David Aston was a New Zealand actor, presenter for non-broadcast in-house videos, television commercials, voiceover artist and singer. He portrayed Rhineheart in The Matrix, Caldor in Legend of the Seeker, Tyldus in Xena: Warrior Princess, and Coloman in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Aston died in 30 July 2026.
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Early life
David Aston received Diploma in Drama from University of Auckland, Theatre Corporate. His early performance were for Mercury Theatre, Theatre Corporate, at Centrepoint Theatre from 1979 to 1989 where he played Shakespearian roles like King Lear, Macbeth, Petruchio, Oberon.
Theatre plays
David Aston has acted in many theatre plays for Mercury Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company, Silo Theatre, Fortune Theatre, Court Theatre.
Mercury theatre plays
Turondat (1990)
Fiddler on the Roof (1989)
West Wide Story (1987)
Auckland theatre company plays
The Crucible (2006, as Thomas Putnam)
Equus (2005)
Caligula (2004)
Copenhagen (2001)
Silo theatre plays
Plenty (2006)
The Jungle (2006)
Closer (2004)
You my only one? (2003)
Fortune theatre plays
Split down the middle (2001)
Art (2000)
Court theatre plays
The God Boy (1999)
Other plays
Phantom of the opera (1998, Tour of Japan)
Hamlet/Macbeth (1998, Tour of Auckland School)
Arcadia (1997)
Hamlet (1997, Tour of Auckland School)
Blood Brothers (1994, Australia-New Zealand Tour)
Restless Ecstasy (2002)
Television
Shortland Street (2010)
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)
Not Only But Always (2004)
Street Legal (series III & IV, 2002)
Duggan Dog's Breakfast (1999)
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
Riding High (1995)
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
Coverstory (1994)
True Life Stories (1994)
Deepwater Haven (1994)
High Tide (1994)
Shortland Street (1992–93)
White Fang (1993)
Soldier Soldier III (1993)
In Touch FM (1993)
Homeward Bound (1992)
Marlin Bay (1992)
Gloss III (1989)
The Seekers (1985)
Country GP (1984)