Biography: Stephen Ure is one of the many relatively uknown actors Peter Jackson has taken from the enourmous pool of acting talent that exists in New Zealand. The Lord of the Rings is by far the most high-profile motion picture Ure has been a part of, appear in small New Zealand movies such as Broken English with Marton Csokas (Celeborn) and Chunuk Bair with John Noble (Denethor). Many people may recgonise Stephen Ure from his appearances in Xena: Warrior Princess.

Stephen will not appear in The Lord of the Rings until The Return of the King in 2003, playing the role of the foul Orc captain Gorbag.