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- Adam B. Vary
- Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) Past work: “Saint Maud,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” “Love & Friendship” Character race: Elf. How would you describe your character to your friends?
- Elrond (Robert Aramayo) Past work: “Game of Thrones,” “Behind Her Eyes,” “Mindhunter” Character race: Half-elf, half-human. How would you describe your character to your friends?
- Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova) Past work: “The Undoing,” “Ray Donovan,” “Sesame Street” Character race: Elf. What was your first experience with Tolkien? My introduction was the movies.
- Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards) Past work: “The Crown,” “The Terror,” “Downton Abbey” Character race: Elf. How would you describe your character to your friends?
- Bronwyn
- Theo
- Arondir
- Galadriel
- Halbrand
- High King Gil-Galad
- Elrond
- Prince Durin IV and Princess Disa
- Celebrimbor
- Largo and Marigold Brandyfoot
Original to the series, Bronwyn is a Tirharad villager who is in love with an elf named Arondir (Córdova). She is also mother to Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin). “I play a human from the southlands. I’m a healer, I’m a mother of a somewhat rebellious teenage son, but I’m also in a forbidden romance with an elf,” Boniadi says, describing the relationship bet...
Described as a “rebellious” teen, Theo is a Tirharad villager and the son of Bronwyn. “I’m playing a human that’s a new character. So, I get to make up my storyline for my character and only think about 13 years of his life rather than thousands,” Muhafidin says, comparing Theo to more established elven characters, who have lived thousands of years...
Another character created for the series is Arondir (Córdova). Like Arwen (Liv Tyler from the films), an elf who fell in love with a man named Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Arondir is in a relationship with Bronwyn. “He is a warrior. He is one that is led by love and is willing to sacrifice himself for it,” Córdova says, explaining that no matter what...
Originally portrayed by Cate Blanchettin all six of Jackson’s films, Galadriel is considered one of the greatest elves in Middle-earth during the Third Age, the time in which the main franchise takes place. Clark takes over the role in the series as a much younger version. “I didn’t talk to Cate Blanchett, but I think about her all the time,” the a...
Created for the series, Halbrand is a bit of a mysterious character. At some point, the human is stranded asea during a storm before encountering Galadriel. “So, we meet him floating on a raft in the middle of the Sundering Seas,” Vickers says, teasing that “his backstory unfolds as the show progresses.” “We learn more and more things about him,” h...
Walker plays a younger version of the character first established in the books and films, with Mark Ferguson briefly playing him in flashbacks and other deleted scenes in The Fellowship of the Ring. During the Second Age, Gil-galad was the last High King of the Ñoldor in Middle-earth and the highest authority among the elves. “I’m a king of the elv...
Featured throughout Jackson’s LOTRfilm trilogy, Elrond was originally played onscreen by Hugo Weaving. In Jackson’s films, he was depicted as distrusting of humans, initially not wanting to get involved in the subsequent violence that followed as the fellowship led by Frodo (Elijah Wood) sought to destroy the “One Ring.” “The show takes place thous...
A character established by Tolkien is Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur), who is a King of Khazad-dûm and once bore one of the rings of power foraged by Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards). “He’s a prince, so he’s in line to the throne at Khazad-dûm,” Arthur says. “And we meet them at a very fruitful [time in their] life, I suppose. Khazad-dûm is reaching it...
Celebrimbor is a man known as the master smith who forged the “Three Rings of Power.” “My character’s kind of limbo. He ultimately creates forges the Rings of Power, but we’re not there yet,” Edwards says. Prior to that, he started dealing with the dwarves of the realm of Khazad-dûm before learning the art of crafting the rings, which will end up p...
While the breed of Hobbits is canon, Elanor ‘Nori’ Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh), Largo and Marigold Brandyfoot (Dylan Smith and Sara Zwangobani), Poppy Proudfellow (Megan Richards) and Sadoc Burrows (Lenny Henry) are all new to the franchise. “Largo, he’s the father of Nori. He’s a heartfoot, a prehistoric hobbit,” Smith says. “He’s the most beau...
- Eliana Dockterman
- Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) The role of Galadriel was immortalized by a young Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) Halbrand is a new character written for The Rings of Power. The mortal man with a mysterious background is on the run when he meets Galadriel.
- Elrond (Robert Aramayo) Lord of the Rings fans will recognize Elrond, the half-elf, half-man who presides over the elven land of Rivendell. (Hugo Weaving played Elrond in the Jackson trilogy.)
- High King Gil-galad (Benjamin Walker) Lord of the Rings fans got a brief look at High King Gil-Galad (played by Mark Ferguson) in the first few minutes of Fellowship of the Ring.
Sep 7, 2022 · Bronwyn, played by Nazanin Boniadi, is a healer woman and single mother to a troubled boy named Theo. “She is a human Southlander who is in a forbidden romance with a gorgeous elf,” said Boniadi, gesturing to Ismael Cruz Córdova (Arondir) sitting next to her.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video.
The series features a large ensemble cast portraying characters from Tolkien's writings as well as original creations for the series. The following list is divided based on the different cultures of Middle-earth, and then ordered per first appearance within the series.
May 29, 2024 · The High Hat The Rings of Power, Ross Ferguson / Prime Video. Bombadil first turns up when the hobbits run afoul of Old Man Willow, an angry tree in the Old Forest who swallows Merry and Pippin in ...
