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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The films feature an ensemble cast that includes James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace and Luke Evans, with several actors reprising their roles from The Lord of the Rings, including Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, and Andy Serkis.
- Bilbo Baggins
- Gandalf The Grey
- Thorin Oakenshield
- Balin
- Kili
- Thranduil
- Legolas
- Tauriel
- Radagast The Brown
- Bard
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The hobbit of the title is Bilbo, the “uncle” (technically first and second cousin, once removed either way) of Frodo Baggins of The Lord of the Rings. Bilbo is a well-to-do resident of Hobbiton living a comfortable, homely routine in middle age when the wizard, Gandalf, disrupts everything by pushing him into the role of burglar in a dwarf-quest. ...
Olórin was his name in his past in the West that is forgotten. Gandalf, he’s known as to the Men of the North; Mithrandir to the Elves; Tharkûn to the Dwarves; Incánus to the Men of the South; to the East he goes not. The grey pilgrim is the most prominent of the five wizards in stirring the races of Middle Earth to face the evil of Sauron, and his...
Gandalf may have the greater defense of Middle Earth in mind, but the thirteen dwarves who mount the quest are looking to reclaim their treasure and their homeland. Leading them is Thorin Oakenshield, by rights, King of Durin’s Folk in Erebor, displaced by the dragon Smaug. Though he led his people in exile into a sustainable life, Thorin burns wit...
It wasn’t just Thorin who lost his place as a figure of fun on the way to the screen. The whole company of dwarves is slightly ridiculous in the book, very much in need of Bilbo’s unexpected practicality and guidance. Balin, one of the few dwarves besides Thorin to get some characterization, has an earlier appreciation for the hobbit’s talent than ...
Without wife or child, Thorin’s heirs are Fili and Kili, the sons of his sister. In the book, the two are very much a set, with the same blue cloaks, yellow beard, and keen eyesight. While they don’t look alike on film, they’re still played as a like-minded duo in An Unexpected Journey. But in the last two films, Kili falls in love with the elf, Ta...
If the dwarves became nobler on film, the Wood-elves of Mirkwood were made much less likable. While they do hinder the quest in the book, they are still elves, and “that is Good People” according to Tolkien. Their king Thranduil, while mistrustful of dwarves from their long rivalry, holds them no particular grudge and comes off as a more reasonable...
Thranduil is only ever called Elvenking in The Hobbit book; he doesn’t get a name until his son Legolas, never mentioned in The Hobbit, turns up to the Council of Elrond in The Fellowship of the Ring. Legolas’s spectacular martial feats as part of the fellowship became a fan favorite of the Rings films, and he was the only member of the fellowship ...
Tauriel doesn’t exist in the book, or in any of Tolkien’s writing. She was created for The Hobbit films to provide a prominent female character. Captain of the border guard of Mirkwood, Tauriel is a brave and able warrior, young for an elf (only 600 years old), and reckless. The attraction she inspires in Legolas displeases his father, but Tauriel’...
One of the five wizards, Radagast is only mentioned in the book, going on to make a brief appearance as Saruman’s unwitting dupe in The Fellowship of the Ring before vanishing from the story. On film, Radagast never turned up for Rings, but made a prominent showing in all three Hobbit films as a fidgety, bumbling, but prescient hero continually und...
Some characters in The Hobbit were altered and expanded from the page to the screen, but the character of Bard was given a brand new sense of significance in the films; after all, he doesn’t do much more in the book than turn up to kill the dragon and sort out the ruined Lake-town. The film Bard is pivotal to the dwarves’ entry into Lake-town, and ...
Learn about the main characters and actors of The Hobbit films, the prequel to The Lord of the Rings. Find out how Bilbo, Gandalf, Thorin, and the dwarves were adapted from the book and expanded for the screen.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dec 14, 2012 · Find out who starred in the 2012 fantasy adventure film based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, and more on IMDb.
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Find out who played the main characters and the crew members of the 2012 fantasy film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. See the names, roles and photos of Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage and more.
Find out the actors, directors, writers and producers of the three films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit". See the full list of credits, photos and videos of the cast and crew of The Hobbit Trilogy.
