Favorite actors of the trilogy "the Lord of the Rings" 15 years later

We remember how the trilogy "the Lord of the Rings" rocked the world in 2001-2003. Probably all the boys then wanted to go to middle earth, and the girls were arguing who is prettier — Legolas or Aragorn.

The website offers to see how the actors fantasy trilogy today, after, of all things! as many as 15 years.

Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood)





In addition to being an actor active in films and voiced the cartoons, he founded the record label Simian Records. One of his notable works in films after Lord of the Rings was the role of Patrick in "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind".

Legolas (Orlando Bloom)





The role of the elf Legolas brought recognition to the then unknown actor. A few years later, he starred in one cash epic "pirates of the Caribbean", which is about gracing us with a new part.

Gandalf (Ian McKellen)





McKellen began acting in films in the 70-ies, however, the greatest fame came to him in the 90s. His notable works was the role of Nicholas II in the film "Rasputin" and the role of magneto in the comic book adaptations "X-Men". In 1989 Elizabeth II dedicated actor knighted.

Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen)





In addition to his film credits, actor of Danish origin is known as a painter, photographer, poet and musician. He founded a publishing company, which publishes the works of little-known authors. The actor is knighted by the Queen of Denmark.

Of Arwen Undómiel (Liv Tyler)





Before playing his most famous role, Liv has starred in several successful films, including the films "stealing beauty" and "Armageddon". Now the actress has three children, and in 2016, made his debut as a film producer.

Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin)





Although the actor is still in films, the role of the awkward but brave hobbit Sam remains his most recognizable work. In 2004, in collaboration with Joe Leyden published the book "There and back again: the story of the actor" in which he shared his impressions of the filming of the trilogy "the Lord of the Rings".

Brandybuck Meriadoc (Dominic Monaghan)





Few know that the actor together with his colleague in the film Billy Boyd participated in writing the script for the trilogy "the Lord of the Rings". And, of course, many remember the actor for the role of Charlie in the TV series "lost".

Peregrin Took (Billy Boyd)





Billy sings and plays guitar, bass and drums. In the movie "the Lord of the Rings: the Return of the king" he wrote the music and performed the song "The Edge of Night". He is also the leader of the music band Beecake. The actor is friends with Dominic Monaghan, and is the sponsor of the Scottish youth theatre and the National boys choir of Scotland.

Boromir (Sean Bean)





When Sean was invited to appear in "the Lord of the Rings", he was already quite a famous actor. But after shooting the fantasy trilogy his business went even better, take the movie "Troy", "silent hill" and the series "Game of thrones". By the way, the actor is a doctor of Philology in English literature at the University of Sheffield.

Eowyn (Miranda Otto)





The actress mostly appeared in movies, coming out in wide release. In 2014, she starred in the famous film "I, Frankenstein".

Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm)





In the movie, Hill starred for the first time in 1958. On account of his more than 110 roles, among which are: the Android ash in Alien, Napoleon in "time Bandits", father Vito Cornelius in "the Fifth element" and, of course, Bilbo Baggins in the trilogy "the Lord of the Rings". The actor also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Galadriel (Cate Blanchett)





For her acting career, Kate has starred in over 40 films and took part in nearly 20 theatrical productions. She was awarded a star on the Hollywood "walk of fame". By the way, in 2009 in Australia there were stamps depicting four of the Australians, winners of the award "Oscar": Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey rush, Russell Crowe and cate Blanchett.

Théoden (Bernard Hill)





During his 30-year career, the actor best known for the roles of captain of the ship in the movie Titanic and king théoden in "the Lord of the Rings." I wonder what his involvement in these two films makes hill the only actor in the world, starring in more than one film, he was awarded 11 awards "Oscar".

Elrond (Hugo Weaving)





The most iconic roles of actor, in addition to the elf king Elrond, was the role of agent Smith in the trilogy "the Matrix", V in "V for vendetta", and red Skull in "the First avenger".

Gimli (John Rhys-Davies)





Actor career full of interesting roles, he even put his hand to the voice of the cartoon "spongebob Squarepants". But all he is remembered for his TV series "Moving", the films about Indiana Jones, the trilogy "the Lord of the Rings" and the novels "the Lost world".

Gollum (Andy Serkis)





His work in film such as Gollum, the primacy of Caesar in "rise of the planet of the apes," king Kong in "king Kong", located on the intersection of acting and computer graphics.

In the film "the Hobbit: an Unexpected journey and the Hobbit: the Battle of the five armies" Andy Serkis took part not only as a performer of the role of Gollum, but as the second Director.

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