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Here's What "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" Cast Look Like Today Compared To When The Film Premiered 20 Years Ago

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This year marks 20 years since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring made its way to theaters.

  New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection

It was the film that started the epic journey across Middle-earth in the name of one ring that ruled them all.

Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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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:

Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Elijah looks like now:

Elijah Wood on the red carpet

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

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Here's Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf:

Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Ian looks like now:

Ian McKellen in 2021

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

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Here's Orlando Bloom as Legolas:

Orlando Bloom in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Orlando looks like now:

Orlando Bloom at an event

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

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Here's Sean Astin as Sam:

Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Sean looks like now:

Here's Cate Blanchett as Galadriel:

Cate Blanchett in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Cate looks like now:

Cate Blanchett on the red carpet

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

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Here's Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn:

Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Viggo looks like now:

Viggo Mortensen at an event

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

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Here's Sean Bean as Boromir:

Sean Bean in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Sean looks like now:

Here's Billy Boyd as Pippin:

Billy Boyd in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Billy looks like now:

Here's Dominic Monaghan as Merry:

Dominic Monaghan in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Dominic looks like now:

Here's John Rhys-Davies as Gimli:

John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what John looks like now:

John Rhys-Davies on the red carpet

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

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Here's Liv Tyler as Arwen:

Liv Tyler in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Liv looks like now:

Liv Tyler on 9-1-1: Lone Star

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

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Here's Hugo Weaving as Elrond:

Hugo Weaving in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Hugo looks like now:

Hugo Weaving in 2021

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

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Here's Sir Ian Holm as Bilbo:

Ian Holm in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's Ian before he passed away in June 2020:

Sir Ian Holm in London

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

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Here's Christopher Lee as Saruman:

Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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And here's what Christopher looked like before he passed away in June 2015:

Christopher Lee on the red carpet

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

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Here's Andy Serkis as Gollum:

Gollum
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And finally, here's what Andy looks like now:

Andy Serkis on the red carpet

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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Who's your favorite LOTR character of all time? Let us know in the comments!

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