<P> The Witch - king appears in the Rankin / Bass adaptation of The Return of the King . His physical appearance is much the same as described in the novel, with an invisible head with a crown on top and two red eyes as his only visible feature . His voice was provided by John Stephenson . </P> <P> In New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, the Witch - king is portrayed by Brent McIntyre, in flashback by Ben Price in The Fellowship of the Ring, and by Lawrence Makoare in The Return of the King . In both movies he was voiced by Andy Serkis . In the first film, the Witch - king leads the Nazgûl in pursuing Frodo and his friends all the way to Weathertop . The Witch - king stabs Frodo with his Morgul blade before being driven off by Aragorn, and pursues the Hobbit and Arwen with the other Nazgûl before they are swept away by a flood that Arwen summons . In The Return of the King, the Witch - king leads his forces from Minas Morgul in the siege of Minas Tirith . During the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, after mortally wounding Théoden, the Witch - king overpowers Éowyn with his sword and a huge flail . While Éowyn in the book reveals herself as a woman before the fight, the Witch - king in the film is unaware of her true identity until Merry wounds him sufficiently for Éowyn to land the deathblow . In the extended edition, the Witch - king flies up to Minas Tirith, confronts Gandalf, but breaks the wizard's staff before being interrupted by the Rohirrim . </P> <P> The original helmet designed for the Witch - king in The Return of the King was similar to an illustration by John Howe, and this original armour can be seen in the game adaptation by Electronic Arts; but crew members who had not read the books were confused over whether it was Sauron or the Witch - king on the battlefield . This prompted WETA to revise the helmet's design to be more suggestive of a Black Rider; his scenes were then re-shot during the 2003 pick - ups . </P> <P> The Witch - king also appears in Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, first when he attacks Radagast in Dol Guldur as a spectral ghostly figure wielding a Morgul blade . In a departure from the book (where he fled from Angmar to Minas Morgul), the Witch - king's mortal body was buried in the High Fells of Rhudaur with the other fallen kings, and their tombs are sealed with magic . But the Nazgûl are summoned to Dol Guldur by Sauron in his guise as the Necromancer, and appear as spectral beings wearing Morgul armour in the third film when they fight the White Council . </P>

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