Editing Dwarves in Middle-earth (section)

== Adaptations ==

=== Films ===

[[File:Bakshi Gimli.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gimli (Middle-earth)|Gimli]] in [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'']] (1978) voiced by [[David Buck]]]]

In [[Rankin-Bass]]' [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|1977 animated film adaptation]] of ''The Hobbit'', Thorin was voiced by [[Hans Conreid]], with [[Don Messick]] voicing [[Balin (Middle-earth)|Balin]], [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]] voicing [[Dori (Middle-earth)|Dori]], [[Jack DeLeon]] voicing [[Dwalin]], [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]], [[Óin, son of Gróin|Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Ori (Middle-earth)|Ori]], [[Nori (Middle-earth)|Nori]], [[Bifur]], and [[Bofur]], and [[Paul Frees]] voicing [[Bombur (Middle-earth)|Bombur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/The-Hobbit/ |title=The Hobbit (1977 Movie) |website=Behind the Voice Actors |access-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref>

In [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s 1978 animated film [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'']], the part of the Dwarf [[Gimli (Middle-earth)|Gimli]] was voiced by [[David Buck]].<ref name="Beck2005">{{cite book |last=Beck |first=Jerry |title=The Animated Movie Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&pg=PA154 |year=2005 |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]] |location=Chicago, Illinois|isbn=978-1-56976-222-6 |page=154}}</ref>

In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[live action]] adaptation of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]], Gimli's character is from time to time used as comic relief, whether with jokes about his height or his rivalry with the elf [[Legolas]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Flieger |first=Verlyn |author-link=Verlyn Flieger |chapter=Sometimes One Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures |editor1-last=Bogstad |editor1-first=Janice M. |editor2-last=Kaveny |editor2-first=Philip E. |title=[[Picturing Tolkien]] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNjKrXRP0G8C&pg=PA71 |year=2011 |publisher=[[McFarland (publisher)|McFarland]] |location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-8473-7 |page=48}}</ref><ref name="croft">{{cite web |last=Croft |first=Janet Brennan |author-link=Janet Brennan Croft |url=http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/anticipationandflattening.htm |title=The Mines of Moria: 'Anticipation' and 'Flattening' in Peter Jackson's ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' |date=February 2003 |work=Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque |publisher=[[University of Oklahoma]] |location=Norman, Oklahoma|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031065417/http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/anticipationandflattening.htm |archive-date=October 31, 2011}}</ref> Gimli is played by [[John Rhys-Davies]], who gave the character a "Welsh-derived" accent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sibley |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Sibley |title=The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Official Movie Guide |date=2013 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_YUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 |isbn=978-0007498079 |page=27 |quote=John Rhys-Davies' distinctive Welsh-derived accent for Gimli was adopted by New Zealanders John Callen and Peter Hambleton in portraying characters who are Gimli's father [Gloin] and uncle [Oin].}}</ref>

In Jackson's [[The Hobbit (film trilogy)|three-film adaptation]] of ''The Hobbit'', Thorin is portrayed by [[Richard Armitage (actor)|Richard Armitage]], with [[Ken Stott]] as Balin, [[Graham McTavish]] as Dwalin, [[Aidan Turner]] as Kíli, [[Dean O'Gorman]] as Fíli, [[Mark Hadlow]] as Dori, [[Jed Brophy]] as Nori, [[Adam Brown (actor)|Adam Brown]] as Ori, [[John Callen]] as Óin, [[Peter Hambleton]] as Glóin, [[William Kircher]] as Bifur, [[James Nesbitt]] as Bofur, and [[Stephen Hunter]] as Bombur. Jackson's films introduce a story arc not found in the original novel, in which Kili and the Elf [[Tauriel]] (a character also invented for the films) fall in love.<ref>{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Sims |title='The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug': First look at Evangeline Lilly as new character Tauriel  |date=5 June 2013 |website=Hypable |url=http://www.hypable.com/2013/06/05/the-hobbit-2-desolation-of-smaug-evangeline-lilly-tauriel/ |access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref>

=== Role-playing games ===

[[File:Dwarves.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Dwarves at the [[Council of Elrond]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'']]

In [[Iron Crown Enterprises]]' ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'' (1986), Dwarf player-characters receive statistical bonuses to Strength and Constitution, and subtractions from Presence, Agility and Intelligence. Seven "Dwarven Kindreds", named after each of the founding fathers—Durin, Bávor, Dwálin, Thrár, Druin, Thelór and Bárin—are given in ''The Lords of Middle-earth—Volume III'' (1989).<ref>{{cite book |title=Lords of Middle-earth |volume=III |publisher=[[Berkley Publishing]] |location=New York City|year=1989 |isbn=978-1-55806-052-4 |oclc=948478096}}</ref>

In [[Decipher Inc.]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game]]'' (2001), based on the Jackson films, Dwarf player-characters get bonuses to Vitality and Strength attributes and must be given craft skills.<ref name="Long 2002">{{cite book |last=Long |first=Steven |title=The Lord of the rings roleplaying game: core book |publisher=Decipher |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-58236-951-8 |oclc=51570885}}</ref><!--In the ''Dwarves of Middle-earth'' (2003) supplement, the seven Dwarf Lords and their houses are named as Durin, Sindri, Linnar, Var, Uri, Thulin and Vigdis.-->

In the real-time strategy game ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'', and its [[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king|expansion]], both based on the Jackson films, Dwarves are heavily influenced by classical military practice, and use throwing axes, war hammers, spears, and circular shields. One dwarf unit is the [[Phalanx formation|"Phalanx"]], similar to its [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] counterpart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle for Middle-earth II - The Dwarves |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/21/battle-for-middle-earth-ii-the-dwarves |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref>