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Richard Armitage as Naboo Fighter Pilot

Okay, see the Naboo pilot standing tall and proud on the right of the photo? Now, see that pilot behind him and to his right? That’s Armitage.
Okay, see the Naboo pilot standing tall and proud on the right of the photo? Now, see that pilot behind him and to his right? That’s Armitage. Image: Disney

Richard Armitage—star of The Hobbit movie trilogy as none other than Thorin Oakenshield himself—was such an unknown that when even though he appeared in a background shot of Naboo soldiers in The Phantom Menace, he wasn’t credited on the film whatsoever. He made up for it later, however, with star turns in many, many popular British TV series (MI-5, aka Spooks, for one). Athough Americans might recognize him best as the infinitely creepy Francis Dolayhyde from Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal TV series or as the perfectly acerbic voice of Trevor Belmont in Netflix’s Castlevania animated series. Speaking of voices, he also played none other than Logan himself for Marvel too.

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