I love him. He’s my inspiration.” The actor, who was born in Los Angeles, added his three-time Oscar winner father influenced his acting in subtle ways throughout his childhood. “I ate ...

Role Race Actor Lord of the Rohirrim Men Bernard ... From the Lord of the Rings' Gimli to The Hobbit's Thorin Oakenshield, ...

Thorin Oakenshield, the rightful heir, grew up haunted by the loss of his home and vowed to reclaim it. Determined, he gathered a company, including the unsuspecting Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins ...

I just did not expect to be gifted the original sword from the shoot." The actor played Thorin Oakenshield, the leader of the Company of Dwarves, in The Lord of the Rings prequel trilogy.

In doing so he became the world's first actor, and it is from him that we get the world thespian.

If one thing is for certain when it comes to show business, it’s that there is more than one road to becoming an actor or actress. Here are just a few ways that famous performers have found ...

Glamdring, which Gandalf later wielded, was the blade of King Turgon. Orcrist, which Thorin II Oakenshield wielded, was forged in Gondolin, where it slayed many an orc. Morgoth brought far more ...

Villain roles have traditionally performed well in the supporting actor category, with past winners such as Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”), Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds ...

Not only is the actor a beloved fixture of the British ... man who embodied the taciturn and brooding exiled dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit credits ...

If so, you may be the proud parent of a future child star. But even if they have natural talent, becoming an actor isn’t easy. And it can be even more complicated for parents overseeing their ...