Directed by Peter Jackson Written by Fran Walsh   Philippa Boyens   Peter Jackson   Guillermo del Toro   J.R.R. Tolkien   Cast Ian McKellen ... Gandalf Martin Freeman ... Bilbo Richard Armitage ... Thorin Ken Stott ... Balin Graham McTavish ... Dwalin William Kircher ... Bifur James Nesbitt ... Bofur Stephen Hunter ... Bombur Dean O'Gorman ... Fili Aidan Turner ... Kili John Callen ... Oin Peter Hambleton ... Gloin Jed Brophy ... Nori Mark Hadlow ... Dori Adam Brown ... Ori Orlando Bloom ... Legolas Evangeline Lilly ... Tauriel Lee Pace ... Thranduil Cate Blanchett ... Galadriel Hugo Weaving ... Elrond Christopher Lee ... Saruman Ian Holm ... Old Bilbo Benedict Cumberbatch ... Smaug / Necromancer (voice) Mikael Persbrandt ... Beorn Sylvester McCoy ... Radagast Luke Evans ... Bard Stephen Fry ... Master of Laketown Ryan Gage ... Alfrid John Bell ... Bain Peggy Nesbitt ... Sigrid Mary Nesbitt ... Tilda Manu Bennett ... Azog John Tui ... Bolg Billy Connolly ... Dain Mark Mitchinson ... Braga Kelly Kilgour ... Soury Sarah Peirse ... Hilda Bianca Nick Blake ... Percy Simon London ... Feren Conan Stevens ... Keeper of the Dungeons Allan Smith ... Ragash Miranda Harcourt ... Olga Thomasin McKenzie ... Astrid Erin Banks ... Lobelia Sackville Baggins Brian Hotter ... Otho Sackville Baggins Timothy Bartlett ... Master Worrywort Merv Smith ... Tosser Grubb Martin Kwok ... Ragash (voice) Dee Bradley Baker ... Creature Voices (voice) Olof Johnsson ... Creature Voices (voice) Jon Olson ... Creature Voices (voice) Otep Shamaya ... Creature Voices (voice) Debra Wilson ... Creature Voices (voice) Uncredited Cast Genevieve Aitken ... Elf Ruby Ashbourne Serkis ... Girl in Laketown Mark Atkin ... Dwarf Child Dimetrius Baccellia ... Laketowner Jim Baltaxe ... Laketowner Rodney Bane ... Laketown Refugee Cory Beeston ... Orc Jack Binding ... Laketowner Terry Binding ... Laketowner Gerry Blair ... Dwarf / Fighting Orc Danielle Blake ... Laketowner with Dogs Dorothy Anne Bonner ... Villager Antoni Botica ... Dwarf / Gundabad Orc Billy Boyd ... The Balladeer (voice) Riley Brophy ... Laketowner Mel Buchanan ... Laketowner Rosalie Button ... Laketown Refugee Luc Campbell ... Cute Young Hobbit Barry Carter ... Dale swordsmith Vanessa Cater ... Laketown Refugee Anne Chamberlain ... Laketown Woman Colleen Cleary ... Laketowner Yvette Cottam ... Laketowner Paul Craze ... Laketowner Joan Dawe ... Laketown Refugee Shane Dawson ... Laketown Refugee Karl Dickson ... Laketown Guard / Villager Corrin Ellingford ... Laketown Guard Michael M. Foster ... Somber Villager Paul Gaudin ... Laketowner Rachel Gilkison ... Laketowner Calum Gittins ... Elf Warrior Stephen Gledhill ... Old Gammidge Stephen Grey ... Orc Jamie Haugh ... Somber Villager Albert Heimuli ... Laketown Refugee Chris Hewer ... Laketowner Christian Hipolito ... Laketowner Kathryn Briggs Hobbs ... Laketowner Martin Howells ... Laketowner Alex Ishikawa ... Laketown Citizen Billy Jackson ... Laketown Refugee Katie Jackson ... Girl in Laketown Peter Jackson ... Bilbo's Father on Picture Ben Johnson-Frow ... Dwarf Soldier Cameron Jones ... Thranduil's Lieutenant Beau Karolos ... Orc Fern Karun ... Laketowner K.C. Kelly ... Laketowner Paul Kingdom ... Dwarf Soldier Hrvoje Klecz ... Laketowner Kristi Kleijn ... Laketowner Alex Kuzelicki ... Laketowner David Lancaster ... Elf Jace Lee ... Laketown Guard / Mirkwood Elf Phil Mackie ... Laketown Guard Asofa Manase ... Laketowner Simon McArthur ... Laketowner Shirley McGregor ... Laketowner Dra McKay ... Laketown Woman Carlton McRae ... Laketowner Liz Merton ... Laketowner Iain Middleton ... Laketowner Joseph Mika-Hunt ... Laketowner Helena Millett ... Laketown Refugee Keith Mole ... Laketown Civilian Dominic Monaghan ... Laketowner Craig Morgan ... Elf Kate Mulligan ... Laketowner Stephen Murdoch ... Laketown Refugee Linda Murrell ... Laketowner Jimmy James Nielsen ... Laketowner Hilary Norris ... Laketown Woman Terry Notary ... Laketown Refugee Stephen O'Neill ... Laketowner Philip Partridge ... Orc Lise Perichon ... Laketowner Derek Price ... Laketowner Shane Rangi ... Laketown Refugee Daniel Rathbon ... Laketowner Leon Reedijk ... Laketowner Chris Reilly ... Dwarf Lieutenant Gabriela Roque López ... Laketowner Vincent Roxburgh ... Gundabad Orc Eric Saindon ... Laketown Guard Michelle Scullion ... Laketowner Tony Shaw ... Laketowner Marco Sinigaglia ... Elf / Laketowner Jeff Slaven ... Laketowner Dianne Smith ... Laketowner Ryan Tarran ... Orc Jacob Tomuri ... Somber Villager Manuela Vetters ... Laketowner Tui Vincent ... Dale Citizen Daniel Christopher White ... Elf Richard Whiteside ... Laketown Guard Christopher Winchester ... Laketowner Nikky Winchester ... Laketowner Produced by Carolyn Blackwood   Philippa Boyens   Carolynne Cunningham   Matthew Dravitzki   Toby Emmerich   Alan F. Horn   Peter Jackson   Ken Kamins   Eric Monette   Eileen Moran   Amanda Walker   Fran Walsh   Zane Weiner   Original Music by Howard Shore

Additional Info Premiere: December 01, 2014 Theatrical Release: December 17, 2014 DVD Release: March 24, 2015 Blu-ray Release: March 24, 2015 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) WingNut Films 3Foot7 Distributors Warner Bros.   (2014) (USA) (theatrical) Fathom Events   (2015) (USA) (theatrical) (Extended Edition) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) KVH Media Group   (2015) (World-wide) (all media) (Ships) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2020) (USA) (all media) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy) Warner Home Video   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) Warner Home Video   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) (Extended Edition) Warner Home Video   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) (The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy) Warner Home Video   (2015) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2016) (USA) (Blu-ray) (Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector's Edition Box Set) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #265 / 20,725 Site Ranking #261 Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) #262 Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975) #263 Back To The Future Part II (1989) #264 Green Book (2018) #265 The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014) #266 Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) #267 The Witcher: Season 1 (2019) #268 Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011) #269 Oppenheimer (2023)