Explore What the Lord of the Rings Cast Members Are Doing Now

Elijah Wood, who is best-known for portraying Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings still acts to this day.

Apart from live-action roles, however, he's also a produced and a voice actor.

Once of his more recent roles is Fritz Garbinger from the superhero horror movie The Toxic Avenger.

In recent years, he's been the producer of films such as No Man of God (2021) and Archenemy (2020).

Sir Ian McKellen, who portrayed Gandalf, appeared in many more roles since The Return of the King.

One of his most recent roles is Jimmy Erskine from The Critic (2023) while he's also active in theater, having portrayed Estragon from Waiting for Godot and Shakespeare's famous John Falstaff among other roles.

McKellen remains an advocate of LGBTQ+ rights and has supported many LGBTQ+ initiatives in his native UK.

Viggo Mortensen, whom we know and love from his portrayal of Aragorn in LotR hasn't had many TV appearances but has appeared in many movies since.

Some indicative roles include Toni Lip from The Green Book (2018), Murphy from Eureka (2023) and Holger Olsen from The Dead Don't Hurt (2023).

In the latter film, he was also a director, producer, and writer.

Orlando Bloom went on to appear in many more TV series and movies after portraying Legolas.

His well-known for his role as Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean while he also reprised his role as Legolas in the Hobbit movie trilogy.

More recently, he had the leading role of Rycroft Philostrate in the Carnival Row TV series.

Sean Astin who won fans' hearts as the faithful Sam Gamgee also continued his acting career after LotR.

He is known for voicing Raphel in over 100 episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Moreover, you might have seen him in Stranger Things as Bob Newby.

Dominic Monaghan who portrayed Merry has appeared in other fantasy, sci-fi, and horror franchises since LotR.

Some of his post-Merry roles include Beaumont Kin from Star Wars: The Rise Skywalker and Chris Bradley from X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

He has also produced his own projects including the 2012 film The Millionaire Tour and Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan, a 2014 docuseries.

Billy Boyd who played the loveable Pippin is not only an actor but also a musician -- his voice did capture fans' hearts in Return of the King.

Boyd has appeared in Grey's Anatomy, Outlander and Ryan Murphy's Hollywood among other TV series, and even had one Simpsons stint as himself.

He's the front man of a band named Beecake.

John Rhys-Davies who portrayed Gimli in Lord of the Rings has an impressive list of acting credits following the franchise.

Some of his most recent roles include but are not limited to Sallah from
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Brine King from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

Sean Bean who portrayed has appeared in many more films and TV shows.

His 2011 Game of Thrones role as Ned Stark continued his reputation of dying horribly in many of his roles.

Bean has also appeared in National Treasure, The Oath, Knights of the Zodiac and many more.

Miranda Otto, whom many of us first met in her role as Eoywn is another LotR actor who went on to have many more film and TV roles.

One of her most prominent recent acting credits is the role of Zelda Spellman in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Moreover, she will have a voice role as a narrator in the forthcoming Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim.