Marton Csokas
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| Born | June 30, 1966 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]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
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| 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) |
| 1997 – 2001 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Krafstar, Borias/Belach |
| 1994 | A Game With No Rules (short) | Kane |
| Jack Brown Genius | Dennis | |
| 1993 – 1994 | Shortland Street | Dr. Leonard Rossi-Dodds |
| 1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Sid (ep "By The Numbers") |
[edit] References
- ^ Interview with Marton Csokas (Fall 2005 - #101)
- ^ Marton Csokas - Celebrities, famous people - TravelToHungary.com - Budapest, Hungary
- ^ An Interview With Marton Csokas
- ^ Stuart Jeffries. "He's the Bond girl, not me", The Guardian, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
- ^ The Marton Csokas Network: Theater
