Temuera Morrison MNZM, born on 26 December 1960, is a New Zealand actor who first gained recognition in his home country for his role as Dr. Hone Ropata in the soap opera Shortland Street. He is highly praised for his portrayal of Jake The Muss Heke in Once Were Warriors (1994) and its sequel in 1999. Morrison gained international fame through his roles in the Star Wars franchise, notably as Jango Fett and his clone offspring, including Boba Fett and the clone troopers. He debuted as Jango Fett in the 2002 Star Wars movie Attack of the Clones. Morrison voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 re-release of The Empire Strikes Back, various Star Wars video games, and portrayed Boba fully in the second season of The Mandalorian (2019–present) and the spin-off show The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022). In 2022, he had a recurring role in the black ops thriller series Echo 3. Chief Tui, Moana's father in Disney's Moana (2016), was voiced by Morrison, and for playing Arthur Curry's father Tom Curry in the DCEU films Aquaman (2018), The Flash (2023), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Early life Morrison was born on 26 December 1960 in the town of Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. Hana Morrison (née Stafford) and Laurie Morrison, a musician, are his parents. His ancestry is Māori (Te Arawa and Tainui) as well as Scottish and Irish. His sister was performer Taini Morrison and his uncle was musician Sir Howard Morrison. He attended Wesley College in Auckland and Western Heights High School in Rotorua for his secondary education.