who played uncle bully in once were warriors
Cliff Curtis His first feature film role was a small part in the Oscar-nominated Jane Campion film The Piano. He went on to win attention in Once Were Warriors, one of the most successful films released on New Zealand screens; the line "Uncle f**ken Bully" referring to Curtis's character spoken by "Jake the Muss" Temuera Morrison, became one of New Zealand film's most memorable and quoted lines, as well as being part of the "Kiwiana" trend. He also played a seducer in the melodrama Desperate Remedies. In 2000 Curtis starred as family man Billy Williams in Jubilee,[7] before playing father to the lead character in the international hit Whale Rider.