Profile
Pronoun
He/She/They
Ethnicity
European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
175 cm
Age Range
19–29
Career Highlights
Murdoch is an Auckland born actor who began their television career at the age of 10 with a role in Ian Mune’s great depression drama Life’s a Riot, after that they continued to perform making their stage debut in ATC’s Lord of the Flies in 2013. Upon turning 18 they started a career as a drag queen performing often as the glamorous and stupid Murella. Murdoch has a passion for creating their own work which they went on to develop at Toi Whakaari the New Zealand drama school graduating in 2021. Murdoch believes in the future of acting as a medium to transcend the barriers that define us, be it gender, class or sexuality.
Independent Film.
| 2009 | Life's a Riot | Chris | Dir. Ian Mune |
Television.
| 2021 | The Brokenwood Mysteries: Season 7 | Arlo | Dir. Geoffrey Cawthorn |
Theatre.
| 2022 | The Made | Sam | Auckland Theatre Company Dir. Colin McColl |
| 2017 | As you Like It | Touchstone/Phoebe | Dir. Benjamin Henson |
| 2016 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Dir. Rita Stone |
| 2015 | 21st NARCISSUS | Chorus | Dir. Anapela Polataivao |
| 2014 | Macbeth | Porter | Dir. Jacque Drew |
| 2014 | Romeo & Juliet | Mercutio | Dir. Paul and Calum Gittins |
| 2013 | Lord of the Flies | Eric | Dir. Colin McColl |
| 2012 | The Taming of the Shrew | Tranio | Dir. Rita Stone |
Training.
| Toi Whakaari: Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) - 2021 | |||
| New Zealand National Youth Drama School - 2013 | |||
| YASC Masterclass (Margaret Mary Hollins, Stuart Devenie, Raymond Hawthorne, Linda Cartwright) - 2013 |