Eteuati Ete


Etuate Ete is a New Zealand-based actor and comedian best known as one half of the Samoan duo Laughing Samoans.

Biography

Ete was born in Samoa and moved to New Zealand with his parents at the age of 12.

Education

He was one of the first Pacific Islanders to attend the Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School.

Career

Ete is one of the founding members of New Zealand’s first Pacific Island theatre group formed in 1981 called Taotahi. They staged the first full length Pacific Island play ever performed in New Zealand called “Le Matau” in which Ete played the lead role for which he was named by The Dominion’s theatre critics as the most promising male performer of the year. He wrote and performed the first solo show by a Pacific Islander in New Zealand called The Johnny Smith Myth and has extensive stage, film, television and radio experience.