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
2002
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2025
The View
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2021
INVINCIBLE
2026
The Mindy Project
2015
Foundation
2021
Practical Magic 2
2026
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
The Running Man
2025
Halt and Catch Fire
2014
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
51
Producing
1
2028
Dynamic Duo
as Red Hood One (voice) · unreleased
2027
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
as Thranduil · unreleased
2026
Practical Magic 2
as Ian Wright
2026
INVINCIBLE
as Thragg (voice)
2026
CBS Mornings
as Self - Guest
2025
After This Death
as Elliot
2025
The Running Man
as Evan McCone
2025
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2024
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
as Self
2022
Bodies Bodies Bodies
as Greg
2022
Marvel Studios Legends
as Ronan the Accuser (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Foundation
as Brother Day
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2019
Driven
as John DeLorean
2019
Captain Marvel
as Ronan
2019
When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time
as Narrator
2019
Flying Tiger II
as Sam Collin / "Agent S"
2018
The Party's Just Beginning
as Dale
2017
Revolt
as Bo
2017
The Keeping Hours
as Mark
2017
The Book of Henry
as Dr. David Daniels
2016
Nature Is Speaking
as Mountain
2015
The Program
as Bill Stapleton
2015
The Mindy Project
as Alex Eakin
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as King Thranduil
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Ronan
2014
Halt and Catch Fire
as Joe MacMillan
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as King Thranduil
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as King Thranduil
2012
Lincoln
as Fernando Wood
2012
30 Beats
as Matt
2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as Garrett
2011
The Resident
as Jack Devereau
2010
When in Rome
as Brady Sacks
2010
Marmaduke
as Phil Winslow
2010
Ceremony
as Whit Coutell
2009
Possession
as Roman
2009
A Single Man
as Grant
2008
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
as Michael Pardew
2008
The Fall
as Roy Walker
2008
Polarbearman
2008
Nostalgia
as Self
2008
Wanderlust
as Self
2007
The View
as Self
2007
Pushing Daisies
as Ned
2006
The Good Shepherd
as Richard Hayes
2006
Infamous
as Dick Hickock
2005
The White Countess
as Crane
2004
Wonderfalls
as Aaron Tyler
2003
Soldier's Girl
as Calpernia Addams / Scottie
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Benjamin Tucker