
John Bach
Department: Acting
Biography
John Bach (born 5 June 1946) is a British-born New Zealand actor who has acted on stage, television and film over a period of more than four decades. Though born in the United Kingdom, he has spent most of his career living and working in New Zealand. In 1997, his leading role as the titular detective character of Duggan was created for him, firstly in a couple of telemovies, then in a successful New Zealand series.
Known For

Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004

Battletruck
1982

Bad Blood
1982

Blood Oath
1990

The Heroes
1988

The Hollow Men
2008

The Cure
2014

Georgia
1989

Pallet on the Floor
1986

The Last Tattoo
1994

Wild Horses
1984

Other Halves
1984

The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
1993

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
1989

The Lost Tribe
1983

Goodbye Pork Pie
1981

Wild Man
1977

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980

CrimeBroker
1993

Rest for the Wicked
2011

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002

Judgement Tavern
2016

The Ballad of Maddog Quinn
2022

Old Scores
1991

The Light Between Oceans
2016

Mistress, Mercy
2018

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003

Utu
1984

Heart of the Stag
1984

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008

Typhon's People
1993

My Name Is Bruce
2007

Reunion
2020

Piece of My Heart
2009

Carry Me Back
1982

Kidnapped
2005

Nearly No Christmas
1983

Sgt. Haane
2026

Holy Days
2026

The Lost Children
2006

Spartacus
2010

Gallipoli
2015

Farscape
1999

Jack Irish
2016

Duggan
1997

Mysterious Island
1995

This Is Not My Life
2010

Kidnapped
2005

Hercules
2005

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004

Golden Fiddles
1991

Wentworth
2013

Roman Empire
2016

The Governor
1977

The Great Bookie Robbery
1986

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997

The Day of the Roses
1998

The Man from Snowy River
1994

The Feds
1993

Heroes II: The Return
1991

Hope and Wire
2014

Legend of the Seeker
2008

The Lost World
1999

The Paper Man
1990

Under the Vines
2021