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It was the film that started the epic journey across Middle-earth in the name of one ring that ruled them all. New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
If you're curious where the cast ended up two decades later, we've got you covered. Check out what they look like today: To start, here's Elijah Wood as Frodo: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
And here's what Elijah looks like now: What else you've seen him in: No Man of God , Summer Camp Island , Star Wars Resistance , Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency , Over the Garden Wall , Wilfred , TRON: Uprising , The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , Happy Feet , Sin City , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Upcoming projects: The Toxic Avenger and L.A. Rush
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And here's what Ian looks like now: What else you've seen him in: Cats , Beauty and the Beast , the X-Men franchise, The Hobbit franchise, and The Da Vinci Code
Upcoming projects: Schadenfreude and Hamlet Revenant
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And here's what Orlando looks like now: What else you've seen him in: The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, The Prince , Carnival Row , The Hobbit franchise, Elizabethtown , Kingdom of Heaven , Troy , Ned Kelly , and Black Hawk Down
Upcoming projects: No confirmed projects as of now
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And here's what Sean looks like now: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
And here's what Cate looks like now: What else you've seen her in: Don't Look Up , Nightmare Alley , Mrs. America , Stateless , Where'd You Go, Bernadette , the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, The House With a Clock in Its Walls , Ocean's Eight , Thor: Ragnarok , Cinderella , The Hobbit franchise, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Upcoming projects: TÁR , Pinocchio , Borderlands , A Manual for Cleaning Women, and Brideshead Revisited
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And here's what Viggo looks like now: What else you've seen him in: Falling , Green Book , Captain Fantastic , The Road , and Hidalgo
Upcoming projects: Thirteen Lives , Crimes of the Future , Eureka, and Unabomb
Picture Alliance / dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Here's Sean Bean as Boromir: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
And here's what Sean looks like now: Here's Billy Boyd as Pippin: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
And here's what Billy looks like now: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
And here's what Dominic looks like now: Here's John Rhys-Davies as Gimli: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
And here's what John looks like now: What else you've seen him in: Wizards , Fresh Eggs , TripTank , The Shannara Chronicles , Once Upon a Time , Revelations, and The Jungle Book 2
Upcoming projects: Starbright , Shadow Wars , Nameless , Miss Willoughby, and Kingslayer
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And here's what Liv looks like now: What else you've seen her in: 9-1-1: Lone Star , Ad Astra , Harlots , The Leftovers , The Incredible Hulk , The Strangers , Reign Over Me, and Jersey Girl
Upcoming projects: No confirmed projects as of now
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And here's what Hugo looks like now: What else you've seen him in: Love Me , Lone Wolf , Patrick Melrose , Seven Types of Ambiguity , Hacksaw Ridge , The Hobbit franchise, The Mule , the Transformers franchise, The Wolfman , Happy Feet , V for Vendetta, and The Matrix franchise
Upcoming projects: Loveland
Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images Here's Sir Ian Holm as Bilbo: New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection
And here's Ian before he passed away in June 2020: What else you've seen him in: The Hobbit franchise, Ratatouille , Lord of War , Strangers With Candy , The Aviator , The Day After Tomorrow , and Garden State
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And here's what Christopher looked like before he passed away in June 2015: What else you've seen him in: The Hobbit franchise, Dark Shadows , Season of the Witch , Alice in Wonderland , Corpse Bride , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the Star Wars franchise
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And finally, here's what Andy looks like now: What else you've seen him in: What If...? , The Letter for the King , the Star Wars franchise, Long Shot , Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle , Black Panther , Planet of the Apes franchise, Avengers: Age of Ultron , The Hobbit franchise, Arthur Christmas , The Adventures of Tintin , King Kong, and 13 Going on 30
Upcoming projects: The Batman and Luther
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