Blair Strang


Blair Strang is a New Zealand Maori actor. He is most noted for playing ambulance driver Rangi Heremaia on New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, Shortland Street, between 1995 and 2001 and Brian King on Nothing Trivial from 2011 to 2014.

Early life

Born to a Pākehā father of English descent and a Māori mother, he attended Saint Kentigern College, Pakuranga, where he was Head Prefect.

Filmography

As well as Shortland Street, Strang has appeared in television dramas Doves of War, Orange Roughies, Interrogation, Go Girls and Nothing Trivial. He also made an appearance on So You Wanna be a Popstar?, hosted by Oliver Driver, and starring Katrina Hobbs, and regularly appears in a variety of roles as a guest star or extra.
He completed filming Māori Television's new family drama, Kaitangata Twitch, which is an adaption of the children's book by author, Margaret Mahy. He has also completed a successful New Zealand tour of the theatre piece, Whero's New Net and co starred in the TV drama Nothing Trivial and Homeland.

Personal life

He has an LLB from the University of Auckland, majoring in entertainment law, and is a practising family lawyer in Albany at North Shore Legal Chambers.
He married his former Shortland Street co-star Katrina Devine on 10 November 2001; the couple later divorced.

Awards

In 2008 he won Metro magazine's "Outstanding Performance of the Year" award in a theatre piece with Massive Theatre Company called Whero's New Net.