Matt Appleton

Matt Appleton is a New Zealander who served as leather worker for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, standby armour and weapons technician for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, costume and armory supervisor on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, armour supervisor on The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and armour master on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

He portrayed Saelbeth in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.