Auckland actor Fasitua Amosa is a man of many roles. He’s a Samoan chief and the title “Faiumu” connects him back to his grandfather’s family on Savai‘i. He’s the deputy chair of the Whau Local Board in west Auckland, and the voice of Auckland Transport on its public transport network. He is a respected, versatile actor – and co-vice-president of actors’ union Equity NZ – who most recently played the Duke of Albany in Michael Hurst’s Auckland Theatre Company production of King Lear.
On television, after starring in 2004 series The Insider’s Guide to Happiness, he’s become one of those familar faces via guest and supporting roles in shows such as Dirty Laundry and Fresh Eggs. His biggest small-screen role, though, has been as one of fraternal wrestling duo the Wild Samoans who were “uncles” to a young Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Young Rock, the American sitcom about the star’s childhood.
He’s a director, too, about to takethe vibrant poetry-performance show, on a North Island tour this month.
