There are so many actors from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies who are also in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and a few non-canon Fox Marvel movies). Apparently if you depart from Middle-earth, you end up in the Marvel universe!

First up we have Cate Blanchett as Galadriel and Hela from Thor: Ragnarok, Karl Urban as Eomer and Skurge from Thor: Ragnarok, Dominic Monaghan as Merry and Chris Bradley from X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Martin Freeman as Bilbo and Everett K. Ross from Black Panther:

Next up we have David Wenham as Faramir and Harold Meachum from Iron Fist, Andy Serkis as Gollum and Ulysses Klaue from Black Panther, Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Magneto from X-Men, Hugo Weaving as Elrond and Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger and Lee Pace as Thranduil and Ronan from Guardians of the Galaxy:

And the last group includes Richard Armitage as Thorin and Heinz Kruger from Captain America: The First Avenger, Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel and Hope van Dyne aka Wasp from Ant-Man, Liv Tyler as Arwen and Betty Ross from The Incredible Hulk, Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and Doctor Stephen Strange and Marton Csokas as Celeborn and Dr. Ashley Kafka from The Amazing Spider-Man 2:

(via: Lord of The Rings Rocks My World)

A lot of these also work well with the “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” quote from Batman.

So do you prefer these actors in The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit or in Marvel? Leave a comment below!