Lord Of The Rings Cast Legolas Father

With the battle won but at a loss of fili kili and thorin legolas decides to leave the woodland realm and tells this to his father as he enters the fortress hallways.

Lord of the rings cast legolas father. His mother sonia constance josephine bloom née copeland was born in kolkata india to an english family then resident there. Although thranduil s name is never mentioned in the actual hobbit book he s only referred to as elven king he plays quite a large part in the story. Thranduil son of oropher was an elven king who ruled over the woodland realm in the second and third ages. He was the father of the elven prince of mirkwood legolas who was a member of the fellowship of the ring.

Orlando jonathan blanchard copeland bloom born 13 january 1977 is an english actor. He made his breakthrough as the character legolas in the lord of the rings film series a role he reprised in the hobbit film series he gained further acclaim by appearing in epic fantasy historical and adventure films notably as will turner in the pirates of the caribbean film series. Legolas remains one of the most beloved characters in both peter jackson s lord of the rings films as well as the fantasy novels by j. Thranduil one of the sindar or grey elves ruled over the silvan elves or wood elves of mirkwood.

The man he first knew as his father harry bloom was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in. Legolas is the heir to mirkwood. Legolas asks who he is but thranduil only answers that his father arathorn was a good man and that legolas will find out his identity soon. After the battle of the five armies.

Legolas was the son of thranduil king of the woodland realm of northern mirkwood who appeared as the elvenking in the hobbit. Many liberties were taken with the prince of mirkwood because tolkien didn t explain certain parts of his backstory and didn t do much to describe his physical appearance. Though inherently cautious he eventually committed his kingdom to fight against sauron in the war of the ring. War of the ring legolas came to the council of elrond in rivendell the great meeting held by the elf lord elrond as a messenger from his father to discuss the escape of gollum.

Legolas was the only son of thranduil the king of the elves of northern mirkwood. His father thranduil is the king and therefore makes legolas a prince. His mother is unknown. Thranduil tells his son to go to the north where a band of rangers are led by a man named strider.