James Rolleston (born 8 June 1997)[1] is a New Zealand actor known for the films Boy[2] and The Dark Horse.
[3][4] The latter was released in October 2014[5] and had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 4 September.
[6] Rolleston made his screen debut in the Taika Waititi film Boy, playing the main role of the child who idolises his father.
In 2014 he took roles in two further films: critically acclaimed drama The Dark Horse, in which he co-starred opposite Cliff Curtis as a teenager who is set to be initiated into a gang, and action movie The Dead Lands, in which he plays a young Maori warrior seeking vengeance for the massacre of his family.
He has spoken about his ongoing recovery, revealing he required rehabilitation to learn how to walk, speak, and use basic motor skills again.