Education
St Mark's Church School Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington College Wellington, New Zealand
Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand
2007 Played the lead in the Viking film "Pathfinder"
2007 Announced that he will portray a young Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in JJ Abrams' retelling of the "Star Trek" film franchise.
2005 Starred in Andrzej Bartkowiak's "Doom" based on the hit computer game about Space Marines
2004 Cast as Kirill, a Russian secret service agent in "The Bourne Supremacy" starring Matt Damon
2004 Co-starred in "The Chronicles of Riddick" with Vin Diesel and Judi Dench
2002 Cast in the horror film, "Ghost Ship"
2002 Best known for playing Éomer, in the second and third films of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy "The Two Towers" (2002) and "The Return of the King" (2003) based on the books by J. R. R.
1996 - 2001 Appeared on the internationally syndicated American television shows "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" playing both Cupid and Julius Caesar
1993 Offered a role as a Paramedic in the New Zealand drama "Shortland Street," as he was preparing to attend Victoria University
1990 First major role was playing a heroin addict in the police drama "Shark in the Park"
First acting role was one line on a New Zealand television show age the age of eight