List of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power characters

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. Based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings, the series is set thousands of years before the novel and depicts the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age. It is produced by Amazon Studios in association with New Line Cinema. The series features a large ensemble cast portraying characters from Tolkien's writings as well as original creations for the series.

The following list is divided based on the different cultures of Middle-earth, and then ordered per first appearance within the series.

Elves
An Elven warrior who believes evil is returning to Middle-earth. The series shows the character's journey from a warrior to the "elder stateswoman" that she is portrayed as in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The showrunners based her initial depiction in the series on a letter in which Tolkien described a young Galadriel as being of "Amazon disposition". Clark said her fluency in Welsh made it easier to learn Galadriel's Elvish lines. Amelie Child-Villiers portrays a young Galadriel. Galadriel's brother who died hunting Sauron. An Elf hunting for Sauron with Galadriel. An Elf hunting for Sauron with Galadriel. 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, as well as the fact that Elrond chose to be immortal unlike his brother Elros, whom Elrond had to watch grow old and die. Elrond goes from being optimistic and eager to world-weary and closed-off throughout the series. The 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." A Silvan Elf with a forbidden love for the human healer Bronwyn, similar to Tolkien's love stories about Beren and Lúthien and Aragorn and Arwen. An Elf serving with Arondir. The Elven Watchwarden of the Southlands. The 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. Known as "Círdan the Shipwright", he is an expert ship builder and the master of the Grey Havens who bears the ring of power Narya.
 * Galadriel (portrayed by Morfydd Clark):
 * Finrod (portrayed by Will Fletcher):
 * Thondir (portrayed by Fabian McCallum ):
 * Rían (portrayed by Kip Chapman):
 * Elrond (portrayed by Robert Aramayo):
 * Gil-galad (portrayed by Benjamin Walker):
 * Arondir (portrayed by Ismael Cruz Córdova):
 * Médhor (portrayed by Augustus Prew):
 * Revion (portrayed by Simon Merrells):
 * Celebrimbor (portrayed by Charles Edwards):
 * Círdan (portrayed by Ben Daniels):

Dwarves
The prince of the Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm. It took three hours to apply Arthur's Dwarven prosthetics each day. Durin IV's wife and princess of the Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm. Disa and the other female Dwarves have facial hair, but they do not have large beards like the male Dwarves in the series. King of the Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm.
 * Durin IV (portrayed by Owain Arthur):
 * Disa (portrayed by Sophia Nomvete):
 * Durin III (portrayed by Peter Mullan):

Low Men
A Man in Bronwyn's village. A Man in Bronwyn's village. A Man in Bronwyn's village. A human mother and healer who owns an apothecary in the Southlands. Bronwyn's son. A human woman that Isildur encounters after the eruption of Mount Doom.
 * Waldreg (portrayed by Geoff Morrell):
 * Tredwill (portrayed by Peter Tait):
 * Rowan (portrayed by Ian Blackburn):
 * Bronwyn (portrayed by Nazanin Boniadi):
 * Theo (portrayed by Tyroe Muhafidin):
 * Estrid (portrayed by Nia Towle):

High Men
A Númenórean sailor and Isildur's father who will eventually be a leader in the last alliance between Elves and Men. The queen regent of Númenor, an island kingdom ruled by Men descended from Elrond's half-Elven brother Elros. A Númenórean advisor to queen regent Míriel. A Númenórean sailor who will eventually become a 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 from The Godfather (1972). A Númenórean sailing cadet. A Númenórean sailing cadet. Isildur's sister, who was created for the series. Horvath and Baldry bonded in New Zealand by bungee jumping and zip-lining together. Pharazôn's son.
 * Elendil (portrayed by Lloyd Owen):
 * Míriel (portrayed by Cynthia Addai-Robinson):
 * Pharazôn (portrayed by Trystan Gravelle):
 * Isildur (portrayed by Maxim Baldry):
 * Ontamo (portrayed by Anthony Crum):
 * Valandil (portrayed by Alex Tarrant):
 * Eärien (portrayed by Ema Horvath):
 * Kemen (portrayed by Leon Wadham):

Harfoots
A 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". A Harfoot and Nori's stepmother. A Harfoot. A Harfoot. A Harfoot and Nori's father. A Harfoot with a "yearning for adventure". A Harfoot and Nori's sister. A curious Harfoot.
 * Sadoc Burrows (portrayed by Lenny Henry):
 * Marigold Brandyfoot (portrayed by Sara Zwangobani):
 * Malva (portrayed by Thusitha Jayasundera):
 * Vilma (portrayed by Maxine Cunliffe):
 * Largo Brandyfoot (portrayed by Dylan Smith):
 * Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot (portrayed by Markella Kavenagh):
 * Dilly Brandyfoot (portrayed by Beau Cassidy):
 * Poppy Proudfellow (portrayed by Megan Richards):

Orcs and Trolls
A fallen Elf and the leader of the Orcs, who creates the land of Mordor so the Orcs can live free from their enemies and Sauron. Hazeldine had worked with Mawle before taking over the role. He felt they did not look like each other, but said this was mitigated by the character's heavy prosthetics. The prosthetics initially took seven hours to apply but this was eventually reduced to five. Hazeldine said his biggest challenge was speaking in Black Speech, the language of the Orcs, but he asked for more of his lines to be translated into the language from English because he felt that was more appropriate for the character. A Hill-troll who joins Adar's forces. McKay said the character's movements and personality were inspired by Jonathan Banks's Mike Ehrmantraut from the television series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
 * Adar (portrayed by Joseph Mawle in season 1 and Sam Hazeldine in season 2):
 * Damrod (voiced by Benjamin Walker):

Other characters
The former lieutenant of the Dark Lord Morgoth who disguises himself as the human Halbrand and the Elf Annatar to deceive the people of Middle-earth. One of the Istari (Wizards) who falls from the sky in a flaming meteor and befriends Nori. A whimsical and mysterious figure who the Stranger encounters in the land of Rhûn. The showrunners chose to include Tom after he was excluded from previous The Lord of the Rings adaptations. Kinnear took inspiration from his young daughter to capture the character's child-like energy, and chose to use the Cornish dialect to differentiate Tom from the series' other characters and reflect that he is "like the oldest part of Britain". One of the Istari who is searching for the Stranger.
 * Sauron (portrayed by Charlie Vickers):
 * The Stranger (portrayed by Daniel Weyman):
 * Tom Bombadil (portrayed by Rory Kinnear):
 * An unnamed Wizard (portrayed by Ciarán Hinds):