Martyn Sanderson was born on February 24, 1938 in Granity, New Zealand. He was an actor and writer, known for Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree (1989), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Harp in the South (1987). He was previously married to Wanjiku Kiare. He died on October 14, 2009 in Otaki, Manawatu, New Zealand.