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 AgoBuzzFeedWed, December 29, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC5 min readThis 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 CollectionIt was the film that started the epic journey across Middle-earth in the name of one ring that ruled them all. New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionIf 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: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Elijah looks like now: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 OverUpcoming projects: The Toxic Avenger and L.A. Rush Santiago Felipe / Getty ImagesHere's Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Ian looks like now:What else you've seen him in: Cats, Beauty and the Beast, the X-Men franchise, The Hobbit franchise, and The Da Vinci CodeUpcoming projects: Schadenfreude and Hamlet Revenant Gareth Cattermole / Getty ImagesHere's Orlando Bloom as Legolas: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Orlando looks like now: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 DownUpcoming projects: No confirmed projects as of now Emma Mcintyre / Getty ImagesHere's Sean Astin as Sam: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Sean looks like now:Here's Cate Blanchett as Galadriel: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Cate looks like now: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 Mondadori Portfolio / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty ImagesHere's Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn: Mary Evans / Ronald Grant / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Viggo looks like now:What else you've seen him in: Falling, Green Book, Captain Fantastic, The Road, and HidalgoUpcoming projects: Thirteen Lives, Crimes of the Future, Eureka, and Unabomb Picture Alliance / dpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesHere's Sean Bean as Boromir: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Sean looks like now:Here's Billy Boyd as Pippin: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Billy looks like now:Here's Dominic Monaghan as Merry: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Dominic looks like now:Here's John Rhys-Davies as Gimli: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what John looks like now:What else you've seen him in: Wizards, Fresh Eggs, TripTank, The Shannara Chronicles, Once Upon a Time, Revelations, and The Jungle Book 2Upcoming projects: Starbright, Shadow Wars, Nameless, Miss Willoughby, and Kingslayer Paul Archuleta / Getty ImagesHere's Liv Tyler as Arwen: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Liv looks like now: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 GirlUpcoming projects: No confirmed projects as of now Fox / FOX Image Collection via Getty ImagesHere's Hugo Weaving as Elrond: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Hugo looks like now: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 franchiseUpcoming projects: Loveland Lisa Maree Williams / Getty ImagesHere's Sir Ian Holm as Bilbo: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's Ian before he passed away in June 2020: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 David Parry - Pa Images / PA Images via Getty ImagesHere's Christopher Lee as Saruman: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here's what Christopher looked like before he passed away in June 2015: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 Anadolu Agency / Getty ImagesHere's Andy Serkis as Gollum: New Line CinemaAnd finally, here's what Andy looks like now: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 30Upcoming projects: The Batman and Luther Mike Marsland / Mike Marsland / WireImage / Getty ImagesWho's your favorite LOTR character of all time? 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