13 Facts About Lloyd Owen

Marcus Richard Lloyd Owen was born on 14 April 1966 and is a British actor.

Lloyd Owen starred as solicitor William Heelis in the film Miss Potter and commander Nathan Walker in Apollo 18.

Lloyd Owen plays the role of Elendil in the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Lloyd Owen said he grew up around "a mob of entertaining, troublesome, fascinating" actors involved in challenging the Lord Chamberlain during some of the most exciting days of a very controversial Royal Court Theatre.

At 16, Lloyd Owen went straight from school to the National Youth Theatre, and subsequently received formal training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, after which he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Fortunately, Lloyd Owen landed a job with Cheek by Jowl and followed the theatre company on tour around the world performing Shakespeare plays.

Lloyd Owen has said that he wished he had gone to university, and that he had been "in too much of a rush".

Lloyd Owen played Professor Jon Ford in the BBC Northern Ireland series The Innocence Project.

In 2014, Lloyd Owen appeared in the second season of The CW's supernatural show The Originals as Ansel, Klaus's father.

Lloyd Owen had a recurring role of the US President Farrell in 2015 comedy series You, Me and the Apocalypse.

In 2020, it was announced that Lloyd Owen joined the cast of the Amazon Prime Video fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, where he plays the role of Elendil.

Lloyd Owen played officer John Clive in the 2018 Hindi film Thugs of Hindostan.

Lloyd Owen studied the play during his A-levels, and it is his favourite play.