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Gimli is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, appearing in The Lord of the Rings. A dwarf warrior, he is the son of Glóin , a member of Thorin 's company in Tolkien's earlier book The Hobbit .
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sallah in the Indiana Jones franchise. He has received three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, with one win, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
In Peter Jackson's live action adaptation of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Gimli's character is from time to time used as comic relief, whether with jokes about his height or his rivalry with the elf Legolas. [24] [25] Gimli is played by John Rhys-Davies, who gave the character a "Welsh-derived" accent. [26]
[T 3] Gimli, a dwarf of Erebor and the son of Glóin, one of Thorin's twelve companions, is chosen to represent his people in the Fellowship of the Ring; he helps Aragorn regain the throne of Gondor. [T 10] In the War of the Ring, an emissary from Sauron, the lord of Mordor, twice comes to Erebor and speaks to Dáin.
Gimli Peak is a 2,806-metre (9,206 ft) mountain summit located in the Valhalla Ranges of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Gimli Peak is the fourth-highest point in the Valhalla Ranges, with the highest being Gladsheim Peak , 2.7 km (1.7 mi) to the north. [ 2 ]
Gimli is a 2,744-metre (9,003 ft) mountain summit located in the Valhalla Ranges of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Gimli is the sixth-highest point in the Valhalla Ranges, with the highest being Gladsheim Peak , 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north-northwest. [ 1 ]
Focal height (metres) CCG no. Range (nautical miles) Black Bear Island Light 1898: Selkirk 50°8′48″N 96°51′54″W: Inactive: Cox Reef Light 1905: Lake Winnipeg: Manitoba 52°19′16″N 97°13′5″W: Fl W 4s: 15.2: 1600: Gimli Light 1973: Lake Winnipeg: Gimli 50°37′45″N 96°58′51″W: Fl R 4s: 12.8: 1569: George Island Light ...
The Saunders ST-27 was a regional aircraft built in the 1970s by the Canadian Saunders Aircraft Company based at Gimli, Manitoba. The aircraft was designed as a conversion of the earlier de Havilland Heron. The conversion program was extensive and featured two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprops and a stretched fuselage. Despite its promise ...