Cast and Characters
Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Míriel: the queen regent of Númenor, an island kingdom ruled by Men descended from Elrond’s half-Elven brother Elros
Robert Aramayo as Elrond: a half-Elven architect and politician.
Aramayo was interested in exploring the pressure that Elrond faces living up to the legacy of his father, Eärendil, and the fact that Elrond chose to be immortal unlike his brother Elros, who Elrond had to watch grow old and die.
Elrond goes from being optimistic and eager to world-weary and closed-off throughout the series.
Owain Arthur as Durin IV: prince of the Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm.
It took 3 hours to apply Arthur’s Dwarven prosthetics each day.
Maxim Baldry as Isildur: a Númenórean sailor who will become warrior and king.
The writers wanted to explore Isildur’s story more than the source material so the audience would feel that it ends in tragedy rather than foolishness. Co-showrunner Patrick McKay compared the character to Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972).
Nazanin Boniadi as Bronwyn: a human mother and healer who owns an apothecary in the Southlands
Morfydd Clark as Galadriel: Elven warrior who believes evil is returning to Middle-earth. Tolkien had described Galadriel in her youth as being strong fighter of “Amazon disposition” and the series shows her journey from that point to becoming the “elder stateswoman” that the character is more commonly known as.
Clark’s fluency in Welsh made it easier to learn Galadriel’s Elvish lines.
Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir: Silvan Elf with forbidden love for the human healer Bronwyn, similar to Tolkien’s love stories about Beren and Lúthien and Aragorn and Arwen
Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor: Elven smith who forges the Rings of Power, he is a “brilliant artisan” known throughout Middle-earth who is friends with the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm.
Trystan Gravelle as Pharazôn: Númenórean advisor to queen regent Míriel
Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows: Harfoot elder. Henry described the Harfoots as “the traditional Tolkien little guy… the little people in this world provide comedy but also get to be incredibly brave.”
Ema Horvath as Eärien: Isildur’s sister, who was created for the series Horvath and Baldry bonded in New Zealand by bungy jumping and zip-lining together.
Markella Kavenagh as Elanor “Nori” Brandyfoot: Harfoot with “yearning for adventure.”
Simon Merrells as Trevyn
Tyroe Muhafidin as Theo: Bronwyn’s son
Peter Mullan as Durin III: king of the Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm[
Sophia Nomvete as Disa: princess of the Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm.
Disa and the other female Dwarves have facial hair, but they don’t have large beards like the male Dwarves.
Lloyd Owen as Elendil: Númenórean sailor and Isildur’s father who will eventually be leader in the last alliance between Elves and Men
Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow: curious Harfoot
Dylan Smith as Largo Brandyfoot: Nori’s father
Charlie Vickers as Halbrand: human running from his past whose destiny is entwined with Galadriel’s
Leon Wadham as Kemen: Pharazôn’s son
Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad: High King of the Elves who rules from the realm of Lindon.
The character is mentioned in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in a poem called “The Fall of Gil-galad”, and Walker said the series would expand on that. He highlighted the character’s “odd gift of foresight. He’s prescient, and he’s ahead of the curve. He can kind of feel the pulse of evil rising.”
Daniel Weyman as unnamed stranger who falls from the sky in flaming meteor
Sara Zwangobani as Marigold Brandyfoot: Nori’s mother
