Mr.
Kil (Lawrence Makoare)
Character
Mister
Kil is Gustav Graves' security officer. Dressed as Graves' butler, he fights Bond
when he is guarding the laser rig that Jinx is strapped to under the biodomes.
Biography
Born:
1968,Bastion Point, Auckland, New Zealand
Lawrence Makoare has established
an impressive acting career over the past seven years, after his talent was discovered
by Don Selwyn in a drama class. He is most famous for his role as Lurtz in Lord
Of The Rings.
Makoare says he was a road maintenance worker who stumbled
into acting by mistake. He went to the drama class with his former wife, to look
after their son while she participated, but Selwyn encouraged him to join in and
very quickly arranged his first audition.
His first role was in the Hollywood
feature film Rapa Nui, which was filmed in Easter Island and other features include
The Price of Milk, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, Feathers of Peace, also
produced by He Taonga Films, and a lead role in Crooked Earth, playing Temuera
Morrisons brother. He also played three different characters in The Lord
of the Rings.
His television work includes Xena: Warrior Princess, Young
Hercules, Greenstone, Mirror Mirror, and the He Taonga Films dramas ITFM and Oma
Rapiti, plus short films and commercials.
Of Ngati Whatua descent, Makoare
grew up in Bastion Point, Auckland, where he still lives. He is not a fluent Maori
speaker, learning the lines necessary for his character through intensive study
and mentoring by Waihoroi Shortland, who plays Shylock.
In addition to road
work for the City Council and other physical labouring jobs, he has also worked
as a Maori wood carver. He is a keen sportsman, playing rugby league, touch football
and softball as well as scuba diving, fishing and swimming.