Jamie Irvine has worked in film, television and theatre since 1998 as an actor, director and acting coach. After leaving New Zealand to study in 2003, Jamie spent several years in both Sydney and Los Angeles, where he worked as an actor and voice artist as well as teaching at NIDA, Actors Centre Australia, Theatre of Arts Hollywood and various other organisations.
Since returning to New Zealand in 2017, Jamie has performed in various productions including Shortland Street, Black Hands, Sweet Tooth, Centrepoint, Power Rangers, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Duckrockers, Mystic, N00b, Literally Dead, My Life is Murder, M3gan 2.0 and Tinā. On stage, he has performed in the PopUp Globes productions of Richard III and Taming of the Shrew. He directed the NZ on Air Funded webseries Here if you Need. He has also taught acting at South Seas Film and Television School and worked as programme manager at Script to Screen.
Jamie is passionate about storytelling and helping others reach their potential. He plans to spend his time with the Ockham Collective running acting classes for actors and directors. He also plans to work collaboratively on developing story ideas, with a view to building a slate of work for further development.