Marton Csokas

Marton Csokas
Csokas in May 2008
Born
Marton Paul Csokas

(1966-06-30) 30 June 1966 (age 58)
Invercargill, New Zealand
Citizenship
  • New Zealand
  • Hungary
Alma materToi Whakaari
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

Marton Paul Csokas[1] (/ˈtʃoʊkɑːʃ/,[2] Hungarian: Csókás Márton Pál; born 30 June 1966)[3] is a New Zealand actor of film, stage, and television. A graduate of the Toi Whakaari drama school, he has worked extensively in Australia and Hollywood, along with his native country, and often portrays villainous roles.[4][5]

His notable roles include Celeborn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), Yorgi in XXX (2002), Guy de Lusignan in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Trevor Goodchild in Æon Flux (2005), Hora in Romulus, My Father (2007), Nico in Dead Europe (2012), Jack Barts in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Nicolai Itchenko A.K.A. Teddy Rensen in The Equalizer (2014), and Quinn on the U.S. television series Into the Badlands. Earlier in his career, he played Leonard Dodds on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

Csokas is a three-time AACTA Award nominee, winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Romulus My Father. He was also nominated for Best Male Actor in a Play at the 2008 Helpmann Awards, for his portrayal of George in Belvoir's revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  1. ^ "Alison Clare Whale, b". Pyenet.co.nz. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Marton Csokas al Riviera International Film Festival" on YouTube
  3. ^ "Csokas, Marton 1966- – Encyclopedia.com". encyclopedia.com.
  4. ^ Morgan, Clare (12 July 2006). "From Xena's lover to corrupted love". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Tailor, Leena (20 November 2015). "Ex-Shortland Street star is Hollywood's go-to villain". The New Zealand Herald.