Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor. He starred as Thranduil, the Elvenking, in The Hobbit trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the period drama television series Halt and Catch Fire. He has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first played in Guardians of the Galaxy and reprised in Captain Marvel.