Kazuya Wright

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CONTACT

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PRESS CLIPS

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GALLERY

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BIOGRAPHY

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Kazuya Adam Wright, born November 1976 started martial arts training at the age of seven at his fathers insistence. Having trained in various styles for the next four years he was kicked out of home by his father on Christmas eve; a year after his parents divorced. After what he described as a "challenging childhood living on the streets" he joined the Brisbane City Saints American Football team in 1993-95 and was picked to play for the state team the next two years. By 1996 his love for team sports began to wain and with his attention shifting towards a solo career, he begun weight training with his childhood friend Andrew Batterbury. Weighing in at 60 kgs (132 pounds) the two old friends spurred each other on to great heights and after a few years Kazuya had built himself up to an astonishing 128kgs (282 pounds). Shortly after, he became the gym manager at Leny's Boxing gym on Brisbane's north side where he continued to train both in weight lifting and martial arts.

At 25 he began training in film and television under the tutelage of John O'Brien & later esteemed theater director Andrew Buchanan. Securing a few minor roles in short and feature films Kazuya left Australia and studied at TVi acting studios and living briefly both LA & NY. Returning home he Kazuya realized that he needed to drop size in order to land the types of roles he wanted and leaned up to a respectable 91kgs (200 pounds) and landed lead roles in a string of short films such as THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF SEBASTIAN GREEN, DAMAGED, REPENTANCE & the award winning UNFINISHED BUSINESS & many feature films like VIGILANTE, the award winning AXED, HARRISVILLE, THE UNDERDOG'S TALE, MOYURU TOKI: THE EXCELLENT COMPANY, HARRY REDFORD III" and LOYALTY.

Recently he has found acclaim in guest spots on television with SEA PATROL and Steven Spielberg's TERRA NOVA.

Although acting is a major part of Kazuya's life he has often said "You've got to have goals or life get will get dull very quickly". While continuing to hone his craft Kazuya also wrote two screen plays; CONSEQUENCE and LEGACY OF THE SPEAR and is currently in the midst of writing 3 manuscripts with his goals of becoming a published author. With dreams of visiting every continent on Earth, Kazuya sees life as an adventure that needs to be explored, rather than one sitting in an office.

Concept art, random pics & stuff

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Just wanted to share with you a few pieces of artwork that has been done over the years of myself, either concept designs for films or just extremely kind people who are supremely talented.

By Jake Reedy - LOYALTY

unknown - AXED

By Jake Reedy - HEARTLESS

By Jake Rundle - LOYALTY

Some little kid - HARRISVILLE


Photo credit - Jake Reedy, Artwork by Sharon Rose

unknown - LEGACY OF THE SPEAR

The Axe of Redemption

2011-07-31T22:34:00.000-07:00

Got some very cool nuggets of news for you today. And seeing I'm doing this from my cell phone you'll have to forgive me but I'm making two posts in one here.

Now with 20% less BS

Firstly Simon Van Der Spoel, director, editor, film maker & all-around-super-nice-guy (yes even nicer than me; i know, i know it's hard to believe but it's true) has finally released his hotly awaited Military action trailer for his film REDEEMED! Check it out below.

REDEEMED TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAXTMxDR-I&feature=youtu.be

Quality thy named be Redeemed. "Redeemed" is an action drama about a wounded SAS soldier who returns to his rural childhood home to heal is body and soul. Confronted by his past, the soldier must decide between love for his country and the love of a woman. But the truth of his ex fiancés past threatens to destroy them, and draws them into the vicious criminal underworld, where there is no guarantee of survival. Oh and i have a small role in it too.

Second little nugget comes from our dear old Zombie loving buddy Joshua Long (i've got a pic of him here somewhere... Ah here it is.

The brains behind AXED... yeah...

So Josh (legendary zombie director) was telling me he's re-cut the film and has made it more in line with his original vision, which scares me a little because the version i saw was pretty bloody brutal already but As with all the directors i work with i have complete and utter faith. After all, I'm just an assistant story teller, a mere marionette puppet for which the director can voice his story through.

And as a result of this new and improved version a spanking new review has just been released today on the The Lair of Filth website.

Spanking new review

So there you go, two little gold nuggets for you today and, wait, what's that Josh? You're hungry again?! Oh alright, let's go get you some food. What do you feel like; Chinese, Thai, Australian?