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Gollum
Sméagol
Background information
Feature films The Lord of the Rings: The Felloship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Television programs
Video games
Park attractions
Actor Andy Serkis
Actress
Animators
Voice
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration
Awards
Character information
Other names Gollum, Trahald, Slinker, Stinker, Shelob's Sneak
Personality (Formerly): Kind, selfless, sweet, playful, friendly, remorseful, hapless, helpful, nice, funny, eccentric, tragic, childish, loyal

(Later): Ruthless, murderous, power-hungry, evil, aggressive, arrogant, greedy, delusional, manipulative, bipolar, violent, dissociative, psychotic, treacherous, cunning, intelligent, obsessive, sneaky, hostile, eccentric, vicious, tragic, envious, paranoid, vengeful

Appearance
Occupation Frodo Baggins's Servant and the Ring-Bearer (formerly)
A hobbit creature
Affiliations
Goal Obtain the One Ring and to prevent Frodo Baggins from destroying it by killing him and his friend, Sam (all failed)
Home
Friends He doesn't have any friends - nobody likes him
Enemies Deagol, Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee
Minions
Likes Having the precious for himself
Dislikes Having the ring destroyed
Powers and abilities Intelligence, Minority knowledge about the Rings, Fighting skills, Vicious genius, Vast knowledge of the paths to Mordor, Trickery, rock throwing, Manipulation, agility, skilled fisherman
Weapons
Fate Falls to his death in the lava
Quote
My precious...
~ Gollum's most famous line

Gollum, or originally known as Smeagol is a major character in JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth Legendarium. He is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Saruman) of the novel The Lord of the Rings and of Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptations. He is also a supporting antagonist in The Hobbit.

In the books, he is an unseen antagonist in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, one of the two main antagonists (alongside Saruman) in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and the secondary antagonist of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

In the movies, he is a minor antagonist in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, one of the two main antagonists (alongside Saruman) in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Sauron) of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

The name Gollum was derived from the disgusting gurgling, choking cough he made. His birth can be estimated to have happened in the year TA 2430 His death date is given as March 25, 3019. His life was extended far beyond its natural limits by the effects of possessing the One Ring. At the time of his death, Smeagol was about 589 years old, a remarkable age for a creature that was once a Hobbit, but he had been deformed and twisted in both body and mind by the corruption of the Ring. His chief desire was to possess the Ring that had enslaved him, and he pursued it for many years before Bilbo Baggins found it while walking in the Misty Mountains in the book The Hobbit.


Role[]

He is the central antihero of The Lord of the Rings - with Sauron as the main antagonist and Saruman as the secondary antagonist, and Morgoth as the overarching antagonist.

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