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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis —they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was…
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Novel
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Novel
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Novel
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Novel
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Novel
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Novel
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Novel
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) Characters
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) Novel
- The Hobbit (1977) Novel
- The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (2027) Novel
- The Hobbit: Treasures under the Mountain (1994) Novel
- The Keepers (1991) Novel
- The Return of the King (1980) Novel
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening (2022) Novel
- The Hobbit: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins (1985) Novel
- The Hobbits (1993) Novel
- Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past Characters
- Sagan om ringen (1971) Novel
- J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 (1992) as Self (archive footage)
- Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings (2024) as Self - Writer (archive footage)
- Mr. Bliss (2004) Novel
- Tolkien in Oxford (1968) as Himself
- Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Return of the King (2003) Book
- Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (2003) Book
- Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Two Towers (2003) Book
- Dagor Dagorath (2016) Author
- J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1967) Novel
- J.R.R. Tolkien (1998) as Self (archive footage)
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Hobbit (2003) Novel
- The Mewlips (2008) Author
- Robert Gilson: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (2016) as Self (archive footage)
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Most-watched J. R. R. Tolkien films currently: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).
What TV shows has J. R. R. Tolkien appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022), The Keepers (1991), The Hobbits (1993), Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien (2022).
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