Throughout the course of The Hobbit trilogy, it’s learned that Thorin does in fact have heirs to his kingdom through his sister, Dís. Dís is the mother of two young dwarves in Thorin’s ...

And that is the choice to cast Dain Ironfoot, the mighty dwarf who becomes the King under the Mountain after the death of Thorin, Fili, and Kili, as none other than Billy Connolly.

Thrór was the grandfather of Thorin from The Hobbit. But Dáin's younger son, Grór, led some of the other survivors to the Iron Hills, which they transformed into a larger and more significant ...

In general, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was a much smaller-scale story than its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, but there are still aspects of it that are curious, including the Five Armies. Part ...

Peter told The Hollywood Reporter: "We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connolly, the Big Yin himself.

Scottish actor and comedian Billy Connolly will join the world of Middle-earth to play a dwarf warrior in Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" films, the director said, completing the casting of the two long ...

"We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of the dwarves, than Billy Connolly, the Big Yin himself," Jackson said in a statement.