Occupation Actor Height 1.80 m Role Actor | Name Craig Parker Years active 1987–present | |
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Movies and TV shows Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Legend of the Seeker, The Lord of the Rings: The Retur, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Mercy Peak Similar People Craig Horner, Bruce Spence, Viva Bianca, Bridget Regan, Lesley‑Ann Brandt | ||
Craig parker as glaber
Craig Parker (born 12 November 1970) is a New Zealander 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.
Contents
- Craig parker as glaber
- Craig Parker Interview Spartacus Haldir in Lord of the Rings
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Craig Parker Interview - Spartacus & Haldir in Lord of the Rings
Career
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.
Parker starred as Darken Rahl in Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's syndicated television series Legend of the Seeker. He also appears as Gaius Claudius Glaber in the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, and Spartacus: Vengeance which premiered on 22 January 2010 and is also produced by Raimi and Tapert.
Personal life
Parker is openly gay. 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, Parker has Welsh, Danish, and English ancestry.
Filmography
Actor
-
A Social Contract (post-production) as
Ethan
2021
Good Trouble (TV Series) as
Yuri Elwin
- What Now? (2024) - Yuri Elwin
- I Am Doll Parts (2024) - Yuri Elwin
- Under Pressure (2023) - Yuri Elwin
- A Penny with a Hole in It (2022) - Yuri Elwin
- Baby, Just Say 'Yes' (2022) - Yuri Elwin
- It's Lonely Out in Space (2022) - Yuri Elwin
- Turn and Face the Strange (2022) - Yuri Elwin
- Making a Metamour (2021) - Yuri Elwin
- She's Back (2021) - Yuri Elwin
- Driver's Seat (2021) - Yuri Elwin
- Trust (2021) - Yuri Elwin
- Because, Men (2021) - Yuri Elwin
- Whoosh, Pow, Bang (2021) - Yuri Elwin
2007
Shortland Street (TV Series) as
Guy Warner
2018
Charmed (TV Series) as
Alastair Caine
- Red Rain (2019) - Alastair Caine
- Ambush (2019) - Alastair Caine
- Source Material (2019) - Alastair Caine
- Memento Mori (2019) - Alastair Caine
- You're Dead to Me (2019) - Alastair Caine
- Keep Calm and Harry On (2019) - Alastair Caine
- Jingle Hell (2018) - Alastair Caine
- Bug a Boo (2018) - Alastair Caine
- Out of Scythe (2018) - Alastair Caine
- Other Women (2018) - Alastair Caine
- Exorcise Your Demons (2018) - Alastair Caine
2018
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) as
Taryan
- The Force of Gravity (2018) - Taryan
- The One Who Will Save Us All (2018) - Taryan
2014
Reign (TV Series) as
Stéphane Narcisse
- All It Cost Her- (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Blood in the Water (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- A Bride. A Box. A Body. (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Coup de Grace (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The Shakedown (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Dead of Night (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- A Better Man (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Pulling Strings (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse (credit only)
- Uncharted Waters (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Hanging Swords (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Love & Death (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Highland Games (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Playing with Fire (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Leaps of Faith (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- A Grain of Deception (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- With Friends Like These (2017) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Spiders in a Jar (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Intruders (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Clans (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Safe Passage (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- To the Death (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Strange Bedfellows (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- No Way Out (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Succession (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Bruises That Lie (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Wedlock (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Our Undoing (2016) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The Hound and the Hare (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Fight or Flight (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- In a Clearing (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The Price (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Extreme Measures (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Betrothed (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Three Queens, Two Tigers (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Burn (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The Siege (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Fugitive (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Abandoned (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Reversal of Fortune (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Tempting Fate (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Tasting Revenge (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Forbidden (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The End of Mourning (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Sins of the Past (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Banished (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Getaway (2015) - Stéphane Narcisse (credit only)
- Mercy (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Acts of War (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Terror of the Faithful (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The Prince of the Blood (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Three Queens (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Blood for Blood (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The Lamb and the Slaughter (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Coronation (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- Drawn and Quartered (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
- The Plague (2014) - Stéphane Narcisse
2014
NCIS (TV Series) as
Major Richard Huggins
- Shooter (2014) - Major Richard Huggins
2013
Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) as
Colonel Tarleton
- The Sin Eater (2013) - Colonel Tarleton
2013
NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) as
Vasile Comescu
- Reznikov, N. (2013) - Vasile Comescu
2012
Auckland Daze (TV Series) as
Craig
- Episode #1.2 (2012) - Craig
2010
Spartacus (TV Series) as
Glaber / Claudius Glaber
- Wrath of the Gods (2012) - Glaber
- Monsters (2012) - Glaber
- Balance (2012) - Glaber
- Sacramentum (2012) - Glaber
- Chosen Path (2012) - Glaber
- Libertus (2012) - Glaber
- Empty Hands (2012) - Glaber
- The Greater Good (2012) - Glaber
- A Place in This World (2012) - Glaber
- Fugitivus (2012) - Glaber
- Revelations (2010) - Glaber
- Sacramentum Gladiatorum (2010) - Claudius Glaber
- The Red Serpent (2010) - Claudius Glaber
2011
Waitangi: What Really Happened (TV Movie) as
Freeman
2010
Radiradirah (TV Series) as
Prince John
- Episode #1.8 (2010) - Prince John
- Episode #1.5 (2010) - Prince John (uncredited)
- Episode #1.1 (2010)
2008
Legend of the Seeker (TV Series) as
Darken Rahl / Walter
- Tears (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Unbroken (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Eternity (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Extinction (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Walter (2010) - Darken Rahl / Walter
- Vengeance (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Creator (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Bound (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Princess (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Hunger (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Perdition (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Resurrection (2010) - Darken Rahl
- Wizard (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Baneling (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Marked (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Reckoning (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Fever (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Sanctuary (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Bloodline (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Conversion (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Hartland (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Home (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Puppeteer (2009) - Darken Rahl
- Destiny (2008) - Darken Rahl
- Prophecy (2008) - Darken Rahl
2009
Diplomatic Immunity (TV Series) as
Leighton Mills
- Spy in the House of Love (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Food for Thought (2009) - Leighton Mills
- All Eyez on Me (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Graceland (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Chain of Fools (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Strange Fruit (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Climb Every Mountain (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Boris the Spider (2009) - Leighton Mills
- War! (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Love My Way (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Tattoo You (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Idiot Wind (2009) - Leighton Mills
- Lets Get It On (2009) - Leighton Mills
2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as
Sabas
2006
Weekend Lovers as
Matt
2005
Power Rangers S.P.D. (TV Series) as
Narrator
- Beginnings: Part 1 (2005) - Narrator (voice)
2001
Mercy Peak (TV Series) as
Alistair Kingsley
- Love from Bassett (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- May the Force Be with You (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- Honour Thy Father (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- The Fruit of Good Works (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- History Lessons (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- The Book I Read (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- The Company of Pigs (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- Like the Nuns Love Jesus (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- Instinct (2004) - Alistair Kingsley
- Do It for Love (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- Great Escape (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- Saturday Night Fever (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- Fork in the Road (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- An Angel at My Wash House (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- One Wedding and a Funeral (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- Light My Fire (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- Pride and Prejudice (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- Reality Bites (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- The Day That the Rain Came Down (2003) - Alistair Kingsley
- To Kill a Minah Bird (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Cruel to Be Kind (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Desire and Its Undoing (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Festival of Romance (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Fear and Loathing (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Put Away Childish Things (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Death and Taxes (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- The Making of Him (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Stand by Your Man (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Maiden (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Blame (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Live and Let Live (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Chickens, Roosting (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Revelations (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Best Laid Plans (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Do the Right Thing (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Patience (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Undue Influence (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Lost and Found (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- The Most Deserving (2002) - Alistair Kingsley
- Lazy Sunday Afternoon (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- All's Fair (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- Bassett Confidential (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- Crime, Punishment and Everything in Between (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- More Things in Heaven and Earth (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- Paternal Feeling (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- For the Greater Good (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- Some Kind of Madness (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- Her Secret Passion (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
- What She Least Expected (2001) - Alistair Kingsley
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as
Gothmog / Orc Lieutenant 1 (voice, uncredited)
2003
Power Rangers Ninja Storm (TV Series) as
Motodrone / Mad Magnet / Blue Face
- Storm Before the Calm: Part II (2003) - Motodrone (voice)
- A Gem of a Day (2003) - Motodrone (voice)
- Eye of the Storm (2003) - Motodrone (voice)
- Double-Edged Blake (2003) - Motodrone (voice)
- The Wild Wipeout (2003) - Motodrone (voice)
- Shimazu Returns: Part II (2003) - Motodrone (voice, uncredited)
- Shimazu Returns: Part I (2003) - Motodrone (voice)
- Brothers in Arms (2003) - Motodrone (voice)
- There's No 'I' in Team (2003) - Mad Magnet (voice)
- Prelude to a Storm (2003) - Blue Face (voice)
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as
Haldir
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as
Haldir
2001
No One Can Hear You as
Henley
1997
Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series) as
Bellerophon / Cleades / Sarpedon
- To Helicon and Back (2001) - Bellerophon
- The Key to the Kingdom (1999) - Cleades
- For Him the Bell Tolls (1997) - Sarpedon
1999
A Twist in the Tale (TV Series) as
Larry Sharpe
- A Crack in Time (1999) - Larry Sharpe
1998
Young Hercules (TV Series) as
Lucius
- Mommy Dearests (1998) - Lucius
- Dad Always Liked Me Best (1998) - Lucius
1998
A Soldier's Sweetheart (TV Movie) as
Soldier #1
1996
City Life (TV Series) as
Seth
- Episode #1.10 (1996) - Seth
- Episode #1.9 (1996) - Seth
1993
The Tommyknockers (TV Mini Series) as
Student Bartender
- Part 2 (1993) - Student Bartender
- Part 1 (1993) - Student Bartender
1991
Gold: The World's Play (TV Movie) as
Stanley
1987
Gloss (TV Series)
Miscellaneous
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (character voices)
Self
2017
Kingdom Geek (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Craig Parker (2017) - Self - Guest
2016
Geek? Cosplay, Cons and Culture (Documentary short) as
Self
2014
Comic Vibe (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Philadelphia Comic Con 2014 (2014) - Self - Guest
2014
Calgary Expo 2014 (Short) as
Self
2012
Shackleton's Captain (TV Movie documentary) as
Frank Worsley
2010
RingCon 2010 (Documentary) as
Self
2010
Nightline (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 September 2010 (2010) - Self
2009
RingCon 2009 (Documentary) as
Self
2006
Return of the Jackalope as
Self
2005
The Middle-earth Connection (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Changing The Future (2005) - Narrator
- Growing Things (2005) - Narrator
- Caring For The Woods (2005) - Narrator
2004
Ring*Con 2004 (Video documentary)
2003
Intrepid Journeys (TV Series documentary) as
Self (Episode 6)
2003
Last Call (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 13 December 2003 (2003) - Self
2003
Cameras in Middle-Earth (Video documentary) as
Self
2003
Warriors of the Third Age (Video documentary short) as
Self
2002
Ring Con 2002 (Video documentary) as
Self
1997
2 People (TV Series) as
Host
Archive Footage
2012
Lego the Lord of the Rings (Video Game) as
Haldir / Gothmog / Orc Harbour Master
2009
Rocked the Nation (TV Series documentary)
- Episode #2.2 (2009)
2002
Before Stardom (TV Movie) as
Self
1999
Look Who's Famous Now (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
References
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