Smaug / Sauron — The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Character Profile

About Smaug / Sauron

Dragon guarding Erebor's treasure; dark lord manipulating events.

Smaug / Sauron — Character Profile

Alignment

Villain

Species

Other

Abilities

Fire breath, Flight, Magic, Manipulation, Immortality

• Strength: 9.5/10
• Intelligence: 9/10
• Charisma: 4/10
• Morality: 1/10
• Influence: 9.5/10

Affiliations

• Tolkien's legendarium

Quick Facts about Smaug / Sauron

Occupation

fictional tyrant, necromancer

First Appearance

The Hobbit

Smaug / Sauron'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

Smaug / Sauron appears in 5 titles

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

Character Facts

Played by

Benedict Cumberbatch

Appears in

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Smaug / Sauron — Conflict Dragon Slayer — Bard (Luke Evans)

  Bard directly ends Smaug's attack and becomes the principal human opponent of the dragon.

  Bard breaks out of prison and kills Smaug with the black arrow after the dragon sets Laketown ablaze.

• Smaug / Sauron — Conflict Darkness Opponent — Galadriel (Cate Blanchett)

  Galadriel directly confronts and repels the dark power represented by the combined entry.

  At Dol Guldur, Galadriel faces the formless Sauron and banishes him to the East.

• Smaug / Sauron — Conflict Darkness Opponent — Elrond (Hugo Weaving)

  Elrond participates in the defensive campaign against the forces of darkness.

  Elrond joins the assault on Dol Guldur and battles the Nazgûl before the confrontation with Sauron.

• Smaug / Sauron — Conflict Enemy Force — Dwalin (Graham McTavish)

  Dwalin is a frontline Dwarf warrior opposing the dark military threat associated with the crisis.

  Dwalin joins the Dwarf assault at Ravenhill against the Orc forces that have come to Erebor.

• Smaug / Sauron — Conflict Battle Opponent — Beorn (Mikael Persbrandt)

  Beorn intervenes as a combatant against the dark army rather than against the dragon directly.

  Beorn arrives with the Great Eagles and helps bring about the defeat of the Orcs.

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• Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly)
• King Thranduil (Lee Pace)
• Bard (Luke Evans)
• Beorn (Mikael Persbrandt)
• Dain Ironfoot (Billy Connolly)
• Dwalin (Graham McTavish)
• Bofur (James Nesbitt)
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