Agreed, poor guy only gets bit parts... Hell even in LOTR's while that was a pretty big role, he got cast as the least likable charactor who died in the 1st movie.
He had the one of the best performance though. His speech during the council was great and was even better in the extended version.
He was underused in an even worse way in this movie.
Oh I agree, he played a powerful role in the movie, and the extended versions of LOTR's do him more justice, it's just ashame that some of his best scenes will not be viewed by a larger audience as probably only the hardcore fans are gonna be viewing the extended versions.