The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Characters

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins: a young hobbit sent on a quest to destroy the One Ring, the burden of which is becoming heavier.
• Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey / Gandalf the White: an Istari wizard who fell fighting a Balrog and has now returned, more powerful than ever, to finish his task.
• Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn: the heir-in-exile to Gondor's throne who has come to Rohan's defence.
• Liv Tyler as Arwen: an elven princess of Rivendell and Aragorn's true love.
• Sean Astin as Samwise "Sam" Gamgee: Frodo's loyal hobbit gardener and companion.
• Cate Blanchett as Galadriel: the Elven-Queen of Lothlórien, who discusses Middle-earth's future with Elrond.
• John Rhys-Davies as Gimli: a dwarf warrior and one of Aragorn's companions.
• Bernard Hill as Théoden: the King of Rohan, who is under Saruman's spell until Gandalf heals him so he can lead his people once more.

• Christopher Lee as Saruman the White: an Istari wizard waging war upon Rohan and devastating Fangorn Forest, who allied himself with Sauron in the previous film.
• Billy Boyd as Peregrin "Pippin" Took: a hobbit mistakenly captured by the Uruk-hai.
• Dominic Monaghan as Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck: a distant cousin of Frodo's who is mistakenly captured along with Pippin by the Uruk-hai.
• Orlando Bloom as Legolas: an elven archer and one of Aragorn's companions.
• Hugo Weaving as Elrond: the Elven-Lord of Rivendell who expresses doubt over his daughter's love for Aragorn.
• Miranda Otto as Éowyn: Théoden's niece, who is in love with Aragorn.
• David Wenham as Faramir: a prince of the Stewards of Gondor and captain of the Ithilien Rangers, who captures Frodo, Sam and Gollum.
• Brad Dourif as Gríma Wormtongue: an agent of Saruman at Edoras, who renders Théoden incapable of decisions, and desires Éowyn.
• Karl Urban as Éomer: Théoden's nephew and previous Chief Marshal of the Riddermark who was exiled by Gríma.
• Andy Serkis as Gollum/Sméagol: a wretched hobbit-like[11] creature who owned the Ring for five centuries and now guides Frodo on his quest; voice and motion capture.
• Craig Parker as Haldir of Lórien: the leader of the Lórien Elves sent by Elrond and Galadriel to defend Helm's Deep.
• John Leigh as Háma: the loyal doorwarden of the Golden Hall and a majordomo of Théoden.
• Bruce Hopkins as Gamling: Théoden's chief lieutenant and a skilled member of the Royal Guard of Rohan.
• John Bach as Madril: Faramir's closest aide, who informs him of battle preparations.

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