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Emmett Skilton (born 23 September 1987) is a New Zealand actor and director.
He played the lead character, Axl Johnson, in the comedy-drama, The Almighty Johnsons, and most recently had roles in Avatar: The Way of Water and American comedy series Young Rock, portraying Dwayne Johnson's real-life college football coach, Ed Orgeron.




Early life


Emmett was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He grew up in Titahi Bay and attended Mana College, all in his home town of Titahi Bay. Emmett performed in the New Zealand Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival every year that he was at Mana College, and one year directed A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2005 he was selected to attend the New Zealand Schools Shakespeare Production.
During high school, Emmett performed with improvisation troupe, Joe Improv, at Wellington's Capital E. New Zealand director Danny Mulheron saw Emmett perform and asked him to audition for the role of Willem in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. The following year he toured New Zealand and Sydney with the acting company The Ugly Shakespeare Company, before attending Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, in 2007.




Career






= Film and television

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While studying at Toi Whakaari, Emmett starred in the feature film Home By Christmas, based on Gaylene Preston's family during WW2. He graduated at the end of 2009 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Acting and began starring as Axl Johnson in The Almighty Johnsons from 2010.
Emmett played real-life figures Sam Giancana in US series The Making of the Mob: Chicago in 2016 and Victor Lownes in American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story in 2017. He went on to star in James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water, The Sounds, New Zealand and Canadian co-production, Together Forever Tea, Amazon Prime's American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story,.
Emmett recently starred in NBC's new single-camera comedy series, Young Rock, based on the life of Dwayne Johnson. Emmett portrays Johnson's former position coach at the University of Miami, former LSU head coach, Ed Orgeron.




= Directing

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From 2015 to 2017, Emmett produced and directed the comedy web series Auckward Love which centres around a young heartbroken girl in Auckland, New Zealand, in her quest to find love again from her not-so-useful best friends. He also directed the award-winning comedy series, Millennial Jenny, exclusively for Instagram TV in 2019 to present.
Emmett co-directed Stan Harrington's Australian series, Legends, released in 2019.
He is a screen tutor at leading drama school The Actors Program and directed their 2017 and 2018 graduation films, Ripple and 13 Suspects, the latter written by The Almighty Johnsons co-creator Rachel Lang.
Most recently, Emmett has directed over 100 episodes of Shortland Street for TVNZ.




Filmography






= Film

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A Mistake (2024) Alexander Colton
Together Forever Tea (2021) Steve Slater
Ablaze (2020) David Cody
Shortland Street (2020) Ross Douglas
James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018) Det. Derek Mois
Into The Rainbow (2017) Tom Williams
Every Little Thing (2016) Henry Thorougood
Bella (2016) Connor Gregor
The Last Train (2015) Louis
We Feel Fine (2012) Roger
Packed (2011) Darth Vader
Shopping for One (2010) Dave
Home By Christmas (2009) Tiny




= Television

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Young Rock (2021) Coach Orgeron
The Sounds (2020) Brendan
Kino Ratten (2019) Officer Armand
Power Rangers Beast Morphers (2019) Jax
Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel (2018) Dreadwolf and Stabberous
Dear Murderer (2017) Bruce Peterson
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017) Victor Lownes
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2017) Dr. Byron Cotter
Power Rangers Dino Super Charge (2016) Professor Strickler
The Making of the Mob: Chicago (2016) Sam Giancana
Jono and Ben at Ten (2013) Guy Williams
The Almighty Johnsons – Series 3 (2013) Axl Johnson
Would I Lie To You? (2012) Himself
The Almighty Johnsons – Series 2 (2012) Axl Johnson
Aotearoa Film and Television Awards (2011) Himself
The Almighty Johnsons – Series 1 (2011) Axl Johnson
Time Trackers (2008) Ernest Rutherford
The Investigator (2006) Brendan Easton
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (2005) Willem van der Murren




= Web

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D & D Logic (2022) Barbarian
Millennial Jenny (2018-2023) Producer/Director
Auckward Love (2015-2017) Producer/Director
Gods Among Us on YouTube (2013) Axl Johnson




= Theatre

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Between Two Waves (2015) Daniel Wells
Stones in His Pockets (2014) Various
Tribes (2012) Daniel
Idiots 3D (2011) Francis Fox
Paper Sky: A Love Story (2011–12) Henry
Gagarin Way (2010) Tom




Awards


Best Acting Ensemble – NZ Webfest 2020 Archived 14 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Alumni Award – NZ Webfest 2020 Archived 14 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Best Director of a series – Seal Beach Film Festival 2019
Best Director of an International Web-series – Melbourne Webfest 2016
Best Screenplay for an International Web-series – Melbourne Webfeet 2016
Nomination for 'Rising Star' Award – TV Guide Best of the Box 2012




References






External links


Emmett Skilton at IMDb
Emmett Skilton at Johnson and Laird Management

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