Marton Csokas
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 Marton Csokas, 2008 |
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| Born | 30 June 1966 Invercargill, New Zealand |
Marton Csokas (Hungarian: Csókás Márton [ˈtʃoːkaːʃ ˈmaːɾton]; born 30 June 1966) is a New Zealand film and television actor.
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[edit] Early life
Csokas was born in Invercargill, New Zealand. His mother, a nurse, is of Irish and Danish descent; his Hungarian-born father, also named Márton Csókás, worked as a mechanical engineer.[1][2][3] Csokas attended King's College, Auckland, and graduated from Toi Whakaari, The New Zealand Drama School in 1989.
[edit] Career
Two of Csokas' most notable roles are Lord 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, and Guy de Lusignan in Kingdom of Heaven. He has also made repeated appearances in Xena: Warrior Princess as Xena's past love and ally, Borias. He also played Jarda in The Bourne Supremacy. He was also the villain in XXX, and played opposite Charlize Theron in Aeon Flux.
[edit] Personal life
Csokas holds dual New Zealand and Hungarian citizenship. 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.[4]
He became involved with actress Eva Green after they met in 2005 on the set of Kingdom of Heaven. In 2008, after three years of a long distance relationship, he moved to London to live with her.[5] He split with Green at some point in 2009[citation needed] and now lives in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Sid (ep "By The Numbers") |
| 1993–1994 | Shortland Street | Dr. Leonard Rossi-Dodds |
| 1994 | A Game with No Rules (short) | Kane |
| Jack Brown Genius | Dennis | |
| 1997–2001 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Krafstar, Borias/Belach |
| 1995 | Twilight of the Gods (short) | Soldier (short film) |
| 1996 | Broken English | Darko |
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Tarlus (ep "Promises") | |
| Chicken | ... | |
| 1998 | Hurrah (also known as Heaven Sent) | Raoul |
| 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") | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 2002 | Garage Days | Shad Kern |
| xXx | Yorgi | |
| Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Poggle the Lesser | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Celeborn |
| Timeline | Sir William De Kere/ William Decker | |
| Kangaroo Jack | Mr. Smith | |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Jarda |
| Evilenko | Vadim Timurovic Lesiev | |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Trevor Goodchild |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Guy de Lusignan | |
| The Great Raid | Captain Redding | |
| Asylum | Edgar Stark | |
| 2007 | Romulus, My Father | Hora |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Charles Kingsley |
| The Tree | George | |
| L'âge de raison | Malcolm | |
| South Solitary | Jack Fleet | |
| 2011 | Dream House | Jack Patterson |
| The Debt | Young Stefan |
[edit] References
- ^ Interview with Marton Csokas (Fall 2005 – #101)
- ^ Marton Csokas – Celebrities, famous people – TravelToHungary.com – Budapest, Hungary
- ^ An Interview With Marton Csokas
- ^ The Marton Csokas Network: Theater
- ^ Silvia Nucini (January 2009). "La signora delle mosche" (in Italian). Vanity Fair (Italy).
