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