Facts about Frodo Baggins

Born: 1954
Birthplace: Fiction
Best known as: Heroic ring-bearer in The Lord of the Rings

     

Frodo Baggins Biography

Frodo Baggins is the key figure in The Lord of the Rings, the fantasy trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien that was first published in 1954. Frodo is the adopted son of Bilbo Baggins, and both are hobbits: a race of short, plump, cheerful beings who live in a land known as Middle Earth. Guided by the wizard Gandalf, Frodo becomes the unwilling bearer of the Ring of Power that is at the center of Tolkien’s tale.

Extra credit

Frodo was played by Elijah Wood in the feature film trilogy of Lord of the Rings which first reached theaters in 2001.


     

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