---
name: "Stephen Ure"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-ure"
fi1m_id: "stephen-ure"
imdb_id: "nm0881831"
tmdb_id: 1440014
wikidata_id: "Q1779182"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 March 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T13:06:05.652074+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Stephen Ure

## Identity

Stephen Ure

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-ure
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-ure
- **IMDb ID:** nm0881831
- **TMDB ID:** 1440014
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1779182
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779182, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1440014

Actor. Born 28 March 1958 in St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 March 1958, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** 스테판 우리, استیون یوره
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (2), 2010s 62 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 4, Fantasy 4, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,039m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779182, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1440014

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*X*](https://film.one/film/x.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stephen Ure is an Australian actor and director. He was born on 28 March 1958 in St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales. He trained for three years at the Sydney Acting School and has worked primarily in New Zealand film and television.

Ure is known for his roles in Peter Jackson's Middle-earth films, including Grishnakh in *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002) and Gorbag in *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003). He also appeared as Fimbul and Grinnah in *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012) and as Fimbul in *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013). Other film credits include a Satyr in *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005), Pewsey in *Mortal Engines* (2018), Rikki Daggers in *Deathgasm* (2015) and Howard in *X* (2022).

He has directed the short film *Walter* (2012) and has appeared in television series including *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015) and *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com, co.nz.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *X* (2022), Fi1m 74, as Howard — [page](https://film.one/film/x.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), Fi1m 65, as Fimbul — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), Fi1m 60, as Fimbul / Grinnah — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003), Fi1m 88, as Gorbag — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Fi1m 85, as Grishnakh — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *X* (2022), as Howard — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/x.md)
- *Vegas* (2021), series, as Bill Crooke
- *Mortal Engines* (2018), as Pewsey
- *Twenty One Points* (2018), as Homeless Frank
- *The New Legends of Monkey* (2018), series, as Mercenary
- *The Light Between Oceans* (2016), as Neville Whittnish
- *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015), series, as Drunk
- *Deathgasm* (2015), as Rikki Daggers
- *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Wyatt Brenner
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), as Fimbul — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), as Fimbul / Grinnah — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *Hounds* (2012), series, as Holden
- *Tracker* (2010), as Recruitment Clerk
- *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, as Benedict
- *Perfect Creature* (2007), as Freddy
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005), as Satyr
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003), as Gorbag — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), as Grishnakh — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)
- *Exposure* (2001), as Military Chef
- *Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the Grave* (2001), as Wayne (segment 'Warm Gun')
- *One of Them!* (1998), as Drunk
- *Broken English* (1996), as Ivan's mate
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, as Monlik, Werfner — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Farmer
- *Chunuk Bair* (1992), as Holy
- *Warm Gun*, as Wayne

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