Name : Marton Csokas
Other name : Paul
Birthdate : 30 June, 1966
Born : New Zealand
Occupation : Actor
Height : 6 feet and 1.75 inches (1,86 m)
Profession : actor, voice actor
Sign : Cancer
Shoes size : 11
Early Life :
Marton was born in Invercargill, Aotearoa, to Margaret Christine (Rayner), a nurse, and Márton Csókás, a mechanical engineer. His father is Hungarian and his mother is Australian (of English, Irish, and Danish origin). He inherited some of his talents from his father, a trained opera singer and at one time, a trapeze artist in the Hungarian Circus.
His academic training began at Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, where he commenced a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Art History, and then transferred to, Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa/ The New Zealand Drama School, graduating in December, 1989. His first acting role was in Te Whanau a Tuanui Jones by Apairana Taylor at the Taki Rua Theatre in Wellington New Zealand, (1990). He has since had an eclectic career of theatre, television and film.
He appeared in the 1994 movie Jack Brown Genius (1996) in which he played the role of Dennis. After starring for 2 years in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street (1992), he starred in the 1996 movie Broken English (1996) as Darko. After performing in a great number of theatrical plays, writing his own and co-founding his own theatre company, the Stronghold Theatre, Marton got the role of Tarlus in an episode of Hercule (1995). After that, he continued working with Renaissance Pictures, playing the roles of Khrafstar and Borias in the 1997-1998 seasons of Xena, la guerrière (1995). He continued appearing in many other shows in both NZ and Australia, such as Farscape (1999), BeastMaster, le dernier des survivants (1999), Brigade des mers (1996), Cleopatra 2525 (2000), and more, returning for the role of Borias in three episodes of the 2000-2001 season of Xena, la guerrière (1995). He was also in many movies produced in NZ and Australia, such asHurrah (1998), Cercle intime (2000) and the mini-series The Farm (2001). He is a citizen of the European Union and Hungary, and is a permanent resident of the United States.
His international film work includes playing Alice's father in Tim Burton's blockbuster Alice in Wonderland; Julie Bertucelli's The Tree with Charlotte Gainsbourg; Yann Samuell's L'âge De Raison (Age of Reason) with Sophie Marceau; Shirley Barrett's South Solitary with Miranda Otto; Jim Sheridan's Dream House with Daniel Craig; Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Mr. Csokas' performance in Richard Roxburgh's Romulus, My Father, with Eric Bana and Franka Potente, earned him the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.
Csokas recently completed the Discovery Channel's upcoming miniseries Klondike, executive produced by Sir Ridley Scott. His 2014 roles include Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Robert Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Darren Aronofsky's Noah and the second lead alongside Denzel Washington in The Equalizer.
On stage, he has played roles including "Orsino" opposite Rebecca Hall in Sir Peter Hall's staging of Twelfth Night at the National Theatre in London. He has previously starred in productions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (George) at the Belvoir St. Theatre, directed by Benedict Andrews, which garnered him a Sydney Theatre Award nomination for Best Actor in 2007; Arcadia (Septimus); Julius Caesar (Brutus); and Angels in America (Joe), all with the Auckland Theatre Co.; Antony and Cleopatra (Antony) for Theatre for a New Audience in NYC; and the award-winning staging of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, directed by Ivan Hove, at New York Theatre Workshop.
Source : - IMDb Mini Biography By: Lucy Machado <frankiefan@sulware.com.br>
