Lee Pace

About

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 also 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. His other notable television role includes voicing Thragg in the animated series Invincible. Pace earned a 2008 Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Ned in the comedy drama television series Pushing Daisies. Since 2021, he has starred as the galactic emperor Brother Day in the science fiction television series Foundation, based on the stories of Isaac Asimov.

Pace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Charlotte, a schoolteacher, and James, an engineer. He has a brother and a sister. As a child, Pace spent several years in Saudi Arabia, where his father worked in the oil business; the family later moved to Houston, Texas. He was raised Catholic.
Pace attended Klein High School in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, with actor Matt Bomer. Pace briefly stopped attending high school to act at Houston’s Alley Theatre before…