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Saruman the White (or Saruman the Wise) is the secondary antagonist of JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth Legendarium. He prominently serves as the secondary antagonist of the epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptations. He is also a major antagonist in The Hobbit trilogy.
He serves as the main antagonist of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and as a minor yet pivotal antagonist in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
He also serves as a major protagonist in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, an unseen protagonist in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and a supporting protagonist in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
He was portrayed by the late Christopher Lee, who also portrayed Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel films, Count Dracula in Hammer Studios' Dracula film series, and Francisco Scaramanga in The Man With the Golden Gun.
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Arch-Enemy: To Gandalf after revealing his treachery.
Big Bad: Of The Two Towers, due to being responsible for the corruption of King Theoden through his servent Grima Wormtongue and for the battle of Helms Deep.
Big Bad Duumvirate: In The Fellowship of the Ring, he imprisons Gandalf and tries to corrupt him, creates Lurtz and the Uruk-Hai, strands the fellowship on the mountain Caradaras, and then sends his right hand Lurtz out to finish off the remaining fellowship, Lurtz then hunts them down, kills Boromir and meets his end at the hands of Aragon, ultimately serving as the most effective villain and final boss of the film, while Saruman is responsible for his creation and sending him out.
Manipulative Bastard: is this in The Hobbit, deceiving everyone into beleiving him an ally, and also trying to ensure Sauron's impending return remains unknown and undiscovered.
The Starscream: He plots to murder Sauron and replace him as Dark Lord of Middle Earth.