Necromancer — The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Character Profile

About Necromancer

Dark entity revealed as Sauron in Dol Guldur.

Necromancer — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Tolkien's legendarium

Quick Facts about Necromancer

Occupation

fictional tyrant, necromancer

First Appearance

The Hobbit

Necromancer's Known Relations

• Frodo Baggins — Enemy
• Gandalf — Enemy
• Aragorn — Enemy
• Galadriel — Enemy
• Arwen — Enemy
• Isildur — Enemy
• Elrond — Enemy
• Saruman — Enemy
• Éomer — Enemy
• Samwise Gamgee — Enemy
• Peregrin Took — Enemy
• Meriadoc Brandybuck — Enemy
• Boromir — Enemy
• Faramir — Enemy
• Théoden — Enemy
• Éowyn — Enemy
• Denethor — Enemy
• Gil-galad — Enemy
• Círdan — Enemy
• Elendil — Enemy
• Fellowship of the Ring — Enemy

Necromancer appears in 5 titles

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — character page
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — character page
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — character page
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Benedict Cumberbatch

Appears in

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Role

Cameo

Relationships (2)

• Necromancer — Conflict Threatened Claimant — Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage)

  The rising dark power threatens the broader world surrounding Thorin's quest.

  Gandalf links the Necromancer's presence at Dol Guldur to a wider return of darkness while Thorin advances toward the Lonely Mountain.

• Necromancer — Conflict Investigator — Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)

  Gandalf recognizes the Necromancer as a strategic danger beyond the Dwarves' mission.

  Gandalf investigates Radagast's report and presents the Morgul blade as evidence that the Necromancer is linked to a possible return of Sauron.

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• Ori (Adam Brown)
• Balin (Ken Stott)
• The Great Goblin (Barry Humphries)
• Bifur / Tom Troll (William Kircher)
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• Galadriel (Cate Blanchett)
• Elrond (Hugo Weaving)
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