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Lee Grinner Pace [2] (born March 25, 1979) [3] is an American actor. He starred as Thranduil the Elvenking in The Hobbit trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the period drama television series Halt and Catch Fire.
Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961, [1] in North Cornelly, south Wales, son of Roy and Louise Teale. [2] He attended Cynffig Comprehensive School in Kenfig Hill; [1] he was suspended from the school for disciplinary offences, [1] and credits one of the teachers Mr Davis, with awakening his interest in acting. [1]
Pace called Thranduil the "Elvenking" instead of his actual name during interviews, following Tolkien's usage in The Hobbit, which Pace read as a high school student. [4] In an interview with The Georgia Straight , Pace explained that Thranduil, unlike other villainous characters he had played like Ronan the Accuser , is morally ambiguous, as ...
Elros (portrayed by Robin Kerr [2]) is an Elf of the Woodland Realm appearing in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He is a captain of the Woodland Guard and Keeper of the Keys. Feren (portrayed by Simon London [5]) is an Elf of the Woodland Realm. He serves as one of Thranduil's chief lieutenants during the Battle of The Five Armies.
Martin John Christopher Freeman [2] was born on 8 September 1971 in Aldershot, Hampshire, [3] the youngest of five children. His parents, Philomena (née Norris) and naval officer Geoffrey Freeman, separated when he was a child.
The Hobbit calls him an elf-friend rather than an elf, one "who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors." [T 9] The Elvenking, king of the Mirkwood Elves. He held the dwarves captive. They were eventually freed by Bilbo. [T 10] (In The Hobbit he is only called "the Elvenking"; his name "Thranduil" is given in The Lord of the Rings ...
Armitage was born in Leicester, England, the younger son of Margaret, a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer.He has an older brother named Christopher. [10]He attended Huncote Community Primary School in Huncote, Blaby District, Leicestershire, [citation needed] and began secondary school at the local comprehensive school, Brockington College in Enderby.
[11] In October 2010, Kazinsky was cast in the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. He would have played Fili, a member of the Company of Dwarves, [12] but in April 2011, Kazinsky resigned from the role for personal reasons. [13] On 9 January 2011, he guest starred on the drama series Brothers & Sisters as Dr Rick Appleton. [14]