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Conan Stevens — Australian Actor

Mark "Conan" Stevens is an Australian actor, writer, stuntman and former professional wrestler. He is 213 cm tall. He is known for portraying giant green swamp monsters called Man-Thing in movie Marvel's Man-Thing, "The Mountain" Gregor Clegane in first season of the HBO television series Game of Thrones. He was cast to portray Bolg, son of Azog, in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, and completed a portion of the films' photography in makeup as the character. He was subsequently replaced in the role by Lord of the Rings trilogy veteran Lawrence Makoare when Bolg was revamped into a completely CGI character. He ended up playing an unnamed Gundabad Orc, called Keeper of the Dungeons in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies... (wikipedia)

When I used to wrestle professionally, I preferred being the bad guy known as 'The Heel;' you would get to 'work the crowd,' getting them to hate you and want to see you lose, while the good guy 'Babyface' would walk in, smile and shake hands with a few kids, and his acting job was done.

Success is the freedom to do what you want, with whom you want, when you want, wherever you want.

Being an actor is a lot more involved than many people realize; there are hundreds of ways to play any character. Even for a stylized bad guy, there are 4 or 5 different personalities I can play off the top of my head without thinking - better and more experienced actors can do dozens or hundreds.

I managed to get onto 'The Hobbit,' which is a story in itself. I missed the main round of auditions but managed to get a foot in the door at the last second - just as I came down with dysentery.

The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old: it set my life on a different path. Next, I read 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, then 'The Silmarillion' and Homers 'The Odyssey' and every Greek/Roman/Viking myth book I could get my hands on. Pretty heavy reading for a 12 year old.

Conan Stevens Quotes

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