Author: morwenna

Karl Urban was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 7th June 1972 and today Karl is celebrating his 38th birthday. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Karl here and of Karl in the role of Éomer here. Happy birthday Karl!

When asked to design a toy as part of a college course, Tolkien fan Maddie Chambers created a miniature of Bag End. You can read the full story and see pictures of her wonderful model here.

Ian McKellen has revealed that whilst he is a huge fan of his character Gandalf he becomes frustrated when he is mistaken for Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies. You can read the full article here.

Christopher Lee was born in London, UK on 27th May 1922 and today is his 88th birthday. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Christopher here and of Christopher in the role of Saruman here. Happy birthday Christopher!

Ian McKellen was born on 25th May 1939 in Burnley, UK and today is his 71st birthday. You can read about Ian in the cast list. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Ian here and pictures of Ian in the role of Gandalf here. Happy birthday Ian!

May 14th is Cate Blanchett’s birthday. She was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1969 and is 41 years old today. You can read Cate’s CoE bio here. There are pictures of Cate here and of Cate in the role of Galadriel here. Many happy returns Cate.

John Rhys-Davies celebrates his 66th birthday today. John was born in Wiltshire, England, on the 5th of May, 1944. John’s cast biography can be viewed here. You can view pictures of John here and pictures of John in the role of Gimli here. Happy birthday John!

Today, April 17th, is Sean Bean’s birthday. Sean was born in Sheffield, England in 1959 and is 51 today. You can view some pictures of Sean here, of Sean in the role of Boromir here and you can read his CoE cast bio here. Happy birthday, Sean!