Menelaos — Troy Character Profile

About Menelaos

The King of Sparta whose wife Helen is taken by Paris. He demands Greek military support to reclaim her and loses his life in a duel against Hector, violating the peace pact.

Menelaos appears in 3 titles

• The Trojan Women (1971) — character page
• Iphigenia (1977) — character page
• Troy (2004)

Character Facts

Played by

Brendan Gleeson

Appears in

Troy (2004)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Troy

• Achilles (Brad Pitt)
• Paris (Orlando Bloom)
• Hector (Eric Bana)
• King Agamemnon (Brian Cox)
• Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund)
• Odysseus (Sean Bean)
• Triopas (Julian Glover)
• Nestor (John Shrapnel)
• Thetis (Julie Christie)
• Glaucus (James Cosmo)
• Helen (Diane Kruger)
• Andromache (Saffron Burrows)