John Dybvig

Actor

The best emotional preparation I was ever going to have came on the set of 'Kids World' starring Christopher Lloyd.

My first day on set was extremely emotional. I was playing the dad to the fourteen-year-old lead. When I arrived the first AD exclaimed. "Good, here's the dad."

I just stood there beaming at hearing those words. And finally I screamed, "Yes! Yes, I am the dad!"

Everyone thought that I was a little loopy until I explained to them that my lovely wife Jennifer had told me that morning that I should start preparing to become a dad in the real world. I was fifty at the time and Sam was my first child, so I was pretty pumped for that shoot.

Film:
- King Kong (New York Policeman) Dir. Peter Jackson - Read more here: King Kong
- Ready To Run (Jack - Track Announcer) Disney Movie, Dir. Duwayne Dunham
- Exposure (Policeman) HBO, Dir. David Blythe, Starring Ron Silver
- Kids World (Mr Mitchell) Dir. Dale Bradley, Starring Christopher Lloyd
- When Love Comes Along (Amcam Man) Dir. Garth Maxwell, Starring Rena Owen
- Gravity & Grace (Businessman) Dir. Chris Krause

Television:
- Spin Doctors - Guest Star
- Shortland Street (Rick Bumbaum) - South Pacific Pictures
- Greenstone (Cody) - Communicado - Dir. Chris Bailey, 8 hour mini-series
- Young Hercules - The Series 1 (Thug) - Pacific Island Pictures
- Hercules - Armageddon Now: Part II (King Quallus) - Pacific Renaissance
- Pio! - Series 2 (Various Characters)
- Hercules - Prodigal Sister (Slave Trader) - Pacific Renaissance
- Pio's Place (Various Characters) Pipi Productions
- Letter to Blanchey (Uncle Dwight) - Isambard Productions
- Xena Warrior Princess - The Black Wolf (Brigand -Ox) Pacific Renaissance
- Mysterious Island (Luke) Tasman Productions
- Pete & Pio (Sheriff) Isambard Productions
- Hercules - Pride Comes Before Brawl (Rankor) Pacific Renaissance
- Hercules - The Wrong Path, (Tavern Thug) Pacific Renaissance, 
- High Tide (Sgt Jurgensen) Dir. Catherine Miller
- Shortland Street (Byron Kramer) South Pacific Pictures
- Hercules - In The Underworld (Minion) Pacific Renaissance
- Fallout (Richard Armitage - Finalist Best Supporting Actor, NZ Film & TV Awards) South Pacific Pictures - Dir. Chris Bailey

Author

In No Big Hairy Ape, read about John Dybvig's experiences with Peter Jackson (King Kong and Lord of the Rings), Jack Black, John Hurt, Christopher Lloyd and other actors in the movie and TV worlds of New Zealand and America.

"Compulsively readable... Dybvig is funnier than Bill Bryson" - Kevin Roberts, CEO Saatchi & Saatchi International

Cover by William Johnson

King Kong Competition Winners!NEW!

From John: "Thank you for your entries from all around the world! The winners of the New Zealand post office commemorative King Kong movie stamps, signed by me, are:

Nancy Berg... she wins the Collector's Pack with King Kong's roar!
William Johnson.... he wins a Miniature Sheet of King Kong stamps!
Michael Marcottrigiano... he wins a Miniature Sheet of King Kong stamps!

Congratulations!

Once again, thank you to everyone who entered. Watch this site for other competitions, and enjoy the new King Kong movie! (Wave to me when you see me... I'll wave back!)"

 

Agent: Robert Bruce 'Tobermory' 218 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 2, New Zealand Phone 09-360-3440, Fax 9-378-1085.  E-mail:  robert@robbruce.co.nz   Founder Member of the 'NZ Actors Guild Inc.'

Broadcaster
John Dybvig has extensive experience on radio and television. His early TV experiences are humorously told in his book, "Microphones Up My Nose".

TV3 Presenter For:
- Main Event Big Time Wrestling'
- Isambard
- Dybvig on Sport
- Nelson Giants Documentary
- Reebok 3 Sports Sunday
- NBA Show

Sky Sports Presenter For:
- NBA Basketball
- NFL Football
- Sportsweek
- Prod. & Dir. for Sky: Coaches Corner
- Hot Spots

American Dialect Coach
John has worked as a dialect/accent coach on a number of films and television shows, including Disney and HBO films and TV shows such as Xena and Hercules. He has also trained and tutored a range of Hollywood and New Zealand actors, and run his own training program for aspiring actors.

Dialogue Coaching
- 'Power Rangers' - Walt Disney Productions - Series
- 'You Wish' - Disney - Movie
- 'Atomic Twister' - Starring Sharon Lawrence, Corbin Bernson - Director: Bill Corcoran
- 'Exposure', HBO, Starring Ron Silver
- 'When Love Comes Along' Starring Rena Owen
- 'The Climb' - Starring John Hurt, Director Bob Swaim

American Accent Tutor
- Auckland School of Performing & Screen Arts
- South  Seas Film & Television School
- Pacific Renaissance Pictures:  Hercules, Xena, Young Hercules, Jack of All Trades.