birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
auckland , new zealand 1971 mario gaoa
 mario gaoa actor , writer/director
mario gaoa

mario gaoa -lrb- born 1971 -rrb- is a new zealand actor , writer and director , best known as a member of the naked samoans comedy group .
he is of samoan descent .
as part of the group he has appeared in the film sione 's wedding ; provided the voices of sione tapili and god in the animated series bro'town , which he also co-writes ; and acted in various naked samoans comedic theatre performances .
he has also appeared in the film nightmare man and briefly in the television series .
the youngest son of sam and tulua gaoa , gaoa grew up in the mount roskill suburb of auckland , new zealand .
he attended balmoral intermediate school , where he met shimpal lelisi , later to become another naked samoans member .
the two attended mt albert grammar school before joining the pacific theatre group .
this led them to meet david fane and oscar kightley , the other founding members of naked samoans .
gaoa continues to write for stage and television , delivering a dramatic piece `` two days in dream '' in auckland .
the critics ' reviews of his first work encouraged him to focus more on writing .
currently he is free lance directing for both tagata pasifika and mai time .
he also hosts a lunchtime show named the `` beat box '' on the new zealand pacific radio station niu fm .
alongside dj reminise .
he has 6 siblings including himself .
