Frank Langella! Maybe Christopher Plummer. Langella is my first pick. His voice is deep, basso...but kindof silky and menacing, too.
“Frank Langella”
...who played Dracula in a movie that had that ‘love-making’ scene in it, very stylized and in its own way, breathtakingly beautiful. Worth looking up.
That’s what I think of every time I see his name or face. IIRC, you see mostly shadows.
That’s a lot like the scene in “The Year of Living Dangerously” in which Linda Hurd puts on the wayang puppet show. Another great scene.
OK. Back to Hobbits.