For his role in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Rhys-Davies and the rest of the principal cast were nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture by the Screen Actors Guild. He will next be seen in Highbinders, opposite Jackie Chan and Claire Forlani.
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John Rhys-Davies. John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a British actor and voice actor known for his portrayal of Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films.
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FILM REVIEW; Hit the Road, Middle-Earth Gang. By ELVIS MITCHELL. Published: December 19, 2001. There are two groups probably sharing the same dread about the film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's ornate and busy ''Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' -- its most loving adherents and those who have spent their lives avoiding the books.
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The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). They were distributed by New Line Cinema.
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FILM REVIEW; Hit the Road, Middle-Earth Gang. There are two groups probably sharing the same dread about the film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's ornate and busy ''Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' -- its most loving adherents and those who have spent their lives avoiding the books.
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Gimli is a dwarf, and is the son of Gloin. His cousin was Balin, the lord of Moria before he was killed by goblins. Gloin was one of the fourteen members that defeated smaug and took back the Kingdom under the mountain.
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A courageous Dwarf with great strength and sense of justice. John Rhys-Davies began acting in Shakespeare plays at the age of thirteen at Truro School in Cornwall, England. By the time he had graduated from the then new University of East Anglia, where he founded the University Dramatic Society and starred at the acclaimed Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich, he had created an impressive amateur resume.
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He is also known for his popular portrayal of the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The cinematography of the films was aided in that Rhys-Davies is tall – 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), compared to the actors playing hobbits at around 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m).
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Gimli is the son of Gloin. Gloin is one of the members of Bilbo and the Dwarves' quest to reclaim Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, from the clutches of Smaug the Dragon. It isn't said where Gloin is during the period of LOTR, but presumably he is at Erebor or in the Iron Hills fighting against Sauron's forces there.
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, fan of fantasy. Gimli is the son of Gloin (who was featured in The Hobbit). Gimli was also part of the Fellowship of the Ring in the Lord of the Rings. Not only was he known for his contribution during the War of the Ring, he was known for his friendship with Legolas (son of Thranduil, king of Mirkwood).
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who plays gimli in the 'lord of the rings' film series?
John Rhys-Davies plays Gimli in the 'Lord of The Rings' film series.