, Jamie Wedel, Bazlo LeClair, Loen LeClair, Erica Ribley, Carlos A. Aparicio, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Caleb Spencer Barr, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Ty Simpkins, Audrae Peterson, Evangeline Lilly, Keith Wallace, Chadwick Boseman, Kyle Banks, Sebastian Stan, Joy McAvoy, Danai Gurira, Tessa Thompson, Donald Mustard, Hayley Atwell, Karen Gillan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Pom Klementieff, Brian Schaeffer, Michael Pierino Miller, Keith Nussbaum, Emma Fuhrmann, Letitia Wright, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Anthony G Breed, Brent McGee, Ami Fujimoto, Michael James Shaw, Dustin Pitan, Carrie Coon, Eric Word, Benjamin Weaver, Mari Kasuya, Khalid Ghajji, Jaylen Davis, John Michael Morris, Hye Jin Jang, Marie Mouroum, Winston Duke, Michael A. Cook, Jackson A. Dunn, Ben Sakamoto, Brent Moorer Gaskins, Vincent Angel, Paul Pillsbury, Timothy Carr, Daniela Gaskie, Cameron Brumbelow, Kris Taylor, James Robert Taylor, Jacob Batalon, Andy Field, Renah Gallagher, Tevin Beech, Jacob Evans, Jason M. Edwards, Miles Webb, Maria Z. Wilson, Alexa Medina, Rob Romero, Cade Woodward, Shaun McMillan, Roe Dunkley, Jamaal Burcher, Kiersten Dolbec, Raul Alcantar, Greg Tiffan, Eric Wallace, Kari Yovetich, Ryan L. Price, Daniel L. Murphy, Daniel Callister, Nolan Ekberg, Kevin So, Lexi Rabe, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2019
    • Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
      Mortal Engines
      6.1
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
      Aquaman
      6.8
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgård, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Lewis Tan, Stefan Kapicic, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Zazie Beetz, and Brianna Hildebrand in Deadpool 2 (2018)
      Deadpool 2
      7.6
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Kenneth Branagh, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Paul Bettany, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, Keith Splinter Davis, Peter Dinklage, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Florence Kasumba, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Tim McAdams, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Heck, Carlos Guity, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Jeremy Sample, Precious Jenkins, Karen Gillan, Dominique Elijah Smith, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tiffany Espensen, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Matthew Zuk, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Blair Jasin, Femi Olagoke, Ethan Dizon, Michael Pierino Miller, Taraja Ramsess, Jénel Stevens, Michael Anthony Rogers, Gee Alexander, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Letitia Wright, James Sterling, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Isabella Amara, Ryan Robertson, Kevin D Wilson, Daniel Graham, Joseph Singletary, Michael James Shaw, David Dman Escobar, Solomon Glave, Kevin Montgomery, Rabon Hutcherson, Carrie Coon, Martavious Cerrone Gayles, Kirk A. Jenkins, Tanya Wheelock, Andrew S. McMillan, Marcus Lewis, Donny Carrington, Gary Peebles, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Tye Claybrook Jr., Khalil' La'Marr Pickett, Marie Mouroum, Jazzy Ellis, Marija Juliette Abney, Phedra Syndelle, Winston Duke, Antjuan Rhames, Jefferson Lewis, Jared Moser, Zola Williams, Dawit Gulilat, Denisha Gillespie, Harrison Osterfield, James Siderits, Brandon M. Shaw, Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson, Chris Moore, Ariana Greenblatt, Annie Pisapia, Matthew Christensen, Simeon Freeman, Branden Arnold, Michael David Yuhl, Daniela Gaskie, Jamel D. Chambers, John Gettier, Sergio Briones, Nathaniel Perry, Jacob Batalon, Matthew Excel Simmons, Lucie Carroll, Bobby James, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Olaniyan Thurmon, Edward Parker, Cecil M. Henry, Cory Dunson, Bruce Anthony Shepperson, Perla Middleton, Laurel O Wagner, Jachin Myers, Elgin Lee, Demetri Landell, Tony Dupar, Shawn South, Mallory Kidwell, Devin Koehler, Chase Ledgerwood, Jomahl Gildersleve, Frank David Monroe, Granger Summerset II, Austin Rospert, Lady Cardinal, Luke Maher, Laura Miller, Joe Maitland, Dylan Gajai, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
      Avengers: Infinity War
      8.4
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Dwayne Johnson in Rampage (2018)
      Rampage
      6.1
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Giancarlo Esposito, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, and Rosa Salazar in Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
      Maze Runner: The Death Cure
      6.3
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Andy Serkis and Amiah Miller in War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
      War for the Planet of the Apes
      7.4
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2017
    • David Thewlis, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman (2017)
      Wonder Woman
      7.3
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2017
    • Spectral (2016)
      Spectral
      6.3
      • visual effectsproduction runner: Weta Digital
      • 2016
    • John Kassir and Oakes Fegley in Pete's Dragon (2016)
      Pete's Dragon
      6.7
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2016
    • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
      Independence Day: Resurgence
      5.2
      • visual effects production runner: Weta Digital
      • 2016

    Transportation Department

    • Will Smith and Victor Hugo in Gemini Man (2019)
      Gemini Man
      5.7
      • driver: Mr Lee
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
      Alita: Battle Angel
      7.3
      • driver: Mr Rodrigues
      • 2019
    • Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Storm Reid, Levi Miller, and Deric McCabe in A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
      A Wrinkle in Time
      4.3
      • driver: Ms Witherspoon
      • 2018
    • John Goodman, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Dane DeHaan, and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
      Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
      6.4
      • driver: Mr Besson
      • 2017
    • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
      Ghost in the Shell
      6.3
      • driver: cast
      • 2017
    • John Kassir and Oakes Fegley in Pete's Dragon (2016)
      Pete's Dragon
      6.7
      • driver: Mr. Redford
      • 2016
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    Grant Roa Showreel2022
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    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • June 2, 1974
      • Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male
    • Pronouns
      • he/him
    • Race / Ethnicity
      • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

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    • Trademark
        His green eyes
    • Nickname
      • Big Kahuna

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