Tammy Davis

Tammy Davis is a New Zealand actor, best known for his role as Munter on the hit New Zealand comedy-drama Outrageous Fortune. He grew up in Raetihi, New Zealand.[1]

Tammy Davis
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Career

Davis has performed in both film and television, including Black Sheep, Whale Rider and in Taika Waititi's short film Tama Tu. He also starred as Mookie in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors. Davis made his feature film direction debut on the 2015 film, Born to Dance, released in September 2015.[1][2] He is a host on the breakfast show on George FM.[3][4]

In 2020, Davis starred as Vice Principal Trev in The Eggplant, a New Zealand-teen-drama crime-comedy series released to TVNZ OnDemand and YouTube. [5] In 2021, he was a contestant on Celebrity Treasure Island 2021.[6]

Filmography

Television
Title Year Role Notes
Jackson's Wharf 1999–2002 Worm 4 episodes
Mataku 2005 Jason Episode: "The Chosen Ones"
Outrageous Fortune 2005–10 Jared "Munter" Mason Series regular
The Market 2005 Ritchie Johnson Episode: "Season 1, Episode 2"
Dancing in the Sky 2011 William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse Documentary; Lead role
Missing Christmas 2012 Tane Te Pania (voice) Television film
Sunny Skies 2013 Deano Main role
Top of the Lake 2013, 17 Constable Howe 2 episodes
Auckland Daze 2013–14 Himself 3 episodes
#KOMTR 2015 Host
Only Aotearoa 2015 Various roles Main role; web series
The Barefoot Bandits 2016–19 Tane TePania (voice) Main role
Jimi's World 2017 Himself 1 episode
Only Aotearoa 2017–19 Various roles Main role
Shortland Street 2017–18 Luke Whakapano
Funny Girls 2018 Various roles Episode "Season 3, Episode 2"
All Star Family Feud 2018 Contestant
Misadventures of a Pacific Professional 2019 Mike Wiki 2 episodes; web series
Whatta Beauty 2020 — Director
The Eggplant 2020 Vice Principal Trevor Main role; web series

Film
Title Year Role Notes
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? 1999 Mookie
Whale Rider 2002 Dog
Fracture 2004 Det. Peters
Spooked 2004 Andy
Tama Tū 2005 Māori Battalion Soldier Short film
Black Sheep 2006 Tucker
Eagle vs Shark 2007 Fight Extra
Tonight on NZ on Screen 2010 Presenter Short film
Ebony Society 2011 — Short film, writer and director
Sonny, My Older Brother 2012 — Short film, writer and director
Fantail 2013 Dad
Damien 2014 Damien Short film
Born to Dance 2015 — Director

Personal life

Of Māori descent, he identifies with Ngāti Rangi and Atihaunui a Paparangi and is the half brother of Kiwi actor, Julian Arahanga.

He had a long-term relationship with the producer Ainsley Gardiner and they have three daughters.[7] He is now married to Cypress Vivieaere.[8]

References
  1. "Tammy Davis". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. "Tammy Davis". New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. "George Breakfast". georgefm.co.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. "George FM - Beats working". George FM. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. "The Eggplant - A drama-crime-comedy online web series". www.dia.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. "Meet the contestants of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021". TheSpinoff. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. Eriksen, Alanah May (29 August 2009). "Actor: What I did was stupid". The New Zealand Herald.
  8. "What the gossip mags say". Stuff. 9 July 2012.


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