Frodo Baggins is a fictional character created by J. R. R. Tolkien. Frodo Baggins is the lead character in The Lord of the Rings. He is a hobbit who finds Sauron’s Ring and sets out to take it to Mount
Doom to destroy it. Baggins first appears in The Fellowship of the Ring. His parents die when he is twelve; he is then adopted by Bilbo Baggins.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien penned the Lord of the Rings trilogy that introduced readers to Middle Earth. The first volume in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, was published in 1954; the second volume, The Two Towers, was published in 1954; and the concluding volume, The Return of the King, was published in 1955. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was adapted for the big screen by director Peter Jackson between 2001 and 2003. Actor Elijah Wood portrayed Frodo Baggins.
