SEX/RACE?: Female (finally!) elf
OCCUPATION: Elven noblewoman, and part time Hobbit- saver
MARITAL STATUS: Engaged to Aragorn, son of Arathorn, Strider, Estel- hey, didn't we go through this already?
CLAIM TO FAME: Saved Frodo in the movie; also gave up her immortality to marry Aragorn
PLAYED BY: Liv Tyler
SEX/RACE: Male Maia
OCCUPATION: The BAD male Maia- he's allied with Sauron, making him sort of like Gandalf's evil twin
MARITAL STATUS: Single, and believe me, nobody wants him.
CLAIM TO FAME: Zapped Gandalf with his staff and tossed him around Isengard. Then he left him on top of Orthanc until one of Manwe's pet eagles came to the rescue. . .
PLAYED BY: Christoper Lee
SEX/RACE: Guess what? Another male Maia!
OCCUPATION: Giant, evil, flaming eyeball
MARITAL STATUS: Single. How many married eyeballs do you know of?
CLAIM TO FAME: Aside from being a flaming eyeball, he forged the One Ring, as well as the other eight. The ultimate Middle Earth evil bad guy.
PLAYED BY: You know, I'm not really sure... but the New Line CGI team has a good deal of credit for His Evilness
SEX/RACE: Male elf
OCCUPATION: Lord of Rivendell and father of Arwen
MARITAL STATUS: Technically married to Celebrian, but since she moved to the Gray Havens he's basically like a monk
CLAIM TO FAME: Holds important meetings on his patio and posseses very odd eyebrows
PLAYED BY: Hugo Weaving
SEX/RACE: Female elf
OCCUPATION: Lady of the Golden Wood, AKA Lothlorien
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Celeborn, but he's such an nonentity he doesn't even get his own profile. The guy didn't even get named in the movie.
CLAIM TO FAME: Has a birdbath in which she sees "Things that were, things that are, and things that will be." Also wants the ring, even though she has one of her own. Greedy she- elf.
PLAYED BY: Cate Blanchett
SEX/RACE: Male (we think), um, WRAITHS
OCCUPATION: Riding around hissing and searching for the ring
MARITAL STATUS: They are all single. Because like the eyeball, nobody loves a wraith.
CLAIM TO FAME: Squashed the Bree Gatekeeper. Tried to kill the Hobbits. Undead servants of Sauron. Nice people, aren't they?
PLAYED BY: Nine different actors and the New Line Studios CGI team
SEX/RACE: Formerly male Hobbit, now- well, I'm not sure.
OCCUPATION: Hunting for his preciousss...
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the Preciousss
CLAIM TO FAME: "My precioussss...." and his multiple personality disorder.
PLAYED BY: Voiced by Andy Serkis; other than that a completley CGI generated critter
SEX/RACE: Slightly Senile male Hobbit
OCCUPATION: Adventurer, and Frodo's uncle
MARITAL STATUS: Single
CLAIM TO FAME: Took the ring off poor Gollum and kept it for 50 years; has bouts of occasional evilness if deprived of it
PLAYED BY: Ian Holm