Peter Hambleton — New Zealander Actor born on December 30, 1960,

Peter Hambleton is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Well known in the Wellington theatre scene, he has played ornithologist Walter Buller in the 2006 play Dr Buller's Birds and Charles Darwin in the 2009 play Collapsing Creation. He played the Dwarf Glóin in the The Hobbit film series and Mike Johnson in an episode of the 1999 TV miniseries A Twist in the Tale... (wikipedia)

Dwarves are very much of the earth and feel connected to the earth; considering gravity, their weight is low, but they're not small.
The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.
Apparently, Stephen Hunter does a fantastic barbecue lamb.
I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts.
Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world.