The Return of the King Cast Overview Frodo: Elijah Wood Gandalf: Ian McKellen Arwen: Liv Tyler Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen Sam: Sean Astin Saruman: Christopher Lee Gimli: John Rhys-Davies Treebeard: John Rhys-Davies Merry: Dominic Monaghan Pippin: Billy Boyd Legolas: Orlando Bloom Eowyn: Miranda Otto Eomer: Karl Urban Faramir: David Wenham Haldir: Craig Parker Theoden: Bernard Hill Gollum: Andy Serkis Grima: Brad Dourif Elrond: Hugo Weaving Galadriel: Cate Blanchett Gamling: Bruce Hopkins Director: Peter Jackson Screenwriters: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson Based on the book by: J.R.R. Tolkien Director of photography: Andrew Lesnie Production designer: Grant Major Editors: Michael Horton, Jabez Olssen Music: Howard Shore Visual effects supervisor: Jim Rygiel Make up: Peter Owen Costume: Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor Running time -- 200 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 New Line Cinema A Wingnut Films production