Benedict Cumberbatchscreen performance · voiceBenedict Cumberbatch carries Sauron across 2 films, giving the character a consistent performer through this screen run.
2 linked movie guides in this sequence
FILM POSTER · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2 current MoviHero film mappings
Sauron
Film watch order, starting point, and performer.
Sauron runs from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies with Benedict Cumberbatch carrying the role across 2 films.
Release-order sequence · 2 films · 2013–2014 · 1 performerSee watch orderWATCH ORDER
Sauron movies in release order
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Release-order sequence · 2 films · 2013–2014Main sequence runtime: 5h 5m
About the scores
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- 01Start hereThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · 2h 41m
Portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch · screen performanceMovie guideMoviHero score87/100WORTH IT - 02
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014 · 2h 24m
Portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch · voiceMovie guideMoviHero score86/100WORTH IT
THE PERFORMANCE
Who plays Sauron?
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Benedict Cumberbatchscreen performance · voiceWHY THE CHARACTER WORKS
What defines Sauron
Benedict Cumberbatch provides the through-line for Sauron from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug through The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Release order is useful here because it lets the character’s screen role build from one film to the next without repeating the same introduction each time.
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Characters connected on screen
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Legolas
Sauron and Legolas share 2 films, including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
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Sauron and Balin share 2 films, including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
See The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugBilbo Baggins
Sauron and Bilbo Baggins share 2 films, including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
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Sauron and Gandalf the Grey share 2 films, including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
See The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug