Marton Csokas was born on 30 June 1966 in Invercargill, Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is a citizen of the European Union, Hungary, and is a permanent resident of the United States.

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 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.

His first film role was in the Peter Jackson produced feature, "Jack Brown Genius" He has since worked with the likes of Ridley Scott in "Kingdom of Heaven", Paul Greengrass in "Bourne Supremacy", and Peter Jackson again in, "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy".

His commercial work is comprised of, "XXX", Aeon Flux, and Mirimax's, "The Great Raid", directed by John Dahl. Some of the Independent films he appears in are Christine Jeffs', Rain which featured in Cannes Director's Fortnight 2001, another with Malcolm McDowell, in the disturbing David Grieco film, "Evilenko", and alongside Ian McKellen and Natasha Richardson as 'Edgar Stark' in the David McKenzie directed picture, "Asylum".

His stage highlights have been the Tom Stoppard penned, "Arcadia", as Septimus, in "Julius Ceasar" as Brutus, both with the Auckland Theatre Company, and most recently the Lope de Vega play, "Peribanez Y El Comendador De Ocana", and in "Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf".

His television work has been recognised with an Emmy nomination for NBC's "The Three Stooges" and an AFTA nomination for "GP", in the role of a paedophile. He did one year of "Shortland St." in NZ, nine episodes of "Xena", as Borias, and numerous episodes of assorted television dramas in both New Zealand and Australia, including the acclaimed mini series with Greta Scacchi, "The Farm".

Filmography

• Romulus, My Father (2007)
• Æon Flux (2005)
• The Great Raid (2005)
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
• Asylum (2005)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• Evilenko (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Timeline (2003)
• Kangaroo Jack (2003)
• Garage Days (2002)
• xXx (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Xena: Warrior Princess - A Friend in Need (The Director's Cut) (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• "Xena: Warrior Princess" (10 episodes, 1997-2001)
• Rain (2001)
• "Cleopatra 2525" (1 episode, 2001)
• "The Farm" (2001)
• "The Lost World" (1 episode, 2000)
• The Monkey's Mask (2000)
• "BeastMaster" (3 episodes, 2000)
• The Three Stooges (2000)
• "Farscape" (1 episode, 2000)
• Accidents (2000)
• "Water Rats" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Wildside" (1 episode, 1999)
• "All Saints" (1 episode, 1999)
• Halifax f.p: Swimming with Sharks (1999)
• Hurrah (1998)
• Broken English (1996)
• "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1 episode, 1996)
• Chicken (1996)
• Twilight of the Gods (1995)
• "Shortland Street" (1992)
• A Game with No Rules (1994)
• Jack Brown Genius (1994)
• "The Ray Bradbury Theater" (1 episode, 1992)