Jays Place and a nursery rhyme album called 10 in the Bed. He also provided the music for Scholastic's picture book 'Baby Elephant Walk'. He returned to the stage to play the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the 2013-14 New Zealand and Australia national tour of the acclaimed Broadway musical, Wicked. In 2019, he was part of the Australian tour cast of Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Personal life Laga'aia was born and raised in Mangere, South Auckland, New Zealand, he is now a dual (New Zealand) and Australian citizen. He is of Samoan descent. He has six brothers and sisters and two half-brothers. One of his younger brothers, Frank Laga'aia, was a member of the ARIA award-winning band Ilanda. Jay is also a member of the International Costuming group the 501st Legion as a member of the Terror Australis Garrison (Australia). Since 1990, Laga'ia has been married to Sandra Jane Laga'aia, the head of maths at Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus, whom he has eight children with. Filmography Film Television As himself References External links Official website 1963 births Australian male film actors Australian people of Samoan descent Australian male television actors Living people New Zealand male film actors New Zealand people of Samoan descent New Zealand male television actors Naturalised citizens of Australia New Zealand emigrants to Australia Actors of Samoan descent Australian children's television presenters New Zealand children's television presenters I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series) participants People from Māngere