10 Lord Of The Rings Extras Who Got Themselves Noticed
9. Mûmakil Mahûd
Due to all the high energy action sequences in the trilogy many of the background cast were made up of stunt performers or "stunties". This was necessary not only to sell the reality of a fight sequence but to ensure no one got too badly injured. Due to the nature of all the prosthetics required for the orcs many of the stunt crew were able to appear multiple times as multiple characters.
Shane Rangi appeared throughout the first two movies as the Witch King and a number of Uruk-hai. The work he put into his performances impressed Jackson so much he gave him the job of portraying one of the most memorable extras in the franchise. He appears for a handful of shots, without a single line of dialogue but his presence was certainly noticed; mowing down the Rohirrim from the back of his war Oliphaunt.
The Harad Chieftain made such an impression that despite his limited screen time, he was immortalised as a figure for the table top strategy game.