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| birth_name = Kenneth Colster Blackburn
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1935}}
| birth_place = [[Bristol]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
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'''KenKenneth Colster Blackburn''', [[ONZM]]{{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} (born 1935) is a [[New Zealand]] [[actor]] and [[author|writer]]. He has worked in [[film]], [[television]], [[radio]] and [[theatre]] in the UK, New Zealand, and [[Australia]], sinceand the 1970s.United Kingdom since 1972.
 
==Biography==
Blackburn was born in [[Bristol]], [[United Kingdom]]England, and completed his education in New Zealand. In an acting career dominated by New Zealand productions, he is best known internationally for his roles in ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' and ''[[Farscape]]''. In New Zealand he is remembered as the boss in popular [[Roger Hall (playwright)|Roger Hall]] sitcom ''[[Gliding On]]''. Blackburn's other screen roles include breakthrough [[kidult]] series ''[[Hunter's Gold]]'', and 'baddy' roles on New Zealand's longest-running soap operas: ''[[Close to Home (1975 TV series)|Close to Home]]'' and ''[[Shortland Street]]''. He also had a starring role in 1978 feature ''Skin Deep'', playing a local identity who encourages the gym in his town to employ a city masseuse in a bid to improve the town's image.
 
Blackburn has an extensive career as a theatrical performer; in 1999 his performance as Vladimir in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' earned him the Best Actor award at the [[Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards]]. In Hethe [[2005 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2005 Queen's Birthday Honours]], he was awardedappointed thea [[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], infor services to the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2005 |title=Queen's Birthday Honourshonours List.list 2005 |date=6 June 2005 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=23 October 2020}}</ref>
 
==Publication==
In 1991, the [[BBC]] published Blackburn's book ''[[Blitz Kids]]'', about the [[Bristol Blitz]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.bristolreads.com/the_seige/b&r_bristol_at_war.htm Bristol Reads: Bristol at War], accessed 12 June 2009.
* [http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/ken-blackburn?tab=biography NZ On Screen profile], accessed April 2012.
* [http://www.tv.com/ken-blackburn-o.n.z.m./person/13308/summary.html TV.com profile], accessed 12 June 2009.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015060842/http://www.aucklandactors.co.nz/ViewObject.pl?objectID=518 Ken Blackburn CV on Auckland Actors], accessed 12 June 2009.
* [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00109.htm Roger Hall’s ''Who Wants to be 100?''], ''Scoop'', 11 February 2008.
 
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