J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth is arguably the most beloved media franchise of all time, and since the release of The Hobbit in 1937, the series has spawned a long list of beloved characters.

The same can be said about many of the Hobbit characters, though certainly not for all of them. While Gandalf will always be a pop culture icon, Smaug and Bard added to the long list of legendary ...

And there you have ten characters the Hobbit trilogy has got spot on ... which is why he has been excluded from this list. One of the greatest things about all the Middle Earth movies is that ...