Lord of the Rings films. While
10. Andy Serkis
Serkis had one thing going against him with his work and that is that the CGI for Gollum – while impressive – still mostly sucked. When you see above what Gollum *could* have been, you really have to question what the filmmakers were thinking by going full CGI. That being said, Serkis made the best with what he had and delivered a captivating performance and successfully conveyed the tragedy of Smeagol quite well.
9. John Rhys-Davies
Gimli’s journey throughout the LOTR is as endearing and winning as anything else in there. His hardened shell gets slowly chipped away at throughout thanks to his protective feelings of the Hobbits, adoration of Aragon, and brotherly affection for Legolas. The Legolas buddy story in particular is as fun as ever a couple of decades later, and it’s a huge part of what made the second two films work. Rhys-Davies had to play a lot of different beats in this trilogy, and he rarely got to organically play off the other actors in the scenes because he pretty much always had a stand-in. He was well up to the task though and did a great job.