Category: Characters

GRANDPA GORDON

GRANDPA GORDON
Giles’ eccentric grandfather is unhappy at first to move to Sunset Cove. Neurotic and young at heart, Grandpa offers sometimes bizarre but encouraging advice to Giles and pops up in the most unexpected ways.Grandpa’s first love (excluding his family of course) is television – he literally sits in front of the television all day and will awake from his heavy snoozing as soon as the channels change.

 

Martyn Sanderson
Martyn is a veteran of both stage and screen. Martyn is a regular performer in the theatre and has been in Cloud 9’s previous productions, The Enid Blyton Adventure Series and The Legend of William Tell.

DOROTHY GORDON

DOROTHY GORDON
Giles has always felt his mother was eccentric but also secretive – could there be more to her move to Sunset Cove than meets the eye? What is her secret? And who does she work for really? What – or who – is she always trying to hide? 

Joanne Mildenhall
Joanne first appeared on the stage in a university revue show at Victoria University in Wellington, where she was studying for a BA in French and English Literature including Drama. Over the past 10 years she has been working in theatre and in front of the camera in a number of productions including Bread and Roses, Fall Out, Cover Story, Tiger Country and as a dialogue coach on Cloud 9’s The Tribe.

ANTONIA AND ANTHONY

ANTONIA AND ANTHONY
Among Giles’ classmates are Anthony and Antonia; Anthony is macho and assertive. – Antonia is wacky and feminine. They both look very similar – and are never seen together at the same time… They are attracted to each other and are apprently going steady. But some believe they are in fact one and the same person, locked in some multi-dimensional parallel universe?

Victoria Spence
Victoria is 16 years old. She has experience as a stills photographic model and has appeared in several television commercials. Her drama work includes a lead role in The Joker as well as parts in Memory and Desire, Shortland Street, Jack be Nimble and Mother Tongue. Victoria played the part of Zot in William Shatner’s A Twist in the Tale – The Duellists. She has also played the part of Salene in The Tribe Series 1, 2 and 3.

JET MARIGOLD

JET MARIGOLD

With an explosive temper and being prone to overreact to the slightest antagonism, Jet stands out with her blue wacky hair and outrageous fashion. Could her irritability stem from the junk and chemically processed food she adores? Jet has a vivid imagination and is quite paranoid at times, thinking up wild conspiracy theories and she feels it is up to her to solve them…Jet gradually finds herself attracted to none other than Beanie, whom she correctly describes as “one in a billion”

 

Laura Wilson
Laura first appeared as a core cast member in the Cloud 9 series The Tribe 2. She has also appeared in the short film and educational video Choice.

 

BEANIE

BEANIE
A kid with weird ears, Beanie befriends but also disturbs Giles and there is something about him that is literally out of this world. Beanie has a habit of searching the skies and drawing flying saucers, which he claims to see in his dreams… will Giles ever discover the mystery surrounding Beanie? Beanie does not know his own origins and doesn’t fit in with the other kids around – but he develops an attraction for the feisty Jet Marigold.

Todd Emerson
Todd is 16 years old. He has been acting since 1996 when he appeared in the Secret Garden. He has also been in Kids World, Her Majesty and NZ tv drama Shortland Street. Atlantis High is Todd’s first feature role for television.