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The Hobbit calls him an elf-friend rather than an elf, one "who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors." [T 9] The Elvenking, king of the Mirkwood Elves. He held the dwarves captive. They were eventually freed by Bilbo. [T 10] (In The Hobbit he is only called "the Elvenking"; his name "Thranduil" is given in The Lord of the Rings ...
Inside the mountain, during a long chase, Bilbo and the Dwarves rekindle the mountain's forge using Smaug's flames and melt a large golden statue, hoping to bury Smaug alive in the molten gold. They do so, but Smaug emerges from the gold, stumbles out of the mountain and flies off to destroy Laketown as Bilbo watches in despair.
She also has a romantic subplot with the dwarf Kili. Elros (portrayed by Robin Kerr [2]) is an Elf of the Woodland Realm appearing in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He is a captain of the Woodland Guard and Keeper of the Keys. Feren (portrayed by Simon London [5]) is an Elf of the Woodland Realm. He serves as one of Thranduil's chief ...
In April 2011 O'Gorman was cast as the Dwarf Fili in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation of The Hobbit. [5] He later made a cameo appearance in an advertisement for Air New Zealand. [6] In Jay Roach's 2015 film Trumbo O'Gorman plays the part of Kirk Douglas, [7] [8] including a re-creation of filming the movie Spartacus.
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.
Stott's career began in 1974 at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. [1] His early work in theatre included a notable leading role in the dramatisation of Dominic Behan's play about the Northern Ireland troubles The Folk Singer, [5] where he also played the part of Judas in the first regional production of Jesus Christ Superstar directed by Michael Poynor (1973).
While McKay and co-showrunner JD Payne had plenty of Elf and Man and Dwarf characters to incorporate from J.R.R. Tolkien’s extensive appendices, when it came to Hobbits, the writers had to rely ...
Alongside many other British and Irish actors, Nesbitt was cast in Peter Jackson's three-part film The Hobbit, as the dwarf Bofur. [91] Filming commenced in March 2011. The first part, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , was released in December 2012, the second part, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , in December 2013, and the third and ...