Saruman — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Character Profile

About Saruman

Fallen wizard who allies with Sauron and commands Isengard.

Saruman — Character Profile

Alignment

Villain

Species

Other

Abilities

Magic, Manipulation, Engineering, Oratory

• Strength: 7/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 1/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

• White Council
• Tolkien's legendarium

Quick Facts about Saruman

Occupation

fictional tyrant

Saruman's Known Relations

• Sauron — Enemy
• Gandalf — Enemy
• Théoden — Enemy
• White Council — Member of

Saruman appears in 5 titles

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — character page
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — character page
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — character page
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Christopher Lee

Appears in

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Saruman — Professional Master And Servant — Wormtongue (Brad Dourif)

  Wormtongue carries out Saruman's influence in Rohan.

  The plot identifies Wormtongue as Saruman's servant and shows him acting within Saruman's scheme against Théoden.

• Saruman — Power Enemy Controller — Théoden (Bernard Hill)

  Saruman manipulates Théoden and attacks his kingdom.

  Théoden is under Saruman's control, and Saruman sends an Uruk-hai army against Rohan.

• Saruman — Conflict Opposing Leaders — Gimli / Treebeard (John Rhys-Davies)

  The Ents directly challenge Saruman's industrial war machine.

  Treebeard and the Ents storm Isengard after seeing the deforestation caused by Saruman's war effort.

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• Gandalf (Ian McKellen)
• Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen)
• Sam (Sean Astin)
• Gollum (Andy Serkis)
• Legolas (Orlando Bloom)
• Théoden (Bernard Hill)
• Éowyn (Miranda Otto)
• Gimli / Treebeard (John Rhys-Davies)
• Madril (John Bach)
• Elrond (Hugo Weaving)
• Arwen (Liv Tyler)