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It's been a long time since we first met them in the Shire.
It was the film that started the epic journey across Middle-earth in the name of one ring that ruled them all.
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If you're curious where the cast ended up two decades later, we've got you covered. Check out what they look like today:
To start, here's Elijah Wood as Frodo:
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And here's what Elijah looks like now:
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What else you've seen him in: No Man of God, Summer Camp Island, Star Wars Resistance, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Over the Garden Wall, Wilfred, TRON: Uprising, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Happy Feet, Sin City, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Upcoming projects: The Toxic Avenger and L.A. Rush
Here's Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf:
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And here's what Ian looks like now:
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What else you've seen him in: Cats, Beauty and the Beast, the X-Men franchise, The Hobbit franchise, and The Da Vinci Code
Upcoming projects: Schadenfreude and Hamlet Revenant
Here's Orlando Bloom as Legolas:
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And here's what Orlando looks like now:
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What else you've seen him in: The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, The Prince, Carnival Row, The Hobbit franchise, Elizabethtown, Kingdom of Heaven, Troy, Ned Kelly, and Black Hawk Down
Upcoming projects: No confirmed projects as of now
Here's Sean Astin as Sam:
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And here's what Sean looks like now:
Here's Cate Blanchett as Galadriel:
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And here's what Cate looks like now:
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What else you've seen her in: Don't Look Up, Nightmare Alley, Mrs. America, Stateless, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, The House With a Clock in Its Walls, Ocean's Eight, Thor: Ragnarok, Cinderella, The Hobbit franchise, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Upcoming projects: TÁR, Pinocchio, Borderlands, A Manual for Cleaning Women, and Brideshead Revisited
Here's Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn:
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And here's what Viggo looks like now:
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What else you've seen him in: Falling, Green Book, Captain Fantastic, The Road, and Hidalgo
Upcoming projects: Thirteen Lives, Crimes of the Future, Eureka, and Unabomb
Here's Sean Bean as Boromir:
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And here's what Sean looks like now:
Here's Billy Boyd as Pippin:
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And here's what Billy looks like now:
And here's what Dominic looks like now:
Here's John Rhys-Davies as Gimli:
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And here's what John looks like now:
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What else you've seen him in: Wizards, Fresh Eggs, TripTank, The Shannara Chronicles, Once Upon a Time, Revelations, and The Jungle Book 2
Upcoming projects: Starbright, Shadow Wars, Nameless, Miss Willoughby, and Kingslayer
Here's Liv Tyler as Arwen:
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And here's what Liv looks like now:
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What else you've seen her in: 9-1-1: Lone Star, Ad Astra, Harlots, The Leftovers, The Incredible Hulk, The Strangers, Reign Over Me, and Jersey Girl
Upcoming projects: No confirmed projects as of now
Here's Hugo Weaving as Elrond:
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And here's what Hugo looks like now:
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What else you've seen him in: Love Me, Lone Wolf, Patrick Melrose, Seven Types of Ambiguity, Hacksaw Ridge, The Hobbit franchise, The Mule, the Transformers franchise, The Wolfman, Happy Feet, V for Vendetta, and The Matrix franchise
Upcoming projects: Loveland
Here's Sir Ian Holm as Bilbo:
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And here's Ian before he passed away in June 2020:
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What else you've seen him in: The Hobbit franchise, Ratatouille, Lord of War, Strangers With Candy, The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow, and Garden State
Here's Christopher Lee as Saruman:
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And here's what Christopher looked like before he passed away in June 2015:
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What else you've seen him in: The Hobbit franchise, Dark Shadows, Season of the Witch, Alice in Wonderland, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the Star Wars franchise
And finally, here's what Andy looks like now:
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What else you've seen him in: What If...?, The Letter for the King, the Star Wars franchise, Long Shot, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Black Panther, Planet of the Apes franchise, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Hobbit franchise, Arthur Christmas, The Adventures of Tintin, King Kong, and 13 Going on 30
Upcoming projects: The Batman and Luther

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