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Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal National Theatre. He portrayed the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014).
Balin : Don't mind him, laddie. Thorin has more cause than most to hate Orcs. After the dragon took the Lonely Mountain, King Thror tried to reclaim the ancient dwarf kingdom of Moria... but our enemy had got there first. Moria had been taken by legions of Orcs, led by the most vile of all their race, Azog the Defiler.
During the events contained in The Hobbit, Balin served the expedition as primary look-out. He became close to Bilbo during the quest to recapture the wealth of the Kingdom under the Mountain, and seven years later he and Gandalf paid a second visit to Bag End.
Balin featured in the 1977 Rankin/Bass animated film of The Hobbit; in Peter Jackson's 2012–2014 live-action film series, where he is portrayed by Ken Stott as reluctant to search for lost gold and sympathetic to Bilbo; and in the 2003 video game adaptation where he is voiced by Victor Raider-Wexler.
The Hobbit film trilogy. In Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, he was portrayed by Scottish actor Ken Stott. The studio released the following statement regarding Balin in the films: A descendant of nobility and a Dwarf Lord in his own right, Balin is one of the oldest members of The Company of Dwarves.
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Dec 5, 2021 · As played by Ken Stott, Balin is the eldest of the dwarves, the right hand of Thorin, and a kind, grandfatherly presence in the company.
