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"He's dead. Took a little tumble off the cliff."

—Sharku to Legolas and Gimli, about Aragorn

Sharku was the veteran Orc from Isengard leading Saruman's Warg-Riders. He only appears in the film adaptation of The Two Towers.

Portrayal in adaptations

Peter Jackson's The Two Towers

Sharkutoppic — Sharku during the attack on Rohan

Saruman's nickname "Sharkey" was stated in a footnote to be a corruption of the word 'sharku'. While Sharku is not a Uruk jockey, it is unclear if all of his Orcs are, or just most of them. He may have had an elite group of normal, but experienced, Orcs, along with the larger jockey group.

In the second film of Peter Jackson's film trilogy, Sharku is sent by Saruman with a large group of Isengard Orcs on Wargs to attack the people of Rohan who are trying to reach the fortress of Helm's Deep. Aragorn has a short struggle with Sharku on his warg, where, as Sharku tries to knock him off the Warg, Sharku is stabbed in the chest by Aragorn's Elven knife. The Warg, in an attempt to throw Aragorn off, gallops towards the ledge of a cliff. Sharku then falls off his Warg and is trampled. Aragorn becomes stuck to the Warg's saddle and tumbles to his supposed death. Unable to find Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli threaten a dying Sharku who reveals Aragorn's fate before expiring.

He was acted by Peter Jackson's friend Jed Brophy.

Video games

Sharku BFMEII — Sharku in *The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II*.

Sharku appears in the The Two Towers video game and in The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. He is also a hero in the game Battle for Middle-earth II for the Isengard faction.

Shown in the Top Trumps card game, Sharku is said to have been 5,000 years old and a veteran of the Goblin Wars, though this is not canon.

Voice dubbing actors

Foreign Language	Voice dubbing artist
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)	Mauro Castro
Spanish (Latin America)	Eduardo Fonseca
Spanish (Spain)	Lucas Cisneros
German	Reinhard Scheunemann

Etymology

"Sharku" is Black Speech for "Old Man".^[2]

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112400/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"

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[imdb-1] ttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112400/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8

[2] The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"

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-|Caption= '''Sharku''' in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Two Towers (film)|The Two Towers]]''.
+|Caption= '''Sharku''' in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Two Towers (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
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 |title= Captain of the [[Warg-Riders]]
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-{{Quote|He's dead. Took a little tumble off the cliff.|Sharku mocking Legolas and Gimli with the apparent death of Aragorn.}}
+{{Quote|He's dead. Took a little tumble off the cliff.|Sharku to Legolas and Gimli, about Aragorn}}
-'''Sharku''' was the veteran [[Orc]] from [[Isengard]] leading [[Saruman]]'s [[Warg-Riders]]. He only appears in the film adaptation of ''[[The Two Towers (film)|The Two Towers]]''.
+'''Sharku''' was the veteran [[Orc]] from [[Isengard]] leading [[Saruman]]'s [[Warg-Riders]]. He only appears in the [[The Two Towers (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[The Two Towers (novel)|The Two Towers]]''.
 ==Portrayal in adaptations==
 ===Peter Jackson's The Two Towers===
-[[File:Sharkutoppic.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Sharku during the attack on Rohan.]]
+[[File:Sharkutoppic.jpg|thumb|175px|Sharku during the attack on Rohan]]
-Saruman's nickname Sharkey was stated in a footnote to be a corruption of the word 'sharku'. While Sharku is not a Uruk jockey, it is unclear if all of his Orcs are, or just most of them. He may have had an elite group of normal, but experienced, Orcs, along with the larger ''jockey'' group.
+Saruman's nickname "Sharkey" was stated in a footnote to be a corruption of the word 'sharku'. While Sharku is not a Uruk jockey, it is unclear if all of his Orcs are, or just most of them. He may have had an elite group of normal, but experienced, Orcs, along with the larger ''jockey'' group.
-In the 2nd film, Sharku is sent by Saruman with a large group of [[Isengard Orcs]] on Wargs to attack the people of Rohan who are trying to reach the fortress of [[Helm's Deep]]. [[Aragorn]] has a short struggle with Sharku on his [[warg]], where, as Sharku tries to knock him off the Warg, Sharku is stabbed in the chest by Aragorn's [[Elven]] knife. The Warg, in an attempt to throw Aragorn off, gallops towards the ledge of a cliff. Sharku then falls off his Warg and is trampled. Aragorn becomes stuck to the Warg's saddle and tumbles to his supposed death. Unable to find Aragorn, [[Legolas]] and [[Gimli]] threaten a dying Sharku who reveals Aragorn's fate before expiring. ([[The Two Towers (film)]])
+In the second film of Peter Jackson's film trilogy, Sharku is sent by Saruman with a large group of [[Isengard Orcs]] on Wargs to attack the people of Rohan who are trying to reach the fortress of [[Helm's Deep]]. [[Aragorn]] has a short struggle with Sharku on his [[warg]], where, as Sharku tries to knock him off the Warg, Sharku is stabbed in the chest by Aragorn's [[Elven]] knife. The Warg, in an attempt to throw Aragorn off, gallops towards the ledge of a cliff. Sharku then falls off his Warg and is trampled. Aragorn becomes stuck to the Warg's saddle and tumbles to his supposed death. Unable to find Aragorn, [[Legolas]] and [[Gimli]] threaten a dying Sharku who reveals Aragorn's fate before expiring.
+He was acted by [[Peter Jackson]]'s friend [[Jed Brophy]].
 ===Video games===
-====The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II====
 [[File:Sharku BFMEII.jpg|thumb|right|Sharku in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]''.]]
+Sharku appears in the ''The Two Towers'' video game and in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age]]''. He is also a hero in the game ''[[Battle for Middle-earth II]]'' for the Isengard faction.
+Shown in the [[Top Trumps]] card game, Sharku is said to have been 5,000 years old and a veteran of the Goblin Wars, though this is not [[canon]].
-Sharku appears in The Two Towers video game and in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age]]''. He is also a hero in the game ''[[Battle for Middle-earth II]]'' for the Isengard faction.
+===Voice dubbing actors===
-Shown in the [[Top Trumps]] card game, Sharku is said to have been 5,000 years old and a veteran of the Goblin Wars. However, as it was necessary to fabricate characteristics and back stories for use in the game, this should not be taken as [[canon]] information. In the film version of The Two Towers, the actor who portrays Sharku is [[Peter Jackson]]'s good friend [[Jed Brophy]].
-==Etymology==
-"Sharku" is [[Black Speech]] for "Old Man".<ref>''The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King,'' Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"</ref>
-==Portrayal in adaptations==
-===Voice Dubbing actors===
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-==References==
+==Etymology==
+"Sharku" is [[Black Speech]] for "Old Man".<ref>''The Lord of the Rings'', ''The Return of the King,'' Book Six, Chapter VIII: "[[The Scouring of the Shire]]"</ref>
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+==References==
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