title: David Aston
text: # David Aston
  
  David Aston is an actor from Auckland, New Zealand who played the character Rhineheart in the 1999, Hollywood movie The Matrix. He also works as presenter for non-broadcast in-house videos, televisions commercials, voiceover artist and singer.
  
  ## Early life
  
  David Aston received Diploma in Drama from University of Auckland, Theatre Corporate. His early performance were for Mercury Theatre Corporate at Centrepointe 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)
  
  ## Filmography
  
  | Year | Title | Role |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1983 | Out of Time | Harry |
  | 1993 | The Passenger | |
  | 1993 | Mirage | Lead |
  | 1999 | The Matrix | Rhineheart |
  | 2001 | Atomic Twister | Man |
  | 2002 | Murder in Greenwich | Chief Ferris |
  | 2003 | The Last Samurai | British Diplomat |
  | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gondorian Soldier 3 |
  | 2003 | The Mystery of Treasure Island | Police Sergeant |
  | 2006 | Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America | Reporter No. 1 |
  | 2007 | We Are Here to Help | Charles Gavin |
  | 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Coloman |
  