 Stephen Thorne voiced the character in BBC Radio's 1981 serialization.In Peter Jackson's films "" (2002) and "" (2003), Treebeard is a combination of a large animatronic model and a CGI construct; his voice is performed by John Rhys-Davies, who also portrays Gimli.A 6-metre-high sculpture of Treebeard by Tolkien's great-nephew Tim Tolkien received planning permission in Birmingham, where Tolkien grew up.