Beowulf is an Old English epic poem. Beowulf may also refer to: Fictional characters Beowulf (hero), the main character of the poem Beowulf (DC Comics), a DC Comics character Beowulf (Dune), a character in the Dune book series Beowulf Shaeffer, a character in the works of Larry Niven in his Known Space universe Beowulf, a playable character in the video game Skullgirls Media Beowulf (1999 film), a science fiction fantasy action film Beowulf & Grendel, a 2005 film Beowulf (2007 film), an animated picture by Robert Zemeckis Beowulf (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to 2007 film Beowulf: The Game, a video game based on the 2007 film Beowulf: The Legend, a 2005 board game Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, a 2016 British TV series Weapons .50 Beowulf, a high-power round used mainly in modified AR-15 rifles Beowulf, a set of gauntlets and greaves received by the player after defeating a character of the same name in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Other Beowülf, a 1980s thrash metal band based in Venice, California Beowulf cluster, a high-performance computing cluster built from ubiquitous commodity hardware, such as PCs or single-board computers Beowulf Mining, a Sweden-focused exploratory mining company Operation Beowulf, two German plans to occupy the Moonsund archipelago during World War II , a German Siegfried-class coastal defense ship built around 1890 See also List of artistic depictions of Beowulf