Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922) is an English actor known for his professional longevity and his distinctive "basso" delivery. Lee is also best known for his portrayals of villains; he became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in "The Wicker Man," Francisco Scaramanga in "The Man with the Golden Gun", …

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28 1981) is an American actor. Acting since the age of nine, Wood is best known for the role of Frodo Baggins in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. Making his film debut with a minor part in "Back to the Future Part II" (1989), Wood landed a succession of subsequent larger roles, and became a critically acclaimed child actor. After his role as Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings", …

Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1969, Cate Blanchett began her career in theatre, after graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992. ... Cate's first high-profile, international role was lead in the 1998 movie Elizabeth, for which she won Best Actress awards at both the BAFTAs and Golden Globes, plus an Academy Award nomination.

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, KBE (born May 25, 1939) is a veteran English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. McKellen is best known to moviegoers in recent years for his roles as Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and as Magneto in the "X-Men" trilogy. His work has spanned genres from serious Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He had his break-through role in the early 2000s as the elf-prince Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" and blacksmith Will Turner in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including "Troy", "Elizabethtown," and "Kingdom of Heaven".

Young Viggo was an artistic kid, always to be seen with a pencil and paper on hand. This would continue back in New York State when, his parents divorcing in 1969, he and his brothers would move with their mother from Argentina back to Watertown.

Liv Tyler (born Liv Rundgren, on July 1, 1977 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York) is an American actress most famous for her roles of Grace Stamper in "Armageddon" and Arwen in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Bruce Spence (born September 17, 1945) is an Australian character actor. He is perhaps most famous as the Gyro Captain in "Mad Max 2 (also known as "The Road Warrior")" and Jedediah the pilot in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". He also performed the voice of Chum in "Finding Nemo", the Mouth of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", …

Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an Australian film and stage actor, as well as a voice actor, best known for his roles as Agent Smith in "The Matrix" and Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of films, the title character of "V for Vendetta" and the voice of Megatron in "Transformers".

Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born December 8, 1976) is an English actor. He has received international attention from the success of playing Merry Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and his role as Charlie Pace on the television show "Lost".

Kiran Shah, born in 1956 is an actor and a stuntman, born in Nairobi, Kenya. He lived in Kenya until he was twelve years old, when he moved to India with his family. While living in India, he became interested in films, and when his family moved to London, he became involved in the show business. His first film was the 1976 movie "Candleshoe", as a stand-in for a girl called Sara Tamakuni, and when stunt coordinator Bob Anderson asked him to do her stunts as well, …

Marton Csokas (pronounced Martin 'Cho-kash') (born June 30, 1966) is a New Zealand actor. He is known internationally for his role as Celeborn in the films "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". He has also made numerous appearances in "Xena: Warrior Princess" as Xena's past love and ally, Borias, and Khrafstar. Csokas was born in Invercargill, New Zealand.

Craig Parker is a New Zealand actor, now based in the United Kingdom. He is most famous for his role as Haldir of Lórien in "The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy. He also does voice-overs for New Zealand documentaries and has been entertaining and meeting fans at various Lord of the Rings-related conventions for several years - for example Ring*Con in Germany, which he has attended every year since its creation in 2002.

Andy Serkis (born 20 April, 1964) is an English actor and director.

Seán Mark Bean is an English film and stage actor. Bean has also acted in a number of television productions as well as performing voice work for computer games and television adverts. As an actor, he adopted the Irish/Scottish spelling "Seán" of his first name. Bean is best known for his role as Boromir, in the The Lord of the Rings films and as James Bond adversary Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye.

Sean Astin (born Sean Patrick Duke on February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer, most famous for his film roles as Mikey in "The Goonies", the title character of "Rudy", Samwise Gamgee in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Drew Barrymore's steroid-juiced brother in "50 First Dates". He also appeared as Lynn McGill on the fifth season of the television series "24".

Sir Ian Holm, CBE (born 12 September, 1931), is an Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning English actor known for his stage work and for many film roles, including the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, Father Vito Cornelius in "The Fifth Element" and as the android Ash in "Alien".

Actor John Rhys-Davies joined The Planetary Society's Advisory Council in 2004, but first began working with the Society in 1998 when he appeared on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse in the benefit performance, "An Evening on Mars with Ray Bradbury." Rhys-Davies appeared as the dwarf warrior Gimli in all three films of Peter Jackson 's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Billy Boyd (born 28 August, 1968 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and musician most widely known for playing Peregrin Took (Pippin), in the film adaptations of "The Lord of the Rings" and Barrett Bonden in "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World".

Bradford Claude Dourif (March 18, 1950) is an American Academy Award-nominated film and television actor.

Karl-Heinz Urban is a New Zealand actor. He may be best known for playing Éomer in the second and third installment of Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the role of Kirill, Jason Bourne's opposite number in "The Bourne Supremacy" and the lead role in the video game adaption of "Doom".

