New Photograph of Bilbo Baggins

The 13 Dwarves

The 13 Dwarves

Peter Jackson puts up the definitive version of the picture composite of the 13 dwarves.

(L-r) JED BROPHY as Nori, DEAN O’GORMAN as Fili, Mark Hadlow as Dori, JAMES NESBITT as Bofur, PETER HAMBLETON as Gloin, GRAHAM McTAVISH as Dwalin, RICHARD ARMITAGE as Thorin Oakenshield (center), KEN STOTT as Balin, JOHN CALLEN as Oin, STEPHEN HUNTER as Bombur, WILLIAM KIRCHER as Bifur, ADAM BROWN as Ori and AIDAN TURNER as Kili in New Line Cinema’s and MGM’s fantasy adventure THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by James Fisher)

First look at the Dwarves: Balin & Dwalin

Balin and Dwalin

Dwalin (Dawdler)

Graham McTavish as Dwalin

Dwarf of Thorin & Company. Dwalin, son of Fundin, was born in 2772 of the Third Age. His older brother was Balin. Their familiy was of the line of Durin. Dwalin had a blue beard and bright eyes. He wore a dark green hood and he played the viol.

In 2841, Thorin Oakenshield’s father Thrain decided to try to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the Dragon. Dwalin and Balin were among the Dwarves who went with him. They were pursued by the minions of Sauron, who sought the Ring of the Dwarves borne by Thrain. One night while camping in the eaves of Mirkwood in 2845, Thrain was captured and taken to Dol Guldur. Balin and Dwalin and the other Dwarves sought him in vain.

One hundred years later in 2941, Thorin renewed the quest for the Lonely Mountain, and Dwalin was chosen as one of the twelve Dwarves to accompany him. Dwalin was the first Dwarf to arrive at the home of Bilbo Baggins on April 26, and he sat down for tea with his host until the others arrived. Afterwards he helped clean up the dishes. When Bilbo embarked on the quest the next morning without a hat, Dwalin lent him a dark green hood.

After Bilbo rescued the Dwarves from the Great Spiders of Mirkwood, Dwalin was the first to notice that Thorin was missing. Later, when Bilbo helped them escape from the prison of the Elvenking using barrels floating down the Forest River, Dwalin was one of the worst affected by the journey. While they tried to find the secret door at the Lonely Mountain, Dwalin expressed his impatience with their burglar.

Dwalin settled at the Lonely Mountain after Smaug’s demise and became prosperous. When his brother Balin led an ill-fated expedition to Moria in 2989, Dwalin remained at the Lonely Mountain. He was still living there at the time of the War of the Ring.

On the genealogical table in Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings, Dwalin’s date of death is given as 3112. This is unusual for two reasons. Firstly, there was no such year as 3112 since the Third Age ended with the year 3021. (This date would correspond to the year 91 of the Fourth Age.) Secondly, this would have made Dwalin about 340 years old when he died, which is extremely old for a Dwarf. One draft of the genealogical table seems to suggest that Dwalin was 251 when he died, which would make his date of death around the year 2 of the Fourth Age.

– tuckborough.net

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Graham McTavish as Dwalin

Graham McTavish (born 1961) is a British television actor.

He has played the character Warden Ackerman in the 8th Season Red Dwarf in five episode. McTavish has also had many supporting roles, mostly in British Dramas, including such films as Casualty, Jekyll, The Bill, Taggart and Sisterhood. He also is known as playing the ill-tempered Mercenary Commander Lewis in Rambo, had a role as Desmond’s drill sergeant in the fourth season of Lost, starred in Ali G Indahouse as a Customs Officer and played a Russian pirate in NCIS.

He played the role of Ferguson in 4 episodes of Prison Break. He has also starred in the film Green Street 2, which was released in 2009. McTavish provided the voice and motion capture work for the evil psychopath war criminal Zoran Lazarevic in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the voice of the main protagonist Dante Alighieri in Dante’s Inferno, Restoration leader Commander Lucius in the Shadow Complex video game, and the Decepticon Thundercracker in Transformers: War for Cybertron. He also played Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Novakovich in the 8th season of 24. McTavish has also been cast in upcoming film The Wicker Tree, Robin Hardy’s very anticipated sequel to 1973′s The Wicker Man.

 

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