During the 2004 Oscar season, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King pulled off a rare clean sweep of every Academy Award it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director for ...

As King of the Dwarves in the new «Hobbit» trilogy, Richard Armitage plays Thorin Oakenshield. We interviewed him, and he openly discussed his role and the film's ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – It wasn’t exactly what Richard Armitage had in mind when he was told to report to boot camp. Playing Thorin Oakenshield, a dwarf king in exile in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected ...

Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) is the son of Thrain and the steadfast, outspoken leader of the 13 dwarves. Thorin cut off Azog's arm after the leader of the Orc army beheaded his grandfather, ...

Richard Armitage came to the set of Peter Jackson”s “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” primed for combat. The last installment of Jackson”s three-part adaptation of Tolkien”s novel features ...

<br>Thorin Oakenshield—technically Thorin II*—is the one dwarf you won’t forget. He’s the leader of the company that disrupts Bilbo’s pastoral idyll in the Shire en route to reclaiming his people’s ...

Special leather and fur shoes helped bring Armitage down to size for the role He starred in a stage production of 'The Hobbit' as a child He's best known in Britain, where he's a regular on BBC TV ...

Richard Armitage came to the New Zealand set of Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” primed for combat. The concluding installment of Jackson’s three-part adaptation of J.R.R.