# Oliver Driver

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'''Oliver Driver''' (born 22 November 1974) is a New Zealand actor, director, broadcaster and television presenter.

==Television==
Driver was the host of ''Let's Be Frank'', and the Creative Director of New Zealand's only alternative music television station, [ALT TV](/source/ALT_TV). The channel is now no longer on air. He co-hosted TV3's early morning news show ''[Sunrise](/source/Sunrise_(New_Zealand_TV_program))'', which was cancelled on 8 April 2010.

Driver played [Mike Galloway](/source/Mike_Galloway_(Shortland_Street)), a pot-smoking nurse on the long-running New Zealand drama ''[Shortland Street](/source/Shortland_Street)'' as well as starring in a comedy called ''Serial Killers'', which was based on the lives of six storyliners working on a Shortland Street-style hospital based soap.  For three years he hosted the [TVNZ](/source/TVNZ) arts programme ''Frontseat''. Driver returned to ''Shortland Street'' in the 2010s as a co-producer and director for 57 episodes from 2011-2023. He returned as producer for 1321+ episodes from 2019 and produced 6 episodes of spinoff Shortland Street: Retribution in 2021-2022.

He finished a three-year contract in 2008 of voicing advertisements for [The Warehouse](/source/The_Warehouse_Group), a nationwide retail store in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).

Driver is known outside of New Zealand as the voice of Jenji on ''[Power Rangers Mystic Force](/source/Power_Rangers_Mystic_Force)'' and as Master Swoop in ''[Power Rangers Jungle Fury](/source/Power_Rangers_Jungle_Fury)''. He returned to the franchise as a director in both ''[Power Rangers Ninja Steel](/source/Power_Rangers_Ninja_Steel)''/''[Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel](/source/Power_Rangers_Super_Ninja_Steel)'' and ''[Power Rangers Beast Morphers](/source/Power_Rangers_Beast_Morphers)'' Season 1 and 2.

In 2012 Driver joined the cast of ''[The Almighty Johnsons](/source/The_Almighty_Johnsons)'' in a recurring role as Eggther during the show's second season.

Driver is also a "Guest Panelist" and "Team Leader" on the [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) version of ''[Would I Lie to You?](/source/Would_I_Lie_to_You%3F_(British_game_show))''.

He worked on a television show called ''[Sunny Skies](/source/Sunny_Skies)'' as Oscar, which premiered on [TV3](/source/Three_(TV_channel)) on 8 February 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/SunnySkies.aspx|title=Home}}</ref> alongside [Tammy Davis](/source/Tammy_Davis).

==Radio==
Driver used to host the ''Almost Monday'' radio talkback show for [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)'s nationwide [Newstalk ZB](/source/Newstalk_ZB) radio station on Sunday evenings. The "Almost Monday" show was back on air on Newtalk ZB as of Sunday 23 January 2011 however it is no longer on the air.

==Film==

In 2006 Driver starred in the horror comedy film ''[Black Sheep](/source/Black_Sheep_(2006_New_Zealand_film))''.  He appeared in [Jonathan King](/source/Jonathan_King)'s ''[Under the Mountain](/source/Under_the_Mountain_(film))'', a film adaptation of the [Maurice Gee](/source/Maurice_Gee) book of the same name as Mr Wilberforce, the main villain.

Driver has also appeared in ''A Death in The Family'', ''[Topless Women Talk About Their Lives](/source/Topless_Women_Talk_About_Their_Lives)'', ''[Magik and Rose](/source/Magik_and_Rose)'', ''[Snakeskin](/source/Snakeskin_(film))'' and ''[Toy Love](/source/Toy_Love_(film))''.

==Theatre==
He starred in the play ''[The Pillowman](/source/The_Pillowman)'' at the Maidment Theatre, [Auckland](/source/Auckland); in a season of [Harold Pinter](/source/Harold_Pinter)'s ''Betrayal'' for [http://www.silotheatre.co.nz/ Silo Theatre]; and in Brendan Cowell's ''Ruben Guthrie'' at [Herald Theatre, The Edge, Auckland, New Zealand](/source/The_Edge_Performing_Arts_%26_Convention_Centre). Previously he was the Artistic Director of [Auckland Theatre Company](/source/Auckland_Theatre_Company).

==See also==
* [List of New Zealand television personalities](/source/List_of_New_Zealand_television_personalities)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0238135|name=Oliver Driver}}
* [http://www.3news.co.nz/sunrise Sunrise homepage]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
* [http://screentalk.nzonscreen.com/interviews/oliver-driver Interview with Oliver Driver] for ScreenTalk, on [NZ On Screen](/source/NZ_On_Screen)

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Category:People educated at Rangitoto College
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