Jed Brophy Nori              Full Name: Jed Brophy Birthplace: New Zealand Birth Date: 29th October, 1963 Marital Status: He is married         Trivia: Taught students acting at Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School and Whitireia's College of Performing Arts In a scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) where his character, Snaga is decapitated by an Uruk-hai, and then the Uruk is in turn killed by a Rohan rider; he also plays the rider In the theatre show Skin Tight which involved lots of martial arts and physical work, he once was knocked out and dislocated his arm while on stage Began acting in the late 1980's. He originally trained as a physical education teacher at Otago University but swapped to an acting course and then went on to attend drama school For the character of the orc Sharku in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, he would spend at least 6 hours in make-up, starting at 2am and it would then take 2 hours to remove In June 2007, along with 14 other actors who worked on The Lord of the Rings he sued New Line Cinema in a dispute over merchandising royalties Has two children. His son, Sadwyn appeared as Eldarion in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and his other child, Riley played a young Hobbit Purchased one of horses used in The Lord of the Rings. Sib, was mainly used in close-up scenes and was part of the Rohan Royal Guard. He is a thoroughbred chestnut gelding Notable Projects: District 9 (2009) King Kong (2005) Heavenly Creatures (1994) Braindead (1992) Current Projects: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)   < <Back to cast biographies index