Ian Holm
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Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (September 12, 1931 – June 19, 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.
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The Fifth Element (1997)
as Cornelius
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Bilbo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
as Bilbo
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
as Old Bilbo Baggins
Ratatouille (2007)
as Skinner (voice)
Alien (1979)
as Ash
Alien: Romulus (2024)
as Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
as Old Bilbo Baggins
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
as Terry Rapson
The Aviator (2004)
as Professor Fitz
Lord of War (2005)
as Simeon Weisz
eXistenZ (1999)
as Kiri Vinokur
From Hell (2001)
as Sir William Gull
Brazil (1985)
as Mr. Kurtzmann
Loch Ness (1996)
as Water Bailiff
Garden State (2004)
as Gideon Largeman
Juggernaut (1974)
as Nicholas Porter
Chromophobia (2006)
as Edward Aylesbury
Dreamchild (1985)
as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
Time Bandits (1981)
as Napoleon
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Baron Frankenstein
Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Sam Mussabini
Big Night (1996)
as Pascal
Naked Lunch (1991)
as Tom Frost
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
as Mitchell Stephens
Blue Ice (1992)
as Sir Hector
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
Uncle Vanya (1991)
as Astrov
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
as Himmelstoss
Robin and Marian (1976)
as King John
Henry V (1989)
as Captain Fluellen
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
as Mr. Naville
The Madness of King George (1994)
as Willis
Flayed (1978)
as The Man
Strangers with Candy (2006)
as Dr. Putney
The Match (1999)
as Big Tam
Hamlet (1990)
as Polonius
Shout at the Devil (1976)
as Mohammed
March or Die (1977)
as El Krim
Chappaquiddick (1994)
as Narrator
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
as Yakovlev
Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
as Liam Casey
Bless the Child (2000)
as Reverend Grissom
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
as Desmond Cussen
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
as Duval
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington (1975)
as Mr. Garrick
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
as Patrick
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
as J. Bruce Ismay
Another Woman (1988)
as Ken
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Albertus
Bloody Sunday (1991)
as Narrator
Kafka (1991)
as Dr. Murnau
Animal Farm (1999)
as Squealer (voice)
Little Red Riding Hood (1995)
as Don Mini
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002)
as Self
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as David Riccio
The Miracle Maker (2000)
as Pontius Pilate (voice)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as President Poincare
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
as White Knight
Young Winston (1972)
as George E. Buckle
The Fixer (1968)
as Grubeshov
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
as Eustace Edgehill
Rope (1957)
as Granillo
The Deep Blue Sea (1994)
as Sir William Collyer
Occupied Palestine (1981)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last Romantics (1992)
as F.R. Leavis
The Salesman (1970)
as Salesman
Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
as Joe Gould
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
as The Gatekeeper
Incognito (1997)
as John (uncredited)
Beautiful Joe (2000)
as George The Geek
D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
as Puck
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester (1993)
as The Tailor (voice)
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004)
as Self
Les Misérables (1978)
as Thénardier
O Jerusalem (2006)
as Ben Gurion
The Browning Version (1985)
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Landscape (1995)
as Duff
Simon Magus (1999)
as Sirius / Boris / The Devil
The End of the Line (1970)
as Reverend P. Bagley
The Return of the Soldier (1983)
as Doctor Anderson
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Wetherby (1985)
as Stanley Pilborough
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real (2004)
as Narrator
The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2006)
as Self
Ramsey (1977)
as Bill Ramsey
Esther Kahn (2000)
as Nathan Quellen
A Severed Head (1971)
as Martin Lynch-Gibbon
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Polonius (archive footage)
A Season of Giants (1990)
as Lorenzo de' Medici
The Wars of the Roses (1965)
as King Richard III
Girls at Sea (1958)
as Marine (uncredited)
The Treat (1972)
as Gordon
Dancing in the Rain (1986)
as Narrator (voice)
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
as Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
The Treatment (2007)
as Dr. Ernesto Morales
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
as Trofimov
Edward the Confessor (1969)
as Edward Gobey
Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Frankenstein (1968)
as Frankenstein / The Monster
The Wood Demon (1974)
as Khrushchov
The Endless Game (1989)
as Control
King Lear (1998)
as King Lear
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981)
as Lech Walesa
Murder by the Book (1986)
as Hercule Poirot
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano (1983)
as Narrator (voice)
Shergar (1999)
as Joseph Maguire
Laughterhouse (1984)
as Ben Singleton
Omri's Burning (1969)
as Omri
The Misanthrope (1980)
as Alceste
The Bofors Gun (1968)
as Gunner Flynn
The Queen of Trees (2005)
as Narrator
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom (1994)
as (voice)
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989)
as The Tailor
Moonlight on the Highway (1969)
as David Peters
The Real Middle Earth (2007)
as Narrator
Emma's Time (1970)
as Mark Lang
A Little Fish in Deep Water (1996)
as Narrator
The Kingdom of Fun (1989)
as Narrator
Tale of the Tides (1998)
as Narrator
The Homecoming (1973)
as Lenny
Children in Crossfire (1974)
as Narrator
Opus (1967)
as Lenny (The Homecoming)
The Paradise Suite (1963)
as Jamie Norton
The Lost Boys (1978)
as J.M. Barrie
Soft Targets (1982)
as Alexei
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen (1992)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Cost of Treachery (1984)
as Narrator
Prisoner of Paradise (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Funny (1971)
as Huw
Visions of Power (1985)
as Narrator
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
The Fishing Party (1986)
as Narrator
Cry From Home (1986)
as Narrator
Only a Game (1974)
as Narrator