Benjamin Walker Will Play High-Elven King Gil-Galad in Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series

News January 30, 2022 1:50 pm Caleb Williams

Recently, our friends over at Fellowship of Fans have slowly revealed all the significant roles previously cast in Lord of the Rings on Amazon Prime. The series has a massive ensemble cast, but the characters they would play have been kept secret. The only elven roles revealed include Morfydd Clark (Dracula) as Galadriel and Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones) as Elrond.

Today, the fansite has revealed that Benjamin Walker (The Heart of the Sea) will play the high-elven king Gil-Galad. We at Knight Edge Media revealed the characters casting call in 2020 under the fake name “Galanion.” He was first announced by Amazon Studios back in December 2020. In The Fellowship of the Rings prologue, the character made an extremely brief cameo. He was originally played Mark Ferguson alongside Hugo Weaving as Elrond. Several more significant elven characters have yet to be announced, including the ring maker Celebrimbor.

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will stream on Amazon Prime this September

EXCLUSIVE: Benjamin Walker will play the High King GIL- GALAD in the upcoming Amazon The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

(Not confirmed by Amazon as of yet )#LOTRTROP #LOTRonPrime #TheRingsOfPower pic.twitter.com/jXbGw7mGXO

— Fellowship of Fans (@FellowshipFans) January 30, 2022

Tags

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV Series, Prime Video

Caleb Williams

| Editor-in-Chief of Knight Edge Media | Film & TV Reporter | Social Media Manager |

Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media.

Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

Throughout his film reporting career, Caleb Williams has been given full press credentials for many nerdy movie and TV conventions, including San Diego Comic-Con, Las Vegas CinemaCon, and Phoenix Fan Fusion. He also has early press access to many upcoming streaming projects for review on Knight Edge Media.