Bruce Hopkins (born November 25, 1955) is an actor from New Zealand, most famous for his portrayal of Gamling in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy by Peter Jackson. Born in Invercargill, Hopkins is the son of a crayfisherman and was a crayfisherman himself (as well as PE teacher) before dedicating himself to the performing arts. He has worked as a professional dancer, theater company actor, television and film actor, voice actor, and radio host.

Nathaniel Lees is a New Zealand born actor of Samoan heritage, best known for his role as Captain Mifune in The Matrix trilogy and his role as "Uglúk" in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He has also had roles on the TV series Young Hercules, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. He is also very well known for a long career in theatre, having received many prestigious rewards for his contribution to the arts.

Sarah McLeod (born July 18, 1971 in Putaruru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand movie and television series actress. Her most notable role was in the Peter Jackson movies "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" as Rosie Cotton, a female hobbit who married Samwise Gamgee. Her daughter Maisy played Rosie and Sam's baby.

"'"' is a seiyū who is affiliated with Haikyo. His blood type is B. He is 173 centimeters tall and weighs 60 kilograms.

Bruce Robert Allpress (born August 25, 1930) is an actor from Auckland, New Zealand. He has been in many television dramas and also presenting on television and radio productions. In the mid-1980s, he was a regular on "The Billy T. James Show", as well as featuring alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the pirate adventure film "Nate and Hayes". His most known role is Aldor, soldier of Rohan in the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".

Sala Baker (born September 22, 1976) is an actor and stuntman from Wellington, New Zealand. Originally hired as one of several stunt performers for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, he ended up landing the part of Sauron, the trilogy's title role. In addition, he also played several Orcs, a Gondorian, and a Rohirrim. Outside of the trilogy, Baker has performed in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, …

Paul Norell (born February 11, 1952 in London) is an English actor residing in Auckland, New Zealand. He may be best known for his portrayal as the King of the Dead in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". Some of his other credits include "Power Rangers S.P.D.", "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys". He attended the Ring*Con 2004 and is very proud of his Rings performance.

Harry Alan Sinclair (born 1959 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a filmmaker, actor, and musician. He was a member of the musical/theatrical duo The Front Lawn with Don McGlashan. This collaboration led to the production of three short films "Walkshort", "The Lounge Bar", and "Linda's Body"; the latter featuring the song "Ngaire", which later became a hit for McGlashan's band The Mutton Birds.

Shane Rangi (born 3 February 1969) is a stunt performer from New Zealand. In 2005 he played General Otmin, general of the White Witch's army, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In 2008 he will play Asterius, a minotaur who aids Caspian and the Pevensies attempt to overthrow King Miraz in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand character actor and director. Born in Auckland, he co-wrote and starred in Roger Donaldson's first film, "Sleeping Dogs". He also directed "Came a Hot Friday", which featured comedian Billy T. James as the Tainui Kid, and "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?", the sequel to "Once Were Warriors". One of his best-loved films is the 1992 'coming of age' drama "The End of the Golden Weather".

Peter McKenzie is an actor who is best known for his portrayal as Elendil in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". He also appeared in Jackson's "King Kong". His son, Bret, also appears in "The Fellowship of the Ring".

Miranda Otto (born December 16, 1967) is an Australian Film Institute-nominated and Logie Award-winning Australian actress. The daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto, she began acting at age nineteen, and has performed in a variety of low-budget and major studio films. Otto's first major film appearance was in 1986's "Emma's War", in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II.

Lawrence Makoare is a New Zealand-born Māori actor, probably best-known for his roles in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. In "The Fellowship of the Ring", he played the Uruk-hai leader Lurtz, and in "The Return of the King", he played the Witch-king of Angmar as well as Gothmog, the Orc commander at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. He's very popular among "Xena: Warrior Princess"' fans, too, …

John Noble (born August 20, 1948) is an Australian film, television actor and theatre director of more than 80 plays. He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia. He makes occasional appearances on the television series "All Saints". He is internationally best known for his performance as Denethor in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" film. His latest films are White Noise: The Light and One Night with the King.

David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions.

John Bach (born June 5, 1946) is a Welsh-born actor who has spent most of his career working in New Zealand. His best known role internationally is Madril in the two last movies of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003), but he has substantial television credits in New Zealand, including the title role of Detective Inspector Duggan in the police crime series "Duggan", …

Mark Ferguson (born February 28, 1961 in Sydney) is an New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.

Bernard Hill (born December 17, 1944) is an English actor.

Viggo Mortensen , Agoura Hills, Calif., has acted in the movies 28 Days with Sandra Bullock, A Walk on the Moon with Diane Lane, A Perfect Murder with Gwyneth Paltrow, and G.I Jane with Demi Moore, among 25 other movies. Mr. Mortensen is also an artist. He had his first showing last year at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York where he combined photography with mixed media pieces.