Robbie Magasiva
- Actor
Robbie Joseph Magasiva (born 21 May 1972) is a Samoan New Zealand actor who has starred in several films including New Zealand box office record breakers Sione's Wedding and Sione's 2: Unfinished Business.
He is also known for his role on Shortland Street (1992) as Dr. Maxwell Avia which he played from June 2009 to July 2012,
Magasiva is also known for his role as Will Jackson on the prison drama series Wentworth (2013), an adaptation of the iconic prison drama "Prisoner". Magasiva joined the cast of the Australian award winning drama Wentworth (2013) in 2012 when the series first went into production and it started airing in 2013, but for Magasiva auditioning for Will Jackson was originally set to go to an Australian actor before the role was settled and given to Robbie, Robbie has been with the series since then as fan favourite Deputy Governor William 'Will' Jackson, Magasiva was one of four Wentworth actors to appear from the series start to it's final series season 8 and Magasiva would be apart of the 'Wentworth Four' being one of four actors to remain on the series since its inception.
Magasiva remained busy after Wentworth ended taking on several projects including Going, Going, Head High Season 2, Spreadsheet, Under the Vines and many more.
Magasiva is a mental health advocate and revealed his struggles filming the final season of Wentworth while he was mourning his brother Pua, being away from his family and struggling to cope in lockdown, he revealed he planned to retire from acting to pursue firefighting, but since decided to stay as an actor in his home country of New Zealand.
He is also known for his role on Shortland Street (1992) as Dr. Maxwell Avia which he played from June 2009 to July 2012,
Magasiva is also known for his role as Will Jackson on the prison drama series Wentworth (2013), an adaptation of the iconic prison drama "Prisoner". Magasiva joined the cast of the Australian award winning drama Wentworth (2013) in 2012 when the series first went into production and it started airing in 2013, but for Magasiva auditioning for Will Jackson was originally set to go to an Australian actor before the role was settled and given to Robbie, Robbie has been with the series since then as fan favourite Deputy Governor William 'Will' Jackson, Magasiva was one of four Wentworth actors to appear from the series start to it's final series season 8 and Magasiva would be apart of the 'Wentworth Four' being one of four actors to remain on the series since its inception.
Magasiva remained busy after Wentworth ended taking on several projects including Going, Going, Head High Season 2, Spreadsheet, Under the Vines and many more.
Magasiva is a mental health advocate and revealed his struggles filming the final season of Wentworth while he was mourning his brother Pua, being away from his family and struggling to cope in lockdown, he revealed he planned to retire from acting to pursue firefighting, but since decided to stay as an actor in his home country of New Zealand.
