Lee Grinner Pace plays the Elvenking Thranduil in Peter Jackson's live-action, three-part film adaption of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Career
In 2003, Lee Pace starred in the Sundance hit, Soldier's Girl (2003) (TV), a telefilm created for Showtime. The film was based on the true story of a transgender nightclub performer in love with a soldier who is brutally murdered for their relationship. His breakthrough performance garnered him nominations for both the Golden Globes and the Independent Spirit Award, and he won a Gotham Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance.
In the spring of 2004, Lee starred a limited engagement of the Off-Broadway production Small Tragedy, and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Awards in the category of Outstanding Actor. On the small screen, he was recently seen displaying a comedic side on the short-lived, FOX series Wonderfalls (2004).
Lee Pace also starred in Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 as Garret, a vampire.
Trivia
- Pace is actually two years younger than Orlando Bloom, who plays his character's son, Legolas.
- He appeared in the 2009 film A Single Man, which also featured Nicholas Hoult.
- He appeared in the 2011 film The Resident, whic also featured Christopher Lee.
- He played Ronan the Accuser in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy, and again in the 2019 film Captain Marvel.
- Both films are part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has also featured Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, David Wenham, Craig Parker, Brad Dourif and Nazanin Boniadi.
