Directed by Dome Karukoski Written by David Gleeson   Stephen Beresford   Cast Nicholas Hoult ... J.R.R. Tolkien Al Bollands ... First Soldier Kallum Tolkien ... Second Soldier Craig Roberts ... Private Sam Hodges Harry Gilby ... J.R.R. Tolkien (Young) Colm Meaney ... Father Francis Laura Donnelly ... Mabel Tolkien Guillermo Bedward ... Hilary Tolkien (Young) Nia Gwynne ... Bronwen Pam Ferris ... Mrs. Faulkner Adrian Schiller ... English Master Albie Marber ... Robert Gilson (Young) Ty Tennant ... Christopher Wiseman (Young) Adam Bregman ... Geoffrey Smith (Young) Tony Nash ... Mackintosh Michael Bryceson ... Goodson-Thomas Andrew Bissell ... Rugby Coach Owen Teale ... Headmaster Gilson Mimi Keene ... Edith Bratt (Young) Sian Crisp ... Waitress Patrick Gibson ... Robert Gilson Anthony Boyle ... Geoffrey Smith Tom Glynn-Carney ... Christopher Wiseman Lily Collins ... Edith Bratt Antony Barlow ... Maître d' (as Antony Raymond Barlow) James MacCallum ... Hilary Tolkien David Puckridge ... Box Office Man David Bromley ... Schoolmaster Lara Maguire ... Rose Holly Dempster ... Beryl Jane Dixon-Rowland ... Mary Genevieve O'Reilly ... Mrs. Smith David Birkbeck ... Porter Colin Burnie ... Professor #1 (as Colin Macdonald Burnie) Derek Jacobi ... Professor Wright Andy Orchard ... Professor #2 Frank Kerr ... Drunken Student Rob Rhys Bond ... Photographer Joel Phillimore ... Lieutenant John Bradfield ... Student Mia Woods ... Priscilla Tolkien (Child) Sienna Woods ... Priscilla Tolkien (Child) Paul Gurcel Escudero ... Michael Tolkien (Child) Harry Webster ... John Tolkien Jnr. (Child) Jack Riley ... Christopher Tolkien (Child) Uncredited Cast Shafi Choudhury ... Moroccan Waiter Robert Cox ... Sailor Adam Darlington ... Bargeman Gary Davies ... Professor / Middle Class Gent Pamela DeAbreu ... Rugby Spectator Shane Griffin ... Student Anthony G Hamer ... Blacksmith / Lower Class Man Patricia Hammond ... Edwardian Singer Daniel Hopkins ... Middle Class Gentleman James Hunter ... Oxford Student Ray g Johnson ... Sleeping library man Nigel Lowe ... Blacksmith Sally McNamara ... Woman in Library Aaron Neil ... Sergeant Kahn Martin Partington ... Soldier Andrew Rawlinson-Heath ... WW1 soldier John Alan Roberts ... WW1 British Sergeant / sikh Sergeant Adam Smith ... White Knight Danny Stafford ... Barge Man Ryan Wiseman ... Student Connor Wolf ... Student Kevin Zen ... Gandalf Produced by Peter Chernin   Dan Finlay   David Greenbaum   Sarada McDermott   David Ready   Kris Thykier   Jenno Topping   Original Music by Thomas Newman

Additional Info Premiere: May 03, 2019 Theatrical Release: May 10, 2019 DVD Release: August 06, 2019 Blu-ray Release: August 06, 2019 Country: Distributor: Fox Searchlight Websites: Production Companies Searchlight Pictures Chernin Entertainment Distributors Searchlight Pictures   (2019) (USA) (theatrical) (through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures   (2019) (USA) (theatrical) (through) Twentieth Century Fox   (2019) (USA) (theatrical) (through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.8 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,505 / 20,886 Site Ranking #2,501 Clash Of The Titans (1981) #2,502 Idle Hands (1999) #2,503 Scream Queens: Season 1 (2015) #2,504 Scream Queens: Season 2 (2016) #2,505 Tolkien (2019) #2,506 Dog (2022) #2,507 Cradle 2 The Grave (2003) #2,508 Teeth (2007) #2,509 DOA: Dead Or Alive (2006)