🎬 Moana (2026)

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name "The Rock", is an American and Canadian actor, producer and semi-retired professional wrestler, signed with WWE. Johnson is half-Black and half-Samoan. His father, Rocky Johnson, is a Black Canadian, from Nova Scotia, and part of the first Black ta…

Catherine Lagaʻaia is an Australian actress of Samoan descent who landed the lead role in Disney's live-action Moana (2024). She plays the fearless Vaiana, a young islander who sets sail across the ocean to save her people. Before this breakout role, she appeared in Australian television productions.

Rena Owen is a New Zealand actress of Māori and European descent, working across film, theatre and television. She gained international recognition for her lead role as Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors (1994), which won her Best Actress at the Montreal World Film Festival. She is also known as Taun We from Star Wars: E…

John Tui is a New Zealand actor of Tongan descent, born in Auckland. He built his career through TV roles in Power Rangers and Shortland Street before moving into Hollywood films such as Solo: A Star Wars Story and Hobbs & Shaw. In Disney's 2026 live-action Moana he plays Chief Tui, Moana's father and leader of Motunu…

Frankie Adams is a Samoan-New Zealand actress who first found fame as Ula Levi in the long-running soap Shortland Street. She became internationally known playing Bobbie Draper across all six seasons of Amazon's sci-fi series The Expanse. In Disney's 2026 live-action Moana she plays Sina, Moana's mother.

Jemaine Clement is a New Zealand actor, comedian and musician, best known as one half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. In Disney's Moana (2016) he voiced the villainous giant crab Tamatoa, a role he reprises in the live-action remake.