Bilbo Baggins
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Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings, and the fictional narrator of many of Tolkien's Middl
J. R. R. Tolkien's illustration of Bilbo in his comfortable hobbit-hole, Bag End
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins's desire to acquire 'Bag End', Bilbo's hobbit-hole, has been compared to Vita Sackville-West's frustrated desire to inherit Knole House (pictured).
Bilbo's character and adventures match many details of William Morris's expedition in Iceland. Cartoon of Morris riding a pony by his travelling companion Edward Burne-Jones (1870)
The illustrations of Bilbo in the 1976 Russian translation of The Hobbit were based on the actor Yevgeny Leonov (shown here on a postage stamp).
Martin Freeman
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Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Bilbo Baggins
…with the Elf Lindir in the Hall of Fire. In Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film series, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, the young Bilbo is portrayed by Martin Freeman, while Ian Holm reprises his role as an older Bilbo in An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). The Quest of Erebor…
Freeman in 2019
Freeman filming Sherlock in May 2011
Freeman at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Royal Albert Hall, April 2016