Career
He has also appeared on television and theatre, and was the co-presenter of New Zealand"s Tagata Pasifika with famed athlete Beatrice Faumuina. Magasiva is also known for his role on Shortland Street as Doctor which he played from June 2009 to July 2012, and for his current role as Will Jackson on the prison drama series Wentworth, an adaptation of the iconic prison drama Prisoner. Also played a lead role in Siones wedding.
Magasiva had his start on television during the 1990s, beginning with comedy.
In 1999, he portrayed Mason Keeler in Jackson"s Wharf. In 2001 he starred in his first major film, Stickmen, and joined the Naked Samoans.
In 2002, he played Mauhúr in Peter Jackson"s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. In 2007 he co-starred in the horror film The Tattooist.
He also has two children, Austin (born 1997) and Sophie (born 2000) who both reside in Auckland.
Robbie joined the cast of Shortland Street as Doctor in 2009 and left the series in 2012. He later reprised his role for a one-off appearance in September 2015. In October 2012, Magasiva was cast in the new Australian drama series Wentworth, a re-imaging of the classic show Prisoner.
He plays Officer Will Jackson.
