Raised in Ruawai, Northland, and later spending nearly three decades in Australia, Roy Billing shifted from a science degree and a stint in advertising to a theatre-in-education program at age thirty, launching his acting career. He first appeared on New Zealand screens in the early 1980s, with roles in Sea Urchins, The Scarecrow and the miniseries Erebus, before becoming a familiar face on Austra…
