birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
england , united kingdom new zealand november 4 , 1946 john callen
 john callen actor/director
john callen

john callen -lrb- born november 4 , 1946 -rrb- is an english-born new zealand character actor , voiceover artist and director .
he is best known for portraying Óin , son of glóin in the 2012-2014 `` the hobbit '' film trilogy .
he has performed in movies , including `` the rainbow warrior '' , and tv shows , including `` the tribe '' , and lent his voice to `` power rangers jungle fury '' .
he has performed in `` goodbye pork pie '' , `` pictures '' , `` send a gorilla '' , `` sinking of the rainbow warrior '' -lrb- as prime minister david lange -rrb- , `` feathers of peace '' , `` fly '' -lrb- best actor in a short film -rrb- , `` treasure island kids '' -lrb- x3 -rrb- , `` love birds '' in 2010 -lrb- with sally hawkins and rhys darby -rrb- , and many tv series and films including `` close to home '' , `` pioneer women '' , `` roche '' , `` moynihan '' , `` 221b baker street '' , `` xena -- amazon high '' -lrb- with selma blair and karl urban -rrb- , `` the man who lost his head '' -lrb- with martin clunes -rrb- , and `` bliss '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
he has also directed many works for television including `` shortland street '' , `` the tribe '' , `` epitaph '' , `` taonga '' , and `` the kiwi who saved britain '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- .
he has performed in and/or directed more than 100 stage plays including performances as macbeth , shylock , polonius and claudius , and has won best actor and best supporting actor for his theatre work .
he has appeared in a number of tv commercials and voiced more than 120 documentaries and thousands of commercials .
