Bilbo and frodo movie#

There are so many aspects in this multi-faced hobbit: the adventurer and the facetious person, the confirmed bachelor and the foster father, the scholar and the county hobbit. Estelanui writes: I have a fondness for Bilbo because is a character complex and simple in the same time. It was included in the Ringers: Lord of the Fans documentary.įor more examples of hobbits in popular culture, see the Wikipedia article.īilbo is a much-loved character. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins is a 1967 cult song about Bilbo, perhaps all the more popular with fans because it was first performed by Leonard Nimoy (aka Spock). He never marries his nephew, Frodo Baggins is his adopted son and heir.īilbo is played by Ian Holm in the Peter Jackson films of The Lord of the Rings and by Martin Freeman in the The Hobbit trilogy. At the end of the later novel, he sails into the West with the other Ring Bearers. Along the way he chances upon the magical ring of the creature Gollum, which proves useful to Bilbo in escaping his detested relations the Sackville-Bagginses – as well as to Tolkien, in linking The Hobbit to the The Lord of the Rings. The stay-at-home hobbit is enticed into going on an adventure with Gandalf and thirteen dwarves as their burglar (despite having no previous acquaintance with the trade), which culminates in the defeat of the dragon Smaug. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit and a minor character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings.

Bilbo and frodo movie#

2 Book and LoTR Movie Fandom Portrayalsīilbo Baggins is the main character in J.R.R.