who played the wizard in lord of the rings
Ian McKellen While filming the first X-Men film in 1999, McKellen was cast as the wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003) ). He received honors from the Screen Actors Guild for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his work in The Fellowship of the Ring, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role. He provided the voice of Gandalf for several video game adaptations of the Lord of the Rings films,[45] then reprised the role on screen in Jackson's film adaptation of The Hobbit, which was released in three parts from 2012 to 2014.[46]
Roddy Piper Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015),[6] better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor.
Gendry Gendry is portrayed by English actor Joe Dempsie in the HBO television adaptation.[2][3][4] He and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2014.
King Louie He was voiced by Louis Prima in the original film and by Christopher Walken in the 2016 live-action/CGI The Jungle Book film.