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John Bach

Born: 05 June 1946 (79 years old)
Gender: Male

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John Bach is a Welsh-born New Zealand actor best known for his role as Madril in the last two movies of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, in 2001 and 2003.

He has substantial television credits in New Zealand, including the title role of Detective Inspector John Duggan in the police crime series Duggan, a regular character in the long-running soap opera Close to Home and a recurring character in the Australian TV series Farscape.

In 2010 he starred in This is Not My Life as the sinister figure Harry Sheridan, and as magistrate Titus Calavius in Spartacus: Blood and Sand. In 2010 he appeared in an episode of Legend of the Seeker.

His on screen credits include over 120 films and television shows including Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, The Last Tattoo, the lead in the Duggan television series and The Sound And The Silence.

John's theatrical credits range from experimental theatre in London to work at the Court Theatre in Christchurch.


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