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Oliver Driver

Posted on 24 July 2009

 
 Oliver Driver

Even as a schoolboy, Oliver Driver knew he wanted to be an actor. Since leaving school he has had a varied career in theatre, television and film.

Playing the role of male nurse Mike Galloway in Shortland Street made Driver a famous face in New Zealand, but he has also appeared in other homemade TV shows such as The Strip, Serial Killers, and Letter to Blanchy, and the films Topless Women Talk about Their Lives, Magik and Rose, Black Sheep, and A Death in the Family.

Driver can now be seen every weekday morning on TV3’s Sunrise, and is appearing as the villainous ‘Mr Wilberforce’ in the upcoming feature film Under the Mountain.

In this interview, Driver talks about:

  • How he left school and jumped into theatresports
  • The love he has for directing theatre, and the creative process involved in getting a script to the stage
  • How City Life gave him his first and most memorable TV experience
  • Hosting Sunrise and the pressure of live television, and whether or not he “sold out” by taking the job
  • Playing the role of Mr Wilberforce in Under the Mountain and how a prosthetic face brought him to tears

This interview is available on YouTube to embed via a Creative Commons Licence.

Credits: Interview, Camera and Editing by Andrew Whiteside

 

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by TeMiha on 25 September 2009 at 2:37pm

i wouldn’t have known Oliver had had such a colorful career. it goes to show how talented some people are. loved black sheep. i watch him in the mornings and he really brings out the best in his co-workers too.

 

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