Marton Csokas

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Marton Csokas

Born June 30, 1966 (1966-06-30) (age 41)
Invercargill, New Zealand

Marton Csokas (pronounced Cho-Kash [maːɾton tʃoːkaːʃ]; born June 30, 1966) is a New Zealand actor. He is known internationally for his role as Celeborn in the films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He has also made numerous appearances in Xena: Warrior Princess as Xena's past love and ally, Borias, and Khrafstar.

Csokas was born in Invercargill, New Zealand. His mother, a nurse, is of Irish and Danish descent, and his Hungarian-born father, also named Márton Csókás, worked as a mechanical engineer.[1][2][3] Csokas is a graduate of Toi Whakaari, The New Zealand Drama School in 1989. Csokas is currently dating French actress Eva Green whom he met during the shooting of Kingdom of Heaven.[4] Csokas holds Hungarian citizenship in addition to being a citizen of his native country.

Csokas's stage credits include plays by Tom Stoppard and William Shakespeare in the 1990s in New Zealand, and in Australia Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2007) and Peribáñez (2006) with Company B.[5]

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Year Film Role
2007 Romulus, My Father (film) Hora
2005 Æon Flux (film) Trevor Goodchild
Kingdom of Heaven Guy de Lusignan
The Great Raid Captain Redding
Asylum Edgar
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Jarda
Evilenko Vadim Timurovic Lesiev
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Celeborn
Timeline Sir William De Kere/ William Decker
Kangaroo Jack Mr. Smith
2002 Garage Days Shad Kern
xXx Yorgi
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Poggle the Lesser
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Celeborn
Rain Cady
Cleopatra 2525 Krider (ep "No Thanks For The Memories")
The Farm Adrian Beckett (mini series)
2000 The Lost World Kenner (ep "Tourist Season")
The Monkey's Mask Nick Maitland
Beastmaster Qord (eps "Revelations", "Rescue" & "Golden Phoenix")
The Three Stooges Ted Healy
Farscape Br'Nee (ep "Bone to be Wild")
Accidents (short) Chug
1999 Water Rats Robert Tremain (ep "Shark Bait")
Wildside Larry Lodans (ep #2.18)
All Saints Brother Thomas (ep "More Things in Heaven & Earth")
Halifax f.p. John Garth (ep "Swimming with the Sharks")
1998 Hurrah (otherwise known as Heaven Sent) Raoul
1996 Broken English Darko
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Tarlus (ep "Promises")
Chicken ...
1995 Twilight of the Gods Soldier (short film)
19972001 Xena: Warrior Princess Krafstar, Borias/Belach
1994 A Game With No Rules (short) Kane
Jack Brown Genius Dennis
19931994 Shortland Street Dr. Leonard Rossi-Dodds
1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater Sid (ep "By The Numbers")

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