Lawrence Makoare played Lurtz in The Fellowship of the Ring. Although Lurtz was not in J.R.R. Tolkien's original books, he is ...

The Fellowship of the Ring", Lurtz was the first of the Uruk-hai, a new breed of Orcs, leader of Saruman's scouts. Seconds after his birth, he choked the first Orc he saw to death, and when the ...

Since The Rings of Power will be taking ... prosthetics and chemicals have evolved since Orcs first started ruining the lives of the Fellowship and their allies. “Time has changed a lot ...

Ugly, violent creatures, orcs hate almost everyone and everything. That includes themselves. This is why it’s so interesting that The Rings of Power‘s orcs do not hate Adar. They also abhor ...

Zosha Millman (she/her) manages TV coverage at Polygon as an entertainment editor, but will happily write about movies, too. She’s been working as a journalist for more than 10 years. [Ed.

J.R.R. Tolkien did not invent orcs; version of them date back to at least the 10th century. But the author’s magnum opus The Lord of the Rings helped make them popular in modern times ...