Actor/Actress
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Description
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Character
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Elijah Wood
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A young hobbit sent on a quest to destroy the One Ring, the burden of which is becoming heavier
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Frodo Baggins
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Ian McKellen
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An Istari wizard who fell fighting a Balrog and has now returned, more powerful than ever, to finish his task
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Gandalf the Grey / Gandalf the White
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Viggo Mortensen
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The heir-in-exile to Gondor's throne who has come to Rohan's defence
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Aragorn
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Liv Tyler
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An elven princess of Rivendell and Aragorn's true love
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Arwen
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Sean Astin
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Frodo's loyal hobbit gardener and companion
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Samwise "Sam" Gamgee
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Cate Blanchett
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The Elven-Queen of Lothlórien, who discusses Middle-earth's future with Elrond
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Galadriel
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John Rhys-Davies
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A dwarf warrior and one of Aragorn's companions
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Gimli
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John Rhys-Davies
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The leader of the ents, who is roused to anger after seeing that Saruman had decimated a large part of Fangorn Forest
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Treebeard
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Bernard Hill
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The King of Rohan, who is under Saruman's spell until Gandalf heals him so he can lead his people once more
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Theoden
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Christopher Lee
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An Istari wizard waging war upon Rohan and devastating Fangorn Forest, who allied himself with Sauron in the previous film
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Saruman the White
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Billy Boyd
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A hobbit mistakenly captured by the Uruk-hai
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Peregrin "Pippin" Took
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Dominic Monaghan
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A distant cousin of Frodo's who is mistakenly captured along with Pippin by the Uruk-hai
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Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck
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Orlando Bloom
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An elven archer and one of Aragorn's companions
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Legolas
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Hugo Weaving
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The Elven-Lord of Rivendell who expresses doubt over his daughter's love for Aragorn
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Elrond
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Miranda Otto
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Théoden's niece, who is in love with Aragorn
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Eowyn
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David Wenham
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A prince of the Stewards of Gondor and captain of the Ithilien Rangers, who captures Frodo, Sam and Gollum
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Faramir
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Brad Dourif
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An agent of Saruman at Edoras, who renders Théoden incapable of decisions, and desires Éowyn
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Grima Wormtongue
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Karl Urban
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Théoden's nephew and previous Chief Marshal of the Riddermark who was exiled by Gríma
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Eomer
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Andy Serkis
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A wretched hobbit-like creature who owned the Ring for five centuries and now guides Frodo on his quest
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Gollum / Smeagol
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Craig Parker
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The leader of the Lórien Elves sent by Elrond and Galadriel to defend Helm's Deep
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Haldir of Lorien
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John Leigh
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The loyal doorwarden of the Golden Hall and a majordomo of Théoden
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Hama
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Bruce Hopkins
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Théoden's chief lieutenant and a skilled member of the Royal Guard of Rohan
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Gamling
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John Bach
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Faramir's closest aide, who informs him of battle preparations
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Madril
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