Lord Of The Rings Cast Legolas Father

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Lord of the rings cast legolas father.

Ian mckellen actor the lord of the rings. The fellowship of the ring. Thranduil son of oropher was an elven king who ruled over the woodland realm in the second and third ages. Legolas remains one of the most beloved characters in both peter jackson s lord of the rings films as well as the fantasy novels by j.

Apart from the lord of the rings and the hobbit most of the middle earth material that we have today was published by j r r. Legolas pronounced ˈlɛɡɔlas is a fictional character in j. With his keen eyesight sensitive hearing and excellent bowmanship legolas was valuable to the fellowship in their journey across middle earth. Commentators have noted that legolas serves as a typical elf in the story demonstrating more than human abilities such as.

He was the father of the elven prince of mirkwood legolas who was a member of the fellowship of the ring. Legolas was a sindarin elf who was part of the fellowship of the ring in the third age. In the hobbit thranduil is referred to only as the elvenking. Orlando jonathan blanchard copeland bloom was born on january 13 1977 in canterbury kent england.

Orlando jonathan blanchard copeland bloom born 13 january 1977 is an english actor. Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native great britain and internationally twice nominated for the oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in the uk and us ian murray mckellen was born on may 25 1939 in burnley lancashire england to margery. Many liberties were taken with the prince of mirkwood because tolkien didn t explain certain parts of his backstory and didn t do much to describe his physical appearance. The lord of the rings.

He made his breakthrough as the character legolas in the lord of the rings film series a role he reprised in the hobbit film series he gained further acclaim by appearing in epic fantasy historical and adventure films most notably as will turner in the pirates of the caribbean film series. His mother sonia constance josephine bloom née copeland was born in kolkata india to an english family then resident there. Son of the elvenking thranduil of mirkwood legolas was mirkwood s prince a messenger and a master archer. In addition to being extremely adept in combat and stealth missions legolas is known for become best friends with gimli the dwarf a first in the entire history of.

He was well known for becoming friends with the dwarf. The only elf member of the fellowship legolas willingly enlists himself at the council of elrond in the town of imladris or rivendell thereby being the only representative of his people during the lord of the rings timeline. Tolkien s son christopher tolkien after his father s death. Though inherently cautious he eventually committed his kingdom to fight against sauron in the war of the ring.