Rory McKenna 

Height: 185 cm / 6ft 1in	Waist: 78 cm / 31 in
Weight: 84 kg / 184 lbs	Eye color: Brown
Ethnicity: Maori	Hair color: Black
Chest: 111 cm / 44 in	Hair length: Medium
Skin color: Tanned	Hair type: Wavy

2018

• There Goes My Heart - Rory Mckenna, Holmsey, Sense : Song release through Nettwerk Record Label
• There Goes My Heart : Sense, Holmsey, Rory Mckenna
• Melbourne City FC : Music entertainment all season
• Grand Prix Main Stage : Rory Mckenna
• ANZAC Day AFL game : Music entertainment for Essendon
• Escape - Holmsey ft. Rory McKenna : 1,000,000+ plays on Spotify
• Is this Home - Glencoe song release : Written by Rory McKenna, vocals by Rory McKenna

2017

• 'The Bend Call' : Short film. Rory plays 'Pogo'
• Escape - Holmsey song release : Written by Rory McKenna, vocals by a Rory McKenna
• ANZAC AFL game : Music entertainment for the VIP room
• PWC building launch : Music entertainment
• Grand Prix Main Stage : Solo performance for 2 hrs
• Grand Prix corporate stands : Various solo performances throughout the GP weekend
• AFL season launch at Melbourne Park : 3 hr solo music entertainment
• ihealth Sauna Photoshoot : topless athlete model

2016

• Jessie and Marc Murphy's wedding (Carlton football captain) : 1.5 hrs music entertainment
• 'Lil Project' Charity Event : 15 minute performance
• 50+ Solo performances in Melbourne this year alone : Guitar, Keyboard & Vocals
• Entertainment for the Worldwide Enprocal Launch : Music entertainment
• Offspring TV show on TEN : Bartender
• Corrs Chambers Westgath Law Firm Event : Music entertainment
• House Husbands TV show : Bar Attendee
• Upper Middle Bogan TV show : Hotel Guest
• Neighbours TV show : Bar Guest
• Preston Market : Music entertainment
• Skinny Dog Hotel : Music entertainment
• Wolf and I Windsor Bar : Music entertainment
• Panton Hill hotel : Music entertainment
• Buddabah Bar : Music entertainment
• Little Billy Restaurant and Bar : Music entertainment
• Various Corperate and Wedding gigs with Jukebox Dynamite : Vocals

2015

• 1 year Teaching at Christchurch's 'School of Rock' : Vocal, Guitar and Keyboard Tutoring
• Howard Fine : Foundation Course
• 'Absolution' Short Film : supporting role
• Recorded and Released a song on the 'Majestic Sounds Like' EP : Stars Ft. Rory McKenna
• NIDA: Acting Techniques 1 &2
• NIDA : Audition Essentials course
• NIDA : Screen Acting Techniques

2014

• Christchurch Tourism : Tour Guide for Online ads
• Moorhouse Single Release : Somebody Loves You
• Rory's Videos Launch on Youtube + Facebook : Self Directed and Written short Web series
• Online Spokesperson for Xfactor AU (Season 6) : Moorhouse Youtube Webisodes
• Charity Song 'For Everyone' Ft. Moorhouse, Stan Walker and many more NZ legends
• Moorhouse Album Release with Sony Music
• Moorhouse Single Release, 'Take a Picture'

2013

• Performance at Christchurch's Christmas in the Park : 100,000+ crowd
• XFACTOR NZ 4TH PLACE : As part of the band 'Moorhouse'
• 'Hope and Wire' NZ TV series : Speaking role as 'Worker'
• Moorhouse single 'Mama Said' in the top 5 in NZ charts

2012

• Self Employed Vocal Coaching : 2012-2015
• Good Morning Show Appearance : Moorhouse Performance + Interview
• Erin Simpson Show Apperance : Moorhouse performance + Interview
• Vision College : Diploma in Contemporary Music
• Moorhouse debut: 'Titanium cover'

2011

• Christchurch Boys High School : Levels 1, 2 and 3 with Merit Endorsement

2010

• Various Productions at Majestic Church, Christchurch : Singing, Acting, Worship Leading, Public Speaking (2010-2015)
• Hoys Cinema Employee (2010-2012) : Cinema Attendant
• First solo performance at the Majestic Theatre in Christchurch : 'Viva La Vida' by Coldplay

2007

• Notre Dame College's 'The Wizard of Oz' : A Member of the 'Lollipop Guild'
• Shepparton Stag Show 'Only the Beginning' as : Michael Jackson

2004

• Year 5 School Play 'Time Warp' as : Michael Jackson

2002

• Mrs Butler stage show - Palmerston North, New Zealand

2000

• Rainbow Fish Stage Show at Hokowhitu Primary School, Palmerston North

1998

• 1st year of school Christmas production : Christmas tree

Previous paid speaking roles

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• English

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• Australian
• Irish
• New Zealand
• South African

• UK Cockney
• UK English
• UK Posh
• UK Scottish

• USA Boston
• USA California
• USA New York
• USA Southern

• Chinese
• French
• Indian
• Italian

• Maori
• Mexican
• Pacific Islander
• Russian

• Spanish

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- Various School Productions
- Completed Miranda Harcourt Screen Acting course 2010
- Completed NIDA Audition course 28th June 2015
- Completed NIDA acting techniques 1 and 2 on the 10th July 2015
- Currently in NIDA 8 week Screen acting techniques course July 2015-September 2015
- Stand-up Comedy experience
- Performed in 3 local theatre stage shows
- Portfolio of amateur movie productions as the lead role
- X-Factor NZ 2013 – Finalist Moorhouse (placed 4th). Worked extensively for 20 weeks with Film, Sound, Stage crew.
- X-factor Australia 2014 spokesman for TV3 online
- Music Video Moorhouse for singles ‘Take a picture’ and ‘Somebody Loves you’
- Wrote and recorded a solo song called ‘Stars’ and completed a music video for the song.
- Appearances on TV shows – TV1, TV2, TV3, 4:30 show, Erin Simpson, What Now
- Appearance on Gaylene Preston’s TV mini-series “Hope & Wire”
- Producer of Rory’s Videos – Youtube “Rory’s Videos”

Previous speaking roles

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Beginner, starting out

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Runway modelling for Christchurch
Various photo shoots for my artist page
Various fitness shoots type/shape
Photo shoots for Xfactor NZ 2013 (top 12 contestant)

Intermediate

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Intermediate

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Lead singer

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Tenor

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• Pop

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• Pop
• Rock
• Indie
• Hip-hop

• Jazz
• Classical

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Influences: Onerepublic, James Arthur, James Blake, Matt Corby

- vocal lessons for 3 years (2010-2012)
- Studied at 'Vision College' in the year of 2012 (got a Diploma in Contemporary Music)
- Taught vocals for 3 months (January - April (2013))
- Placed 4th on Xfactor NZ 2014 as a part of the boy group 'Moorhouse'
- Posted various videos to youtube as a group (Moorhouse) and solo (Rory McKenna)
- Placed 2nd in the Ryan Seacrest 'Best Wrecking Ball cover' contest with my own simple rendition of the Miley Cyrus song

I was on Xfactor New Zealand in 2013 with the group 'Moorhouse'
famous for a few viral covers on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3mWuQVn_c

Our group came 4th on the Show!!
I have also done a few appearances on NZ TV shows but nothing major!
I am 21 and a vocal tutor to students around my city!
My dream is to be travelling doing what I love - Acting, singing, entertaining :)

Look forward to hearing back from you

Kind Regards,
Rory

Expert

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Expert

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• Hip Hop

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• English

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• Australian
• Irish
• New Zealand
• South African

• UK Cockney
• UK English
• UK Posh
• UK Scottish

• USA Boston
• USA California
• USA New York
• USA Southern

• Chinese
• French
• Indian
• Italian

• Maori
• Mexican
• Pacific Islander
• Russian

• Spanish

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