Lani Tupu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lani Tupu

New Zealand actor

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1955

Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand

Profession: television actor

Nationality: Australia, New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lani Tupu (born 4 November 1955 in Auckland, New Zealand), billed variously as Larney Tupu, John Tupu and Lani John Tupu, is a New Zealand-born classically trained actor of Samoan descent.
He was educated at Rongotai College and Wellington Teacher's Training College.
He was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Bursary in 1977 to enter New Zealand Drama School, where he graduated in 1978.
Lani left New Zealand for Australia in 1985 to "branch out across the big pond."