Lee Pace

Biography

Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor. He starred as Thranduil the Elvenking in The Hobbit trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the period drama television series Halt and Catch Fire. He has also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first played in Guardians of the Galaxy and reprised in Captain Marvel. His other notable television role includes voicing Thragg in the animated series Invincible (2026–present). Pace earned a 2008 Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Ned in the comedy-drama television series Pushing Daisies. Since 2021, he has starred as the galactic emperor Brother Day in the science fiction television series Foundation, based on the stories of Isaac Asimov. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Pace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Late Night with Seth Meyers

INVINCIBLE

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The View

Foundation

The Mindy Project

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

All Movies (36)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum2027 · as Thranduil
• Practical Magic 22026
• The Running Man2025 · as Evan McCone
• After This Death2025 · as Elliot
• Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams2024 · as self
• Bodies Bodies Bodies2022 · as Greg
• Driven2019 · as John DeLorean
• When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time2019 · as Narrator
• Captain Marvel2019 · as Ronan
• The Party's Just Beginning2018 · as Dale
• Revolt2017 · as Bo
• The Book of Henry2017 · as Dr. David Daniels
• The Keeping Hours2017 · as Mark
• The Program2015 · as Bill Stapleton
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014 · as King Thranduil
• Guardians of the Galaxy2014 · as Ronan
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013 · as King Thranduil
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012 · as King Thranduil
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012 · as Garrett
• Lincoln2012 · as Fernando Wood
• 30 Beats2012 · as Matt
• The Resident2011 · as Jack Devereau
• Ceremony2010 · as Whit Coutell
• Marmaduke2010 · as Phil Winslow
• When in Rome2010 · as Brady Sacks
• A Single Man2009 · as Grant
• Possession2009 · as Roman
• Nostalgia2008 · as Self
• Wanderlust2008 · as Self
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day2008 · as Michael Pardew
• Polarbearman2008
• The Good Shepherd2006 · as Richard Hayes
• Infamous2006 · as Dick Hickock
• The Fall2006 · as Roy Walker
• The White Countess2005 · as Crane
• Soldier's Girl2003 · as Calpernia Addams / Scottie

All TV Shows (13)

• Foundation2021 · as Brother Day
• INVINCIBLE2021 · as Thragg (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Ronan the Accuser (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Flying Tiger II2019 · as Sam Collin / "Agent S"
• Nature Is Speaking2015 · as Mountain
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Halt and Catch Fire2014 · as Joe MacMillan
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Mindy Project2012 · as Alex Eakin
• Pushing Daisies2007 · as Ned
• Wonderfalls2004 · as Aaron Tyler
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Benjamin Tucker
• The View1997 · as Self