Jared Turner

Jared Turner is a New Zealand-born Australian actor, best known for his roles as Ben Maddox in Go Girls, Tarrick/Void Knight in Power Rangers Dino Fury and Cosmic Fury, and as Ty Johnson on the television series, The Almighty Johnsons.

Jared Turner
Born	Jared Philip Turner New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Spouse	Lissy Mayer ​ (m. 2014)​

Early life and education

Jared Philip Turner^{[citation needed]} was born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, to parents of Samoan and German descent.^{[1][better source needed]}

His family moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1980 and he went on to graduate from Theatre Nepean, University of Western Sydney in 2000.^[2]

Career

Turner played teacher Ben Maddox in Go Girls (2009–10) and as Ty Johnson on the television series, The Almighty Johnsons (2011–13). He is also recognised on New Zealand TV screens for hosting the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority's energy-saving adverts, "The Energy Spot".^[3]

Personal life

In 2014, Turner married costume designer Lissy Mayer at a wedding ceremony in Oratia, New Zealand.^[4] The couple has a blended family of four children.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Basilisk Stare	Spike	Short
2004	In Too Deep	Sales Assistant	Short
2006	Discount Taxi Driver	Charles	Short
2007	Coffee and Allah	Café Manager	Short
2007	30 Days of Night	Aaron
2008	Love in the Time of Chlamydia	Kerry Post	Short
2009	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Xristo
2009	The Warning	Tommy Mate	Short
2009	Lines Crossed	Male	Short
2013	End of Daze	Jared
2014	The Last Saint	Gaz
2016	Titiro	William	Short
2017	6 Days	Tommy Palmer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Home and Away	Kid	Episode: "1.1813"
2002	All Saints	Brett Davis	Episode: "All Choked Up"
2007	Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape	Fireman	TV film
2007	Outrageous Fortune	Trent	Episode: "To Sleep, No More"
2008	Power Rangers Jungle Fury	Whiger	Recurring role
2009–10	Go Girls	Ben Maddox	Recurring role (series 1–2)
2011–2013	The Almighty Johnsons	Tyrone 'Ty' Johnson	Main role
2013	Spartacus: War of the Damned	Lucius Furius	Episode: "Enemies of Rome"
2014	The Brokenwood Mysteries	Rory Parkes	Episode: "Hunting the Stag"
2015	True Crime: Venus and Mars	Marty Bruce	TV film
2015	Ash vs Evil Dead	Eligos (voice)	Episodes: "Books from Beyond", "Brujo", "The Host"
2015	When We Go to War	Sgt. Graves	TV miniseries
2016	The Shannara Chronicles	Slanter	Recurring role (series 1)
2016	Filthy Rich	Sam Halloway	Recurring role (series 1)
2016	Hillary	Earl Riddiford	Episodes: "Louise", "Home", "Race to the Pole"
2016	Roman Empire	Marcus Aurelius Cleander	Main role (series 1)
2016–17	The Secret Daughter	Christopher Norton	Main role
2018	Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel	Joe	Episode: "Car Trouble"
2019	Ablaze	Roger Ballantyne	TV film
2020	Almost Paradise	Todd Carpenter	Episode: "Something Walker This Way Comes"
2020–21	One Lane Bridge	Rob Ryder	Recurring role
2021–22	Power Rangers Dino Fury	Tarrick/Void Knight/Void King	Main role
2021	Sweet Tooth	George Anderson	Co-starring; episode: "Sorry About All the Dead People"
2023	Power Rangers Cosmic Fury	Tarrick	Recurring role

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	No Worries	Ensemble	Theatre Nepean
1999	Alice's Adventures Underground	Lewis Carroll	Theatre Nepean
2000	Richard II	Earl of Salisbury / William Bagot / Sir Pierce of Exton	Theatre Nepean / Footbridge Theatre
2000	The Playboy of the Western World	Christy Mahon	Theatre Nepean / Footbridge Theatre
2001	Jake & Pete	Jake	Manitoba Theatre for Young People
2001	Get the Message	Jared	Co. Theatre Physical
2001	Blue Heart	Lewis	Griffin Theatre Company
2001	Search and Destroy	Robert / Pamfilo	New Theatre (Newtown)
2002	Solitude in Blue	Colin	Griffin Theatre Company
2002	Six Pack	Mark	Sydney Opera House
2003	The Castle	Brian	New Theatre (Newtown)
2003	Pirandello's The Rules of the Game	Dr. Spiga	Darlinghurst Theatre
2004	Stepping into Shadows	Matt	Darlinghurst Theatre
2007	Motel Nights	Ensemble	Aotea Centre
2009	The Arrival	Ensemble	Auckland Civic Theatre

External links

• Jared Turner at IMDb

References

1. "Jared Turner: My World". Fresh TV. 30 March 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
2. "Jared Turner". actors.co.nz. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
3. McConnochie, Trudie (13 March 2011). "Jared Turner: Polar opposite". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
4. "Spy: Almighty Johnsons star ties the knot". NZ Herald. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
5. Sell, Bronwyn (30 March 2014). "My happy place: Jared Turner". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2018.