Full
Name:
Marton
Csokas
Birthdate:
June
30,
1966
Birthplace:
New
Zealand
Hair
Color:
Brown
Eye
Color:
Blue
Height:
6'
3"
Spouse:
unknown
Children:
unknown
Biography:
Born
in
New
Zealand
to
a
Hungarian
father
(family
name
pronounced
Cho-karsh)
and
a
New
Zealand
mother,
Csokas
graduated
from
the
New
Zealand
drama
school.
He
embarked
on
a
celebrated
career
on
stae,
the
first
of
which
was
the
Taki
Rua/Depot's
Te
Whaunau
A
Tuanui
Jones.
Audiences
soon
saw
him
portrayin
the
erudite
and
Bryonesque
Septimus
in
Tom
Stoppard's
Arcadia,
the
ambiguous
Joe
Pitt
in
Tony
Kusher's
Angels
in
America,
as
well
as
in
production
of
Brian
Friel's
Dancing
in
Lughnasa,
David
Hare's
Amy's
View,
Patrick
Marber's
Closer
(Chapman
Tripp
Theatre
Award
for
Production
of
the
Year)
and
Steven
Berkoff's
Kvetch.
Csokas
also
co-founded
his
own
experimental
company,
Stronghold
Theatre,
which
built
a
reputation
for
challengin
and
expansive
work.
His
talent
for
classical
work
was
seen
in
numerous
productions
of
Shakespeare,
Chekhov
and
Brecht,
including
roles
as
alstaff
in
The
Merry
Wives
of
Windsor,
Brutus
in
Julius
Caesar
and
Orsino
in
Twelfth
Night,
as
well
as
performing
in
Three
Sisters.
The
Cherry
Orchard
and
Happy
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