Craig Parker

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Craig Parker

Born	November 12, 1970 Suva, Fiji
Height	5'11" (1,80 m)
Official site	Karen Kay Management
Notable roles	Haldir in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Craig Parker as Haldir in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Craig Parker (born November 12, 1970 in Suva, Fiji) is a New Zealand actor, now based in the United Kingdom.

He is most famous for his role as Haldir of Lórien in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. He also does voice-overs for New Zealand documentaries and has been entertaining and meeting fans at various Lord of the Rings-related conventions for several years - for example Ring*Con in Germany, which he has attended every year since its creation in 2002. His recent work has also involved voiceover work in the recent Power Rangers series since the filming moved to New Zealand. He has a sister and a brother.

[edit] Filmography

(and other work)

Films

2006 Weekend Lovers (Matt) (short film?)

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Haldir of Lórien)

2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Haldir of Lórien)

2001 No one can hear you (Deputy Henley)

1996 Man Made (short film)

1993 The Tommyknockers (Student Bartender)

1992 Mother Tongue (Daniel)

2001-2004 Mercy Peak (Alistair Kingsley)

2001 Xena: Warrior Princess - To Helicon and back (Bellerophon)

1999 A Twist in the Tale - A Crack in Time (Larry Sharpe)

1998 Xena: Warrior Princess - The Key to the Kingdom (King Cleades)

1998 Young Hercules - Dad always liked me best and Mommy dearest (Lucius)

1997 Xena: Warrior Princess - For him the Bell tolls (Prince Sarpedon)

1996 City Life (Seth)

1993-1996 Shortland Street (Guy Warner)

1991 Gold (Stanley Smith)

1989 Hotshots (Nicholas Paget)

1987 Gloss (Justin Grieg)

also, as himself:

2002 Intrepid Journeys - Nepal

2000-2004 Great TV Comedy Debates (quite a few times during the Queenstown Winter Festival)

1999 Scared Scriptless

Theatre

2006 Glide Time (John)

2005 Serial Killers (Matt)

2002/2003 The Rocky Horror Show (Narrator)

2001 The Judas Kiss (Robert Ross)

2001 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead (Rosencrantz)

1999 Theatre Sports

1999 Amy's View (Dominic Tyghe)

1998/1999 Wind in the Willows (Mole)

1997 Arcadia (Valentine Coverly)

1994 The Seagull (Constantin)

1992 Weed (Hugh)

1991 MacBeth (Malcolm)

other projects

2005 Middle Earth Connection (narrator) (documentary)

2003 Nature's Warzone (narrator) (documentary)

2003 Panda Nursery (narrator) (documentary)

2003 Spinner Dolphins (narrator) (documentary)

1996 Ashley's World I+II (Ashley) (radio)

1996 Caffeine Comedy/News in Brief (Jock) (radio)

[edit] Trivia

says he can't live without art, books, CJ, cell phones, chardonnay, chicken, credit cards, family, friends, going out, gossip, laughter, lying on the couch, movies, music, his Mac, occasional employment, Ponsonby, SPQR (Ponsonby Cafe), stage management, shopping, summer taxis, theater, water...
he likes to swim, sail, eat, and play
his favorite food is Indian
one of his favorite singers is David Bowie
his favorite movie is "The Hunger"
he put a tropical garden in his backyard complete with whistling tree frogs