Sauron (voice and motion capture)

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Sauron (voice and motion capture) is the digital incarnation of the Dark Lord antagonist in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit film trilogy, brought to life through Benedict Cumberbatch’s vocal performance and motion capture work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character portrayal
film character incarnation
alignment evil
appearsIn The Hobbit film trilogy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
associatedWithCharacter The Necromancer (The Hobbit films)
basedOn Sauron
basedOnWorkBy J. R. R. Tolkien
belongsTo The Hobbit film adaptation of The Hobbit
belongsToUniverse Middle-earth film series
surface form: Middle-earth cinematic universe
characterType CGI villain
digital character
countryOfOrigin New Zealand
createdFor film
depicts Sauron
surface form: Dark Lord Sauron
filmSeriesDirector Peter Jackson
firstFilmReleaseYear 2012
franchise Middle-earth
genre adventure film
fantasy film
language English
medium live-action film
motionCapturedBy Benedict Cumberbatch
narrativeFunction overarching antagonist
partOf Middle-earth film series
The Hobbit film trilogy
portrayalEra 2010s
portrayalMethod facial capture
motion capture performance
voice acting
portrayalTechnology facial motion capture system
performance capture suits
portrayedBy Benedict Cumberbatch
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
New Line Cinema
WingNut Films
role Saruman
surface form: Dark Lord

primary antagonist
usesTechnique computer-generated imagery
digital character animation
motion capture
performance capture
visualEffectsCompany Weta Digital
surface form: Wētā Digital
voicedBy Benedict Cumberbatch

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Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed Sauron (voice and motion capture)