Alan Howard

Alan Howard, CBE (born 5 August 1937, Croydon, Surrey, England – died 14 February 2015, Hampstead, London, England) was an English actor. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966 to 1983, and played leading roles at the Royal National Theatre between 1992 and 2000. He voiced the characters "Sauron" and "The One Ring" in the Lord of the Rings trilogy films (2001, 2002 and 2003).