Duane Evans Jr.

New Zealand-Maori actor, Duane Antony Wiremu Wichman-Evans, aka Duane Evans Jr, has been acting since he was three years old. His most recent role is as Rotxo in James Cameron's Avatar sequels. For three and a half years, he played Michael Hampton-Rees, on the long running, New Zealand soap, 'Shortland Street'. Other roles include, the award-winning short, film 'Ebony Society' and feature film 'Fantail', a young 'Billy T James', in the TV Film about NZ entertainer and comic - 'Billy', the lead roles in the short films Possum, the (multi) International award wining 'I'm Going to Mum's', for which he also won 'The Best Male Actor Award' at the Wairoa Film Festival, and a supporting role in, 'Tree'. He also featured on 'Power Rangers - Ninja Steel' and the Netflix series, 'The New Legends of Monkey'. Duane speaks fluent Maori and he is also the fourth child of six siblings. His father is of Maori and Welsh descent, and his mother of Cook Island Maori, Tahitian, British and German. His father's iwi (tribes) are Ngati Whaatua and Nga Puhi, with sub tribes Ngati Hine, Ngati Kahu and Te Aupouri. He was born September 5, 2003. By: Rawiri Jobe