Laurence Ubong Williams is a British actor who voices Fréaláf Hildeson, nephew of King Helm Hammerhand and cousin to the film’s protagonist Héra, in the 2024 anime prequel film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, marking his first work in voice acting. His performance contributes to the film’s exploration of Rohan’s royal family and the political succession crisis surrounding Helm’s reign, a story set generations before the events of Peter Jackson’s original live-action trilogy.
Williams, a graduate of the Oxford School of Drama, is also known for his work in the stage production Us and the National Theatre Live broadcast of The Motive and the Cue. His entry into Tolkien’s legendarium through The War of the Rohirrim represents a significant new credit within the fantasy genre for an actor building his career substantially through British theatre and stage-adjacent screen work.
Williams’ contribution to expanding the Lord of the Rings franchise’s animated storytelling has made him a name of growing interest among fans and collectors following the continued expansion of Middle-earth’s on-screen mythology beyond Jackson’s original films.
