Beowulf (disambiguation)

Beowulf (disambiguation)

"Beowulf" is an Old English epic poem. The name, sometimes misspelled Beowolf, may also refer to:
*Beowulf (hero), the main character of the poem
*the Nowell Codex, the manuscript volume containing the poem

In film:

*"Beowulf" (1999 film), a 1999 motion picture starring Christopher Lambert, directed by Graham Baker
*"Beowulf & Grendel", a 2005 motion picture starring Gerard Butler, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson
*"Beowulf" (2007 film), a 2007 motion capture computer animated picture starring Ray Winstone, directed by Robert Zemeckis

In other media:

*"", a video-game, based on the 2007 movie by Robert Zemekis
*Kid Beowulf, a 2008 series of graphic novels by Alexis E. Fajardo, a prequel to the epic poem
*.50 Beowulf, a high-power round used mainly in modified AR-15 rifles
*Beowulf ("Blart"), a fictional character from the novel "Blart"
*Beowulf Shaeffer, a fictional character in the works of Larry Niven in his Known Space universe
*Beowulf (DC Comics), a fictional character published by DC Comics
*Beowulf ("Dune"), a character in the "Dune" cycle
*Beowulf (Honorverse), a fictional planet in the works of David Weber
*Beowulf (Los Angeles band), a 1980s heavy metal band based in Los Angeles, California
*Beowülf (Venice band), a 1980s crossover thrash band based in Venice, California

In computing:

*A Beowulf cluster is a high-performance computing cluster built from inexpensive PCs


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