Unlike most Dwarves, Thorin, Fíli and Kíli had short beards in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, and Richard Armitage came up with the reason.

Thorin Oakenshield, the rightful heir, grew up haunted by the loss of his home and vowed to reclaim it. Determined, he gathered a company, including the unsuspecting Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins ...

The Hobbit trilogy includes An Unexpected Journey ... and 13 dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch).

Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them ...