The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Cast

Date Of Birth: May 25, 1939

Born in the northern mill town of Burnley, in Lancashire, England, Ian McKellen was the son of a civil engineer. Encouraged by his parents to take an interest in theater, he developed an early ...

Date Of Birth: September 8, 1971

Born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Martin Freeman is a graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama. He shot to fame on both sides of the Atlantic when he played office worker Tim ...

Date Of Birth: August 22, 1971

Born and raised in Leicester, England, Richard Armitage is most famous for his role as Thorin Oakenshield in the three-film adaptation of The Hobbit. Richard attended Huncote Community Primary ...

Date Of Birth: May 14, 1969

Born and raised in Australia, Cate Blanchett graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art. She is a long-standing member of Company-B, a loose ensemble of actors including Geoffrey ...

Date Of Birth: September 12, 1931

This native of Goodmayes, England was born in an asylum where his father was both doctor and superintendent. He was inspired to taking the acting route after he watched a live stage performance of ...

Date Of Birth: May 27, 1922

Best known for playing characters who are intelligent, unsympathetic, aggressive, humorless, ruthless and totally evil, Lee was born in London, England, to an Italian contessa and a colonel in the ...

Date Of Birth: April 4, 1960

Born in Nigeria, Hugo Weaving moved with his family to Australia before he was one. His father worked with a multinational oil company and the family moved to South Africa, Great Britain and then back ...

Date Of Birth: January 28, 1981

Birth Name: Elijah Jordan Wood Born in Iowa, Wood started modeling at an early age, moving swiftly into commercial work. In 1988, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he attended the ...

Date Of Birth: April 20, 1964

Born and raised in Ruislip, West London, Andy Serkis showed a talent for art when he was young, and wanted to become a painter/graphic artist. He studied visual arts at Lancaster University, but ...

Date Of Birth: January 15, 1965

"Acting was never my vocation. I sort of fell into it and there's not a day goes by that I don't feel privileged and thankful for what's happened to me." James Nesbitt Born in Northern ...

Date Of Birth: June 19, 1983

Born and raised in South Dublin, Ireland, Aidan Turner is a graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting. He appeared in numerous stage productions such as The Plough and the Stars, A Cry from Heaven and ...

Date Of Birth: December 1, 1976

Born in Auckland, New Zealand to parents Vicky and Lance O’Gorman, Dean O'Gorman began acting at the age of 12 after being discovered by a casting agent at a school speech contest. Dean's acting ...

New Zealand-born Jed Brophy has become a well-established actor in his own right. His acting debut came in 1988 in the film Small War on the Edge of Town, a small National Film Unit drama about an ...

Date Of Birth: July 19, 1976

Born Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, the English actor has demonstrated his talents on film, television radio and theater. Cumberbatch is the son of two professional actors and received private ...