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
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
as Roarke
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Alexei Zyuganov
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as President Nemerov
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
as Firmin
In Bruges (2008)
as Priest (uncredited)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
as Roy Bland
First Man (2018)
as Robert R. Gilruth
Silence (2016)
as Father Valignano
Munich (2005)
as Carl
Road to Perdition (2002)
as Finn McGovern
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
as Litvenko
The Woman in Black (2012)
as Mr. Daily
Miami Vice (2006)
as FBI Agent John Fujima
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
as Burke
Excalibur (1981)
as Lot
Midwinter Break (2026)
as Gerry
In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
as Vincent O'Shea
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
as Botticelli (voice)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
as Jonathan Reiss
The Rite (2011)
as Father Xavier
Is This Thing On? (2025)
as Jan
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
as Cory
Bleed for This (2016)
as Angelo Pazienza
The Debt (2010)
as David Peretz
Hallam Foe (2007)
as Julius Foe
The Wonder (2022)
as Father Thaddeus
Veronica Guerin (2003)
as John Traynor
Belfast (2021)
as Pop
Stop-Loss (2008)
as Roy King
Closed Circuit (2013)
as Devlin
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
as Henry
Calendar Girls (2003)
as Rod Harper
Persuasion (1995)
as Captain Frederick Wentworth
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027)
Actor
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
as Dick Koosman
Last Days in the Desert (2016)
as Father
The Nativity Story (2006)
as Herod
Words of War (2025)
as Dmitry Muratov
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
as James McLaughlin
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
as Joe Blomfield
Mary Reilly (1996)
as Sir Danvers Carew
Amazing Grace (2006)
as Lord Tarleton
The Three Urns (2026)
as Mr O'Connor
Circle of Friends (1995)
as Professor Flynn
The Weight of Water (2001)
as Louis Wagner
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
as Spencer Ