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, 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, and English ancestry.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Soldier's Sweetheart, AA Soldier's Sweetheart	Soldier #1
2001	No One Can Hear You	Henley
2001	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, TheThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Haldir
2002	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, TheThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Haldir
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Gothmog / Guritz	(Voice only)
2006	Weekend Lovers	Matt
2009	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Sabas

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Gloss	Justin Grieg	Unknown episodes
1989	Hotshotz (TV series)	Nicholas
1992-96, 2007-08	Shortland Street	Guy Warner	Main role
1993	Tommyknockers, TheThe Tommyknockers	Student bartender	Miniseries
1996	City Life	Seth	2 episodes
1997	2 People	Host	Unknown episodes
1997	Xena: Warrior Princess	Prince Sarpedon	Episode: "For Him the Bell Tolls"
1998	Young Hercules	Lucius	2 episodes
1999	Xena: Warrior Princess	Cleades	Episode: "The Key to the Kingdom"
1999	Twist in the Tale, AA Twist in the Tale	Larry Sharpe	Episode: "A Crack in Time"
2001	Xena: Warrior Princess	Bellerophon	Episode: "To Helicon and Back"
2001-04	Mercy Peak	Alistair Kingsley	Main role (60 episodes)
2003	Power Rangers Ninja Storm	Blue Face (voice)	Episode: "Prelude to a Storm"
2003	Power Rangers Ninja Storm	Mad Magnet (voice)	Episode: "There's No "I" in Team"
2003	Power Rangers Ninja Storm	Motodrone (voice)	8 episodes
2005	Power Rangers S.P.D.	Narrator (voice)	Episode: "Beginnings: Part 1"
2008-10	Legend of the Seeker	Darken Rahl	Main role (25 episodes)
2009	Diplomatic Immunity	Leighton Mills	Main role (13 episodes)
2010	Radiradirah	Prince John	2 episodes
2010-12	Spartacus	Gaius Claudius Glaber	Main role (13 episodes)
2011	Waitangi: What Really Happened	James Stuart Freeman	Television film
2012	Shackleton's Captain	Frank Worsley	Television film
2013	NCIS: Los Angeles	Vasile Comescu	Episode: "Reznikov, N."
2013	Sleepy Hollow	Colonel Banastre Tarleton	Episode: "The Sin Eater"
2014	NCIS	JAG Major Richard Huggins	Episode: "Shooter"
2014-present	Reign	Lord Stéphane Narcisse	Season 2

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Auckland Daze	Craig	Season 1, episode 2

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Macbeth	Malcolm
1992	Weed	Hugh
1994	Seagull, TheThe Seagull	Constantin
1997	Arcadia	Valentine Coverly
1998-99	Wind in the Willows	Mole
1999	Theatre Sports
1999	Amy's View	Dominic Tyghe
2001	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Rosencrantz
2001	Judas Kiss, TheThe Judas Kiss	Robert Ross
2002-03	Rocky Horror Show, TheThe Rocky Horror Show	Narrator
2005	Serial Killers	Matt
2006	Glide Time	John
2007	Pillowman, TheThe Pillowman	Katurian

[ Source: Wikipedia ]