Marton Csokas
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 Marton Csokas, 2008 |
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| Born | Marton Paul Csokas 30 June 1966 Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Years active | 1990-present |
Marton Paul Csokas[1] (Hungarian: Csókás Márton [ˈtʃoːkaːʃ ˈmaːɾton]; born 30 June 1966) is a New Zealand film and television actor.
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Career[edit]
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 made repeated appearances in Xena: Warrior Princess as Xena's past love and ally, Borias. He also played roles as Jarda in The Bourne Supremacy, the villain Yorgi in xXx, and played opposite Charlize Theron in Æon Flux, as Trevor Goodchild.
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.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Csokas was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, the son of Margaret Christine (née Rayner), a nurse, and Márton Csókás, who worked as a mechanical engineer.[3][1] His father was Hungarian and his mother had English, Irish, and Danish ancestry.[4][5][6] Csokas has a younger brother, Robert. Csokas attended King's College, Auckland, and graduated from Toi Whakaari, The New Zealand Drama School in 1989. His surname is pronounced "CHO-Kash".[7]
Csokas holds dual New Zealand and Hungarian citizenship.
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.[8] He split with Green at some point in 2009[citation needed] and now lives in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Sid (ep "By The Numbers") |
| 1993– 1995 |
Shortland Street | Dr. Leonard Rossi-Dodds |
| 1994 | A Game with No Rules (short) | Kane |
| Jack Brown Genius | Dennis | |
| 1995 | Twilight of the Gods (short) | Soldier (short film) |
| 1996 | Broken English | Darko |
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Tarlus (ep "Promises") | |
| Chicken | ||
| 1997– 2001 |
Xena: Warrior Princess | Krafstar, Borias/Belach |
| 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 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 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 Kingsleigh |
| The Tree | George | |
| L'âge de raison | Malcolm | |
| South Solitary | Jack Fleet | |
| The Debt | Young Stefan | |
| 2011 | Dream House | Jack Patterson |
| 2012 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Jack Barts |
| Dead Europe | Nico | |
| Falcón | Javier Falcón | |
| 2013 | Pawn | Lt. Barnes |
| Rogue (TV series) | Jimmy Laszlo [9] | |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Dr. Kafka |
References[edit]
- ^ a b http://www.pyenet.co.nz/familytrees/pye-kelly/gp1430.html#head4
- ^ The Marton Csokas Network: Theater
- ^ Interview with Marton Csokas (Fall 2005 – #101)
- ^ Marton Csokas – Celebrities, famous people – TravelToHungary.com – Budapest, Hungary
- ^ An Interview With Marton Csokas
- ^ http://www.marton-csokas.net/interviews/hollywoodlife.html
- ^ http://www.marton-csokas.net/interviews/interviewmagazine.html
- ^ Silvia Nucini (January 2009). "La signora delle mosche". Vanity Fair (Italy) (in Italian).
- ^ http://www.directv.com/premiums/audience/rogue
External links[edit]
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- New Zealand film actors
- New Zealand people of Danish descent
- New Zealand people of Hungarian descent
- New Zealand people of Irish descent
- People educated at King's College, Auckland
- People from Invercargill
- Toi Whakaari alumni
- New Zealand television actors
- New Zealand people of English descent
- 20th-century actors
- 21st-century actors
- New Zealand expatriates in the United States
