Jarred Blakiston Actor Profile

Jarred made his screen debut as a child with a guest role in the 2004 children’s drama P.E.T Detectives. He soon went on to score a core cast role on the long-running New Zealand soap Shortland Street, along with appearing in three seasons of Amazing Extraordinary Friends. His feature film roles include The Tattooist, Pearl in Paradise and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in which he played a Rivendell Elf. Jarred has also had major guest roles on Power Rangers, drama series When We Go To War, Netflix’s The Legend of Monkey and MTV’S The Shannara Chronicles, as well as New Zealand series The Gulf and Golden Boy. His stage credits include Les Misérables, Dragon Lore, Second Afterlife, Vernon God Little and a lead role in Auckland Theatre Company's show The Haka Party . Most recently, Jarred has had a recurring guest role on Amazon Studios drama-series The Wild’s.