Brian Sergent


Brian Sergent is an actor born and based in Wellington, New Zealand.

Background

Sergent’s acting career began at age 15 playing Lionel in the soap opera, Close to Home.
Brian is also known for playing Eric on Outrageous Fortune, the New Zealand Prime Minister on Flight of the Conchords, and Harold in The Lost Children.
One of his most popular characters, cabin steward Gavin Soper, appeared on the Pulp Comedy television series.
Sergent has a strong association with Circa Theatre in Wellington. He performed as five different characters in Time of My Life, ten roles in Greater Tuna, eleven characters in Travels with My Aunt and several roles in The Duchess of Malfi and Take a Chance on Me.
Sergent’s film credits include Peter Jackson’s Meet the Feebles, Braindead and Lord of the Rings, Absent Without Leave, Via Satellite, the lead role as Marty in The Shirt and Noah in Eagle vs. Shark.
Radio listeners are quite familiar with Sergent's reading of short stories, novels and radio plays on Radio New Zealand where he is still actively involved.
Sergent won The Chapman Tripp theatre award in 2004 for most promising new playwright for his play The Love of Humankind.
He also won the Chapman Tripp theatre award in 1994 for male supporting actor of the year and the Chapman Tripp theatre award in 1992 for male actor of the year.
After taking a break from the show for nearly three years, Sergent returned to Outrageous Fortune as Eric in the second to last episode of the fifth season.

Filmography

Television