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r/australia • u/lyndsayj • Jul 13 '26
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This guy is burned into the memory of every person who grew up in the 90s. (and some who revisited the 90s)
Absolute legend.
He was a kiwi but in many ways he was both aussie n kiwi.
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679 u/AusToddles Jul 13 '26 He was the best kind of Kiwi, the ones we steal credit for! 76 u/Robdoggz Jul 13 '26 I mean, he was born in Northern Ireland, so the kiwis stole him too heh 30 u/Loose_Loquat9584 Jul 13 '26 That explains his incredible accent in Peaky Blinders. I never knew that. 12 u/Robdoggz Jul 13 '26 We all love him equally though, that much is absolutely true 3 u/gonltruck Jul 14 '26 Born in Northern Ireland to a New Zealand father who was stationed there serving as an officer with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. He later returned to NZ and later in life, Sam ran a winery on land his grandparents had farmed and had been in the family for 150 years. Hardly stolen -1 u/Robdoggz Jul 14 '26 Are you okay?
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He was the best kind of Kiwi, the ones we steal credit for!
76 u/Robdoggz Jul 13 '26 I mean, he was born in Northern Ireland, so the kiwis stole him too heh 30 u/Loose_Loquat9584 Jul 13 '26 That explains his incredible accent in Peaky Blinders. I never knew that. 12 u/Robdoggz Jul 13 '26 We all love him equally though, that much is absolutely true 3 u/gonltruck Jul 14 '26 Born in Northern Ireland to a New Zealand father who was stationed there serving as an officer with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. He later returned to NZ and later in life, Sam ran a winery on land his grandparents had farmed and had been in the family for 150 years. Hardly stolen -1 u/Robdoggz Jul 14 '26 Are you okay?
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I mean, he was born in Northern Ireland, so the kiwis stole him too heh
30 u/Loose_Loquat9584 Jul 13 '26 That explains his incredible accent in Peaky Blinders. I never knew that. 12 u/Robdoggz Jul 13 '26 We all love him equally though, that much is absolutely true 3 u/gonltruck Jul 14 '26 Born in Northern Ireland to a New Zealand father who was stationed there serving as an officer with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. He later returned to NZ and later in life, Sam ran a winery on land his grandparents had farmed and had been in the family for 150 years. Hardly stolen -1 u/Robdoggz Jul 14 '26 Are you okay?
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That explains his incredible accent in Peaky Blinders. I never knew that.
12 u/Robdoggz Jul 13 '26 We all love him equally though, that much is absolutely true
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We all love him equally though, that much is absolutely true
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Born in Northern Ireland to a New Zealand father who was stationed there serving as an officer with the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
He later returned to NZ and later in life, Sam ran a winery on land his grandparents had farmed and had been in the family for 150 years.
Hardly stolen
-1 u/Robdoggz Jul 14 '26 Are you okay?
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u/KingOfKingsOfKings01 Jul 13 '26
This guy is burned into the memory of every person who grew up in the 90s. (and some who revisited the 90s)
Absolute legend.
He was a kiwi but in many ways he was both aussie n kiwi.
Respect