Lee Pace

Born: 1979-03-25, Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Filmography

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Practical Magic 2 (2026)
• Foundation (2021)
• The Mindy Project (2012)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• The Running Man (2025)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
• Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
• Captain Marvel (2019)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• Pushing Daisies (2007)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
• The Fall (2006)
• Wonderfalls (2004)
• A Single Man (2009)
• Lincoln (2012)
• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• When in Rome (2010)
• Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
• The Resident (2011)
• Marmaduke (2010)
• The Program (2015)
• Revolt (2017)
• The Book of Henry (2017)
• Infamous (2006)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (2027)
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
• 30 Beats (2012)