Legolas — The Lord of the Rings Character Profile

About Legolas

An elf who joins the hobbits' journey after their escape from the Ringwraiths. He becomes a member of the Fellowship, tracks the captured Merry and Pippin into Fangorn Forest, and later travels to Helm's Deep to fight Saruman's forces.

Legolas appears in 6 titles

• The Lord of the Rings (1978)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — character page
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — character page
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — character page
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — character page
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Anthony Daniels

Appears in

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Legolas — Alliance Fellowship Member — Frodo (Christopher Guard)

  Elf warrior united with Frodo in the Fellowship

• Legolas — Social Rival Friends — Gimli (David Buck)

  Gimli and Legolas overcome racial differences to become friends

• Legolas — Alliance Ally — Gimli (David Buck)

  Legolas and Gimli become allies despite initial differences

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More characters from The Lord of the Rings

• Frodo (Christopher Guard)
• Gandalf (William Squire)
• Sam (Michael Scholes)
• Aragorn (John Hurt)
• Gollum (voice) (Peter Woodthorpe)
• Merry (Simon Chandler)
• Treebeard (voice) (John Westbrook)
• Galadriel (voice) (Annette Crosbie)
• Wormtongue (voice) (Michael Deacon)
• Saruman (voice) (Fraser Kerr)
• Character Actor (voice) (Chuck Hayward)
• Theoden (voice) (Philip Stone)