Samwise Gamgee 1997 and "The Two Towers" in 1999, and by Scott Hamilton Westerman in "The Return of the King" in 2001. Sam appeared as a playable character in "Lego The Lord of the Rings" as well as "Lego The Hobbit" despite not appearing in "The Hobbit" films. Sam appears as a non-playable character in "Lego Dimensions" and is voiced by Sean Astin once again. "Entertainment Weekly" called Sam Gamgee one of the "greatest sidekicks." UGO Networks also named Sam as one of their top heroes in entertainment. Samwise Gamgee Samwise "Sam" Gamgee (later known as Samwise Gardner) is a fictional character
Meriadoc Brandybuck "faithful" and "friend". Tolkien used Old English to represent Rohirric, another of his fictional languages, so "Holdwine", like "Meriadoc Brandybuck", is not what the character was actually called. Tolkien does not give Merry's real Rohirric name. It has been asserted that the name "Meriadoc" could be in itself an allusion to the British nobleman Conan Meriadoc, legendary founder of the House of Rohan in Brittany, since the character Meriadoc is closely associated with Tolkien's kingdom of Rohan. But Tolkien, in response to a reader's inquiry, denied that the Breton name inspired the name of his fictional kingdom. Meriadoc Brandybuck Meriadoc