Category: General News

Today, 12th November, is Craig Parker’s 39th birthday. He was born in Suva, Fiji on November 12, 1970. In the CoE gallery there are some great pictures of Craig in the role of Haldir here. Happy Birthday Craig.

UK student Emma Dollard read Lord of the Rings when she was 14 years old but it was the movies that really re-awoke her interest in Tolkien. Emma has now completed her PhD in which she studied Lord of the Rings (books and movies) in relation to appropriation, “the notion of outside influences being an…

Today, October 31st, is Peter Jackson’s birthday. He was born in Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand in 1961 and is 48 years old today. You can read his crew bio here. In the CoE Gallery there are pictures of Peter here and photos throughout the general cast and crew section.

Happy (belated) birthday to Viggo Mortensen. Viggo was born in Watertown, New York, USA on October 20th 1958 and is now 51 years old. You can read his cast bio here and there are pictures of Viggo in the role of Aragorn here. Many happy returns Viggo!

In this article at rottentomatoes.com Ian McKellen talks about reprising the role of Gandalf in the forthcoming movies of The Hobbit.

Happy birthday to two of our favorite hobbits, Bilbo and Frodo. At the start of Lord of the Rings Bilbo celebrated his 111th birthday while Frodo celebrated his 33th birthday and came of age. Click here for some great CoE Hobbit Day eCards to send to your friends.

Today, September 21st, is David Wenham’s birthday. He was born in Australia in 1965 and is 44 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of David here and of David in the role of Faramir here. Happy birthday David!

Ian Holm was born in Goodmayes, UK on 12th September 1931 and is 78 years old this year. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery you can view pictures of Ian here and pictures of Ian in the role of Bilbo here. Happy birthday Ian.

Billy Boyd was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 28 August 1968 and is 41 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery you can view pictures of Billy here and Billy in the role of Pippin here. Many happy returns Billy.

Today, 10th August marks the 6th anniversary of the CoE Realms. There are fourteen different Realms which are named after the Valar of Ilúvatar. You can find out more about the Realms here.