---
title: 'Tolkien (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dome Karukoski'
released: '2019-05-03'
runtime_minutes: 112
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tolkien-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3361792/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tolkien (2019)

2019 · PG-13 · 112 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Tolkien is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. It is about the early life of English professor and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit (1937), The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), and The Silmarillion (1977) as well as notable academic works. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, and Derek Jacobi.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dome Karukoski](https://cinepixo.com/people/dome-karukoski)
- **Screenplay:** [David Gleeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-gleeson), [Stephen Beresford](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-beresford)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman)
- **Producer:** [Peter Chernin](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-chernin), [Kris Thykier](https://cinepixo.com/people/kris-thykier), [David Ready](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ready), [Jenno Topping](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenno-topping)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lasse Frank Johannessen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-frank-johannessen)
- **Editor:** [Harri Ylönen](https://cinepixo.com/people/harri-ylonen)

## Cast

- [Colm Meaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/colm-meaney) as Father Francis Morgan
- [David Birkbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-birkbeck)
- [Andrew Bissell](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-bissell)
- [Albie Marber](https://cinepixo.com/people/albie-marber) as young Robert Q. Gilson
- [Antony Barlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-barlow)
- [Jane Dixon-Rowland](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-dixon-rowland)
- [Colin Macdonald Burnie](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-macdonald-burnie)
- [Frank Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-kerr-2)
- [Paul Gurcel Escudero](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-gurcel-escudero)
- [Sian Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/sian-crisp)
- [Sienna Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/sienna-woods)
- [John Bradfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bradfield)
- [Harry Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-webster)
- [Lara Maguire](https://cinepixo.com/people/lara-maguire)
- [Pam Ferris](https://cinepixo.com/people/pam-ferris) as Mrs. Faulkner

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tolkien-2019
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