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- Hill played King Théoden of Rohan in the second and third installments of Peter Jackson 's epic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, which were released in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
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Hill gained international recognition for his film roles as Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (1997) and Théoden, King of Rohan, in the second and third films of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2002–2003).
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Bernard Hill is an English actor. He is well recognized for playing King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime.
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Théoden is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien 's fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings. The King of Rohan and Lord of the Mark or of the Riddermark, names used by the Rohirrim for their land, he appears as a supporting character in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
In The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, he is a hero in the Rohan faction, and is voiced by Phil Proctor. In The Lord of the Rings: Conquest , Théoden is voiced by Brian George.
The King of Rohan, also known as the King (or Lord) of the Mark, was a title of nineteen recorded lords of the land of Rohan. This title would span from Eorl the Young who founded that land in TA 2510 to Elfwine, son of Éomer Éadig who fought in the War of the Ring.
Played by Bernard Hill. The king of Rohan. Initially, Théoden is an elderly, decrepit king nearly out of his mind, doing the bidding of his evil advisor, Wormtongue. His insanity and decrepitude, however, are both symptoms of his being under the spell of Saruman.
Meduseld, the hall of King Théoden, is modelled on Heorot, the great hall in Beowulf. Within the plot of The Lord of the Rings, Rohan plays a critical role in the action—first against the wizard Saruman in the Battle of the Hornburg, then in the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
