  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 and gaius claudius glaber in the television series spartacus. ==career== parker is known for his role as haldir of lÃ³rien in the lord of the rings film trilogy, his performance of bellerophon in xena: warrior princess, 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, which premiered on 22 january 2010 and is also produced by raimi and tapert. ==personal life== 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, english and cornish ancestry. ==filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ film ! year ! title ! role ! class="unsortable" | notes |- |1998 | |soldier #1 | |- |2001 |no one can hear you |henley | |- |2001 | |haldir | |- |2002 | |haldir | |- |2006 |weekend lovers |matt | |- |2009 |underworld: rise of the lycans |
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