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The Squint was a Man of Bree and father of the Squint-eyed Southerner who worked as an assassin, mercenary and bandit along with his partner in crime Bill Ferny Sr.
His character was invented for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and is thus non-canonical.
In adaptations[]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug[]
In TA 2941, the Squint was hired by Azog, along with his partner Bill Ferny Sr. to assassinate Thorin II Oakenshield and found him in Bree at The Prancing Pony but failed to kill him due to the appearance of Gandalf and had later left the inn by the time of the wizard's warning to Thorin about someone planning to murder him.
Behind the scenes[]
The Squint was portrayed by Matt Smith in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and due to his name, he was the non-canonical father of the Squint-eyed Southerner.