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Craig Parker (born 12 November 1970) is a New Zealand actor, known for his roles as Haldir in the films The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two Towers (2002), Darken Rahl in the television series Legend of the Seeker, Stéphane Narcisse in the CW television series Reign, and Gaius Claudius Glaber in the television series Spartacus.
Parker is known for his role as Haldir of Lórien in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, his performance of Bellerophon in Xena: Warrior Princess, Stéphane Narcisse in the CW television series Reign, and for playing Darken Rahl in Legend of the Seeker. He also serves as narrator for New Zealand documentaries. Parker starred in the TVNZ soap Shortland Street, as Guy Warner, a character that has made several return appearances, most recently involving a story where Guy ran off with his brother's wife, Toni, only to return months later as a drug addled loser who attempted to use his daughter to score drugs for him. It ultimately led to the death storyline of Toni Warner. He is the reigning champion of New Zealand's Celebrity Joker Poker.
Jonathan Manu Bennett (born 10 October 1969), is an Australian-New Zealand actor. He is known for his portrayal as the Gallic gladiator Crixus in the Starz television series Spartacus. He has also appeared as the orc commander Azog the Defiler in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation based on The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, as supervillain Slade Wilson/Deathstroke in The CW TV series Arrow and as Allanon in the MTV series The Shannara Chronicles, based on the Shannara novel series by Terry Brooks.
Born in New Zealand, Bennett's mother was an Australian bikini model, his father a New Zealand singer. The family moved to Australia when Bennett was a few months old. On his father's side, Bennett is of Māori (specifically Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu) and Irish descent. His mother is of Scottish descent. He was raised mostly between Sydney and Newcastle in Australia, where he attended Merewether High School. In 1986, Bennett returned to New Zealand to attend Te Aute College, where he played for the 1st XV. Upon returning to Australia, Bennett was chosen in the New South Wales Schoolboys Rugby Union Team. Interested in modern dancing, classical ballet and piano, Bennett quit rugby to attend university to study dance and drama, then traveled to Los Angeles on a scholarship to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. In an interview, Bennett talked about the car accident that killed his mother and brother and put him in a two-week coma. He cites that because of his girlfriend, who was a ballet dancer, he got into acting and found it to be the medium to which direct his emotions saying, "Acting was my route to survival."
E! News Update | Interview With Reign's Craig Parker | E!
Craig Parker Interview - Spartacus & Haldir in Lord of the Rings
Salt Lake Comic Con - Craig Parker Interview
Screentalk Interview Craig Parker
Hobbit and LOTR Guests (Jed Brophy, Craig Parker, Adam Brown, Manu Bennett) - Dragoncon 2014
Craig Parker as "Glaber"
MyMBuzz Craig Parker Liverpool Interview
Craig Parker in Nepal, 4/6
Message from Craig Parker for fans (Сraig speaking French).
Craig Parker Interview (Spartacus)
Actors: Robert Pralgo (actor), Chris Burns (actor), Chris Burns (actor), Robert Abramoff (miscellaneous crew), Kenny Alfonso (actor), Jamie Vosseller (producer), Chrissy Chambers (actress), Kenneth Horstmann (director), Kenneth Horstmann (editor), Kenneth Horstmann (producer), Kenneth Horstmann (writer), Deborah Childs (actress), James Sutton (actor), Stacey Turner (actress), Donna Wong (actress),
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