Who did Ukrainian actor Pasha Lee play in The Hobbit movies?

With trailers and stills for The Rings of Power luring audiences back into The Lord of the Rings universe, it’s worth looking back across the franchise.

Peter Jackson’s trilogy arguably remains one of the most beloved of all time, championed by fans as the pinnacle of fantasy filmmaking.

When The Hobbit was announced as a new trilogy, some may have felt the source material was being unnecessarily stretched. However, we’ve been able to sit with it for a number of years and it boasts a passionate following to this day.

For those who haven’t given the films much thought for a while, you may have been reminded of them in the wake of an actor’s passing in March 2022.

With that in mind, who did Pasha Lee play in The Hobbit?

Who did Pasha Lee play in The Hobbit?

Although Pasha didn’t star in The Hobbit physically, he voiced the central character of Bilbo Baggins in the Ukrainian dub.

In fact, he voiced the character in all three of the Ukrainian entries of the trilogy.

So, those who have watched the Ukrainian dub of the movies will be more than familiar with his voice. As for those who have seen the original versions, you won’t find his work in the films as you know them.

The character of Bilbo in the standard version (without dub) is played and voiced by Martin Freeman.

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Previous roles of Pavlo Lee

Looking back over the 33-year-old actor’s career, he appeared as early as 2006 in horror-thriller movie The Pit (he played Den).

Other film roles include Zvychayna sprava (DJ), Tini nezabutykh predkiv. Tayemnytsi molfara (Vova), #Selfieparty (Cop), The Fight Rules (Dyzel), and Zustrich odnoklasnykiv (Kostya).

More recently, he was in 2021 TV series Provincial. However, Ukrainian audiences perhaps best know him as host of the show Day At Home.

The Hobbit wasn’t his only dubbing gig either – he also lent his voice to a Ukrainian dub of 1994 Disney classic The Lion King.

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What happened to Pasha Lee?

Pasha Lee, full name Pavlo Romanovych Lee, was killed on Sunday, March 6th 2022.

He died in shelling by Russian forces of Irpin, a city west of Ukraine capital Kyiv. Lee joined the Territorial Defence Force of Ukraine the week before his passing, The Wrap reports.

At least four civilians were killed during the conflict close to the bridge at Irpin.