Julian Dennison (born 26 October 2002) is a New Zealand actor. He debuted in the 2013 film Shopping, for which he won the New Zealand Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is best known for his roles as Kevin in the 2015 film Paper Planes and as Ricky in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), the highest-grossing New Zealand film in history.

Biography

Dennison is from Naenae, Lower Hutt. He is one of four children in a Māori family. He has a twin brother, named Christian.

He was cast in his first film, Shopping (2013), after a casting session held at his school. He followed this with the Australian film Paper Planes (2015). Film director Taika Waititi saw Dennison's performance in Paper Planes and cast him in a NZ Television anti-drug driving short film that became an internet sensation. Waititi then cast Julian in the lead role in Hunt for the Wilderpeople without making him audition for the part. It has been announced that he will play a role in Deadpool 2, which is set be released in 2018.

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