An actor of
remarkable intensity whether playing comedy, drama,
or classical-stage roles, Marton Csokas first became
familiar to stateside audiences as Borias on the hit
television series Xena: Warrior Princess. And though
American audiences may not have been privy to his early stage
and screen work, his performance in
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
made him a familiar face. Born in New Zealand in June 1966,
Csokas' early schooling didn't exactly encourage creativity,
and the future actor didn't discover his passion for the stage
and screen until his late teens. While studying literature and
art history for a year at Canterbury and Christchurch, Csokas
became involved with a writer's club and theater company before
graduating from the New Zealand Drama School and co-founding the
The Stronghold Theater. Steadily gaining experience and
harboring a growing passion for classical-stage drama, the actor
landed a role in the television series Shortland Street
before making his feature debut in Jack Brown Genius
(1994). Numerous small film roles followed, and, after becoming
a recognizable star in his native country, Csokas began
to familiarize himself with American television audiences with
Xena and such small-screen features as The Three
Stooges (2000). His experience in the fantasy world
of Xena prepared him well for his role as Celeborn
in the first
Lord of the Rings movie in 2001, and American
audiences later saw the versatile actor as a villainous criminal
mastermind bent on world domination in
XXX (2002). He appeared in director
Alex Proyas' decidedly upbeat
Garage Days the same year and in
Richard Donner's time travel fantasy Timeline in 2003
An actor of
remarkable intensity whether playing comedy, drama,
or classical-stage roles, Marton Csokas first became
familiar to stateside audiences as Borias on the hit
television series Xena: Warrior Princess. And though
American audiences may not have been privy to his early stage
and screen work, his performance in
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
made him a familiar face. Born in New Zealand in June 1966,
Csokas' early schooling didn't exactly encourage creativity,
and the future actor didn't discover his passion for the stage
and screen until his late teens. While studying literature and
art history for a year at Canterbury and Christchurch, Csokas
became involved with a writer's club and theater company before
graduating from the New Zealand Drama School and co-founding the
The Stronghold Theater. Steadily gaining experience and
harboring a growing passion for classical-stage drama, the actor
landed a role in the television series Shortland Street
before making his feature debut in Jack Brown Genius
(1994). Numerous small film roles followed, and, after becoming
a recognizable star in his native country, Csokas began
to familiarize himself with American television audiences with
Xena and such small-screen features as The Three
Stooges (2000). His experience in the fantasy world
of Xena prepared him well for his role as Celeborn
in the first
Lord of the Rings movie in 2001, and American
audiences later saw the versatile actor as a villainous criminal
mastermind bent on world domination in
XXX (2002). He appeared in director
Alex Proyas' decidedly upbeat
Garage Days the same year and in
Richard Donner's time travel fantasy Timeline in 2003