MartonCsokas
- Actor
Actor Marton Csokas came to fame in the early 1990s, playing the bumbling Dr Dodds in Shortland Street. Since then he has appeared in interracial romance Broken English and coming of age story Rain, before starting a run of international roles — often as the villain — in everything from xXx to The Bourne Supremacy.
Screenography
Biography
Marton Csokas is such a versatile actor that alongside the gang of villains crowding out his resume, he has pulled off roles as various as nervous doctors, unperturble elf lords, and browbeaten Croatian immigrants.
Marton Csokas (pronounced ‘Cho-kash') was born in Invercargill, to a Hungarian engineer father and a Kiwi mother of Irish-Danish descent. When his parents parted, Csokas spent time living with his mother in Sydney. He played Prince Charming in a primary school production of Sleeping Beauty, struggling in a green crepe costume.
Awards
2008 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: for Romulus, My Father
2008 Australian Film Institute Awards
Best Supporting Actor: for Romulus, My Father
“I like the exploration of different psychologies and different physicalities. I also enjoy seeing the world through different eyes at a practical level, and particularly travel.”
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