Directed by:
Dome KarukoskiCinematography:
Lasse FrankComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi, Craig Roberts, Harry Gilby, Ty Tennant (more)Plots(1)
An exploration of the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels. (Fox Searchlight Pictures US)
(more)Cast
![Nicholas Hoult](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/063/167063615_5e1b9b.jpg)
Nicholas Hoult
UK
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Wallander (2008) (series)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
![Lily Collins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/899/163899052_236499.jpg)
Lily Collins
UK
Best movies:
Tarzan (1999)
The Blind Side (2009)
Stuck in Love (2012)
![Anthony Boyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/435/167435016_mhf8o3.jpg)
Anthony Boyle
UK
Best movies:
Tetris (2023)
Tolkien (2019)
The Lost City of Z (2016)
![Patrick Gibson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/323/159323377_e78b91.png)
Patrick Gibson
UK
Best movies:
Their Finest (2016)
Tolkien (2019)
Gold (2014)
![Tom Glynn-Carney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/942/161942037_52684a.jpg)
Tom Glynn-Carney
UK
Best movies:
Dunkirk (2017)
The King (2019)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
![Colm Meaney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/040/166040527_14b930.jpg)
Colm Meaney
Ireland
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Commitments (1991)
![Derek Jacobi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267632_787938.jpg)
Derek Jacobi
UK
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
Gladiator (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
![Craig Roberts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/370/370002_81c27e.jpg)
Craig Roberts
UK
Best movies:
Care (2000) (TV movie)
Jane Eyre (2011)
The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
![Harry Gilby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/411/167411960_b383fd.jpg)
Harry Gilby
UK
Best movies:
Just Charlie (2017)
Tolkien (2019)
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
Ty Tennant
Best movies:
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Tolkien (2019)
![Laura Donnelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342951_d5b700.png)
Laura Donnelly
UK
Best movies:
The Fall (2013) (series)
Tolkien (2019)
The Program (2015)
![Genevieve O'Reilly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/009/169009145_i41v75.jpg)
Genevieve O'Reilly
Ireland
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Fall (2013) (series)
![Pam Ferris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325806_7bc7c1.jpg)
Pam Ferris
West Germany
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Our Mutual Friend (1998) (series)
Children of Men (2006)
![Owen Teale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396146_d04a18.jpg)
Owen Teale
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Mimi Keene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/104/166104537_2ae1cf.jpg)
Mimi Keene
UK
![Nia Gwynne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/140/161140547_fa13c4.jpg)
Nia Gwynne
Best movies:
Pride (2014)
Darkest Hour (2017)
Tolkien (2019)
![Adrian Schiller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/669/161669060_b02297.jpg)
Adrian Schiller
UK
Best movies:
The Crucible (2014)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Harry Webster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/805/160805388_cba198.jpg)
Harry Webster
Best movies:
Tolkien (2019)
Aaron Neil
Best movies:
Paddington 2 (2017)
The Promise (2016)
Tolkien (2019)