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Ian Holm

Born: 1931

Biography

Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in films. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II. Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role in the 1998 West End production of King Lear. For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear (1998), and the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2003). He gained acclaim for his role in The Bofors Gun (1968) winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award win for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981). Other notable films he appeared in include Alien (1979), Brazil (1985), Henry V (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and The Aviator (2004). He gained wider appreciation for his role as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He also voiced Chef Skinner in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Died 19/06/2020

Resources

Movies

The Fifth Element

Cornelius in The Fifth Element

Brazil

Mr. Kurtzmann in Brazil

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Garden State

Gideon Largeman in Garden State

The Day After Tomorrow

Terry Rapson in The Day After Tomorrow

Ratatouille

Skinner (voice) in Ratatouille

From Hell

Sir William Gull in From Hell

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Baron Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The Sweet Hereafter

Mitchell Stephens in The Sweet Hereafter

Animal Farm

Squealer (voice) in Animal Farm

Kafka

Dr. Murnau in Kafka

Hamlet

Polonius in Hamlet

Lord of War

Simeon Weisz in Lord of War

eXistenZ

Kiri Vinokur in eXistenZ

The Aviator

Professor Fitz in The Aviator

Bless the Child

Reverend Grissom in Bless the Child

Henry V

Captain Fluellen in Henry V

Naked Lunch

Tom Frost in Naked Lunch

The Man in the Iron Mask

Duval in The Man in the Iron Mask

All Quiet on the Western Front

Himmelstoss in All Quiet on the Western Front

Robin and Marian

King John in Robin and Marian

Les Misérables

Thénardier in Les Misérables

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

The Miracle Maker

Pontius Pilate (voice) in The Miracle Maker

Oh! What a Lovely War

President Poincare in Oh! What a Lovely War

The Madness of King George

Willis in The Madness of King George

Murder by the Book

Hercule Poirot in Murder by the Book

Another Woman

Ken in Another Woman

A Life Less Ordinary

Mr. Naville in A Life Less Ordinary

March or Die

El Krim in March or Die

Chariots of Fire

Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire

Strangers with Candy

Dr. Putney in Strangers with Candy

Dance with a Stranger

Desmond Cussen in Dance with a Stranger

Emma's Time

Mark Lang in Emma's Time

Juggernaut

Nicholas Porter in Juggernaut

Dreamchild

Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll in Dreamchild

Time Bandits

Napoleon in Time Bandits

Wisconsin Death Trip

Narrator (voice) in Wisconsin Death Trip

Alice Through the Looking Glass

White Knight in Alice Through the Looking Glass

Esther Kahn

Nathan Quellen in Esther Kahn

A Severed Head

Martin Lynch-Gibbon in A Severed Head

Night Falls on Manhattan

Liam Casey in Night Falls on Manhattan

Mary, Queen of Scots

David Riccio in Mary, Queen of Scots

Blue Ice

Sir Hector in Blue Ice

Chromophobia

Edward Aylesbury in Chromophobia

Young Winston

George E. Buckle in Young Winston

The Treatment

Dr. Ernesto Morales in The Treatment

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Old Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Shout at the Devil

Mohammed in Shout at the Devil

O Jerusalem

Ben Gurion in O Jerusalem

Big Night

Pascal in Big Night

Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

(voice) in Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

Loch Ness

Water Bailiff in Loch Ness

The Hour of the Pig

Albertus in The Hour of the Pig

The Emperor's New Clothes

Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand in The Emperor's New Clothes

S.O.S. Titanic

J. Bruce Ismay in S.O.S. Titanic

The Fixer

Grubeshov in The Fixer

Laughterhouse

Ben Singleton in Laughterhouse

Girls at Sea

Marine (uncredited) in Girls at Sea

A Little Fish in Deep Water

Narrator in A Little Fish in Deep Water

Tale of the Tides

Narrator in Tale of the Tides

The Wood Demon

Khrushchov in The Wood Demon

Uncle Vanya

Astrov in Uncle Vanya

The Cherry Orchard

Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard

The Homecoming

Lenny in The Homecoming

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Old Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Joe Gould's Secret

Joe Gould in Joe Gould's Secret

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Narrator (voice) in The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Prisoner of Paradise

Narrator (voice) in Prisoner of Paradise

Wetherby

Stanley Pilborough in Wetherby

The Thief of Baghdad

The Gatekeeper in The Thief of Baghdad

Landscape

Duff in Landscape

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Return of the Soldier

Doctor Anderson in The Return of the Soldier

Discovering Hamlet

Polonius (archive footage) in Discovering Hamlet

The Last Romantics

F.R. Leavis in The Last Romantics

Rope

Granillo in Rope

King Lear

King Lear in King Lear

The Wars of the Roses

King Richard III in The Wars of the Roses

Beautiful Joe

George The Geek in Beautiful Joe

A Season of Giants

Lorenzo de' Medici in A Season of Giants

The Deep Blue Sea

Sir William Collyer in The Deep Blue Sea

Shergar

Joseph Maguire in Shergar

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

Self - Narrator (voice) in Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

Little Red Riding Hood

Don Mini in Little Red Riding Hood

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Patrick in The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Inside the Third Reich

Dr. Joseph Goebbels in Inside the Third Reich

The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor in The Tailor of Gloucester

Moonlight on the Highway

in Moonlight on the Highway

The Paradise Suite

Jamie Norton in The Paradise Suite

Edward the Confessor

Edward Gobey in Edward the Confessor

Funny

Huw in Funny

Omri's Burning

Omri in Omri's Burning

Alien

Ash in Alien

The End of the Line

Reverend P. Bagley in The End of the Line

D-Day 6.6.1944

Narrator (voice) in D-Day 6.6.1944

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

Self in A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

Frankenstein

Frankenstein / The Monster in Frankenstein

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

Polonius (archive footage) in Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

Eustace Edgehill in Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

The Real Middle Earth

Narrator in The Real Middle Earth

Soft Targets

Alexei in Soft Targets

The Misanthrope

Alceste in The Misanthrope

The Match

Big Tam in The Match

The Endless Game

Control in The Endless Game

The Browning Version

Andrew Crocker-Harris in The Browning Version

The Lost Boys

J.M. Barrie in The Lost Boys

The Bofors Gun

Gunner Flynn in The Bofors Gun

Incognito

John (uncredited) in Incognito

The Beast Within: Making Alien

(archive footage) in The Beast Within: Making Alien

The Queen of Trees

Narrator in The Queen of Trees

Simon Magus

Sirius / Boris / The Devil in Simon Magus

Nicholas and Alexandra

Yakovlev in Nicholas and Alexandra

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

Narrator (voice) in Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

The Cost of Treachery

Narrator in The Cost of Treachery

The Kingdom of Fun

Narrator in The Kingdom of Fun

Opus

Lenny (The Homecoming) in Opus

The Last Dragon

Narrator in The Last Dragon

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Lech Walesa in Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Flayed

The Man in Flayed

Cry From Home

Narrator in Cry From Home

The Fishing Party

Narrator in The Fishing Party

Jesus Of Nazareth

Zerah in Jesus Of Nazareth

The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor (voice) in The Tailor of Gloucester

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald) in The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

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