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Craig Parker Born 12 November 1970
Suva, FijiOccupation Actor Years active 1987–present Website Website Craig Parker (born 12 November 1970) is a New Zealand actor who was based in the United Kingdom for some time, but now resides in New Zealand. His grandfather moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to Fiji when he was stationed during his years of service in the British Army. Apart from Scottish ancestry, Craig Parker has Welsh, Danish, English and Cornish ancestry.
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Career
Parker is most famous for his role as Haldir of Lórien in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and his performance of Bellerophon in the show Xena: Warrior Princess. He also does voice-overs for New Zealand documentaries and has been entertaining and meeting fans at various Lord of the Rings-related conventions for several years - for example, Ring*Con in Germany, which he has attended every year since its creation in 2002, with the exception of 2007, when he had to cancel his appearance due to pressing acting commitments. His recent work has also involved voiceover work in the recent Power Rangers series since the filming moved to New Zealand. He is currently starring in the TVNZ soap Shortland Street, as Guy Warner, from which his character has been absent for 11 years. He has an older brother named David, and he also has an older sister. He is the reigning champion of New Zealand's Celebrity Joker Poker.
Parker starred as Darken Rahl in Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's syndicated television series Legend of the Seeker, in which he has earned an equal, if not more, amount of attention as Lord of the Rings. He also appears as Gaius Claudius Glaber in the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand[1] which premiered on 22 January 2010 and is also produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. As of March 20, 2011, it has been confirmed that he will return for another season of Spartacus.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1987 Gloss Justin Grieg TV series 1992–1996 Shortland Street Guy Warner TV series 1993 The Tommyknockers Student Bartender TV movie 1996 City Life Seth Episode: "1.9"
Episode: "1.10"1997 2 People Host TV series 1997 Xena: Warrior Princess Prince Sarpedon Episode: "For Him the Bell Tolls" 1998 A Soldier's Sweetheart Soldier #1 1998 Young Hercules Lucius Episode: "Dad Always Liked Me Best"
Episode: "Mommy Dearests"1999 A Twist in the Tale Larry Sharpe Episode: "A Crack in Time" 1999 Xena: Warrior Princess Cleades Episode: "The Key to the Kingdom" 2001 Xena: Warrior Princess Bellerophon Episode: "To Helicon and Back" 2001 No One Can Hear You Henley 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Haldir 2001–2002 Mercy Peak Alistair Kingsley 27 episodes 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Haldir 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Voice of Gothmog 2003 Power Rangers Ninja Storm Various 10 episodes 2005 Power Rangers S.P.D. Narrator (voice) Episode: "Beginnings: Part 1" 2006 Weekend Lovers Matt 2007–2008 Shortland Street Guy Warner 58 episodes 2008–2010 Legend of the Seeker Darken Rahl 25 episodes 2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Sabas 2009 Diplomatic Immunity Leighton Mills 13 episodes 2010 Spartacus: Blood and Sand Gaius Claudius Glaber 4 episodes 2010 Waitangi: What Really Happened Freeman TV movie 2010 Radiradirah Prince John Episode: "1.5"
Episode: "1.8"2011 Shackleton's Captain Frank Worsley TV movie, filming External links
References
- ^ Starz. "Craig Parker in Spartacus: Blood and Sand". http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/cast/Glaber/CraigParker/Pages/CraigParker.aspx. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- New Zealand actors
- New Zealand television actors
- New Zealand film actors
- New Zealand people of Scottish descent
- New Zealand people of Welsh descent
- New Zealand people of Danish descent
- New Zealand people of English descent
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