Ciarán Hinds
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Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut. His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV. As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Aberforth Dumbledore
Frozen II (2019)
as Pabbie (voice)
Frozen (2013)
as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
as Steppenwolf (voice)
Justice League (2017)
as Steppenwolf (voice)
The Family Plan (2023)
as McCaffrey
There Will Be Blood (2007)
as Fletcher Hamilton
John Carter (2012)
as Tardos Mors
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as President Nemerov
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Alexei Zyuganov
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
as Roarke
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
as James McLaughlin
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
as Firmin
First Man (2018)
as Robert R. Gilruth
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
as Litvenko
In Bruges (2008)
as Priest (uncredited)
Miami Vice (2006)
as FBI Agent John Fujima
Hallam Foe (2007)
as Julius Foe
Silence (2016)
as Father Valignano
The Woman in Black (2012)
as Mr. Daily
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
as Roy Bland
Excalibur (1981)
as Lot
Munich (2005)
as Carl
Road to Perdition (2002)
as Finn McGovern
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
as Jonathan Reiss
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
as Botticelli (voice)
The Rite (2011)
as Father Xavier
Is This Thing On? (2025)
as Jan
The Wonder (2022)
as Father Thaddeus
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
as Burke
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027)
Actor
Midwinter Break (2026)
as Gerry
Persuasion (1995)
as Captain Frederick Wentworth
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
as Cory
In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
as Vincent O'Shea
The Debt (2010)
as David Peretz
Cry to Heaven (—)
as Andrea
Stop-Loss (2008)
as Roy King
Closed Circuit (2013)
as Devlin
Calendar Girls (2003)
as Rod Harper
The Nativity Story (2006)
as Herod
Belfast (2021)
as Pop
Amazing Grace (2006)
as Lord Tarleton
Bleed for This (2016)
as Angelo Pazienza
Mary Reilly (1996)
as Sir Danvers Carew
Jane Eyre (1997)
as Edward Rochester
Words of War (2025)
as Dmitry Muratov
Circle of Friends (1995)
as Professor Flynn
The Three Urns (2026)
as Mr O'Connor
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
as Henry
Veronica Guerin (2003)
as John Traynor
The Lost Son (1999)
as Carlos
The Eclipse (2009)
as Michael Farr
The Weight of Water (2001)
as Louis Wagner
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
as Joe Blomfield
The Statement (2003)
as Pochon
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
as Spencer Ludlow
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Mance Rayder
Ca$h (2008)
as Barnes
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Reverend Dennis Hasset
Last Days in the Desert (2016)
as Father
The Affair (1995)
as Edward Leyland
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
as Dick Koosman
Some Mother's Son (1996)
as Danny Boyle
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
as Spencer Ludlow
The Sea (2013)
as Max Morden
Lost Lives (2019)
as Self (voice)
The Hour (2020)
as Himself
The Driftless Area (2015)
as Ned
Life During Wartime (2010)
as Bill Maplewood
Salvation Boulevard (2011)
as Jim Hunt
The Shore (2011)
as Joe
Titanic Town (1998)
as Aidan McPhelimy
Isle of Man (—)
Actor
Mickybo and Me (2005)
as Jonjo's Da
The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race (—)
Actor
The Sleeper (2000)
as Fergus Moon
Axis (2017)
as Jim (voice)
Cottontail (2024)
as John
Our Boys (1981)
as Brother
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
as Michael Henchard
Getting Hurt (1998)
as Charlie Cross
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
as Father Andy
McCanick (2014)
as Quinn
Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
as Richard McIlkenny
Hostages (1992)
as Brian Keenan
Untameable (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Grace and Goliath (2018)
as Surgeon
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
as Captain Stinger (voice)
Walk the Blue Fields (—)
Actor
Thursday the 12th (2003)
as Marius Bannister
The Man in the Hat (2020)
as The Man In The Hat
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
as Claudius
December Bride (1990)
as Frank Echlin
The Hope Rooms (2016)
as Eamonn
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' (2012)
as Self
The Life of Stuff (1997)
as David Arbogast
A Bear Remembers (2025)
as Voice of the Bear
Ceasefire (—)
as Bill Flynn
The Long March (1980)
as Michael Canning
Yellowbacks (1990)
as Martin Pitt
A Time to Love (1999)
as Peter
Glock (2009)
as Luger
The Man Who Cried (1993)
as Abel Mason
The Lost Lover (1999)
as Adam
National Theatre Collection: Translations (2018)
as Hugh
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland (2025)
as Narrator
Love is a Sting (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland (2025)
as Narrator