Matu Ngaropo

Matu recently returned to Aotearoa from touring Australia as first US President George Washington in the original Australian company of Hamilton.

Theatre credits include The Lion King (Australian Tour), The Māori Troilus & Cressida (Shakespeare’s Globe), Othello (Centrepoint), Ngā Bro e Whā (MMQ), Romeo & Juliet (Downstage), Two Worlds (Edinburgh, London, NYC), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Circa Theatre), Te Awarua (Te Rēhia); Hamlet, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors (Pop Up Globe), and Mum's Choir (Fortune Theatre).

Last year Matu was fortunate to revisit the role of Scar from The Lion King in the Reo Māori recording of the original Disney animation. In 2021 he had the privilege of playing rangatira Tā Apirana Ngata in the feature film WHINA.

Matu has been a proud member of Equity New Zealand since 2004.