He was born on January 01, 1971 (49 years old). Neill Rea is an Actor. In 2014 he starred as Detective Mike Shepherd, in the first of multiple seasons of Prime’s feature-length crime …
Mike Shepherd on the Brokenwood Mysteries.
Neill, who also reveals he has another life as a casting director, is also relishing the break from Brokenwood and tells he and Jacquie feel very lucky to have stumbled into such a complex job. Since then Rea has embarked on a dual career as owner-operator of Auckland casting agency Fly Casting, while taking on a number of television and voice roles of his own.
He often pursues criminals in a way that seems odd to his coworkers. Rea, who is in his mid-40s, is pictured aged 20, on the beach in Goa, India, on a holiday following his second year at university. Neill Rea as Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd: a detective who decided to settle down in Brokenwood for a more peaceful life.
He has many personal secrets, including multiple marriages, and a nephew with Down Syndrome, as well as a love for country music and his Holden Kingswood classic car.
His work as casting director includes 2012 TV movie What Really Happened - Votes for Women, and movie Kiwi Christmas. “We have to go some pretty dark places in the play. Neil Rea, Auckland based actor best known for playing Det.
Actor Neill Rea plays Detective Mike Shepherd in the ... That answer is, perhaps, a little too much mid-life crisis. Neill Rea, Actor: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. I feel safe, very safe. To enquire please contact Auckland Actors: actors@aucklandactors.co.nz The Brokenwood Mysteries latest season is about to kick off. Neill Rea is an actor and casting director, known for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995), The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) and Scarfies (1999). Jacquie says they get on well and she appreciates having someone she trusts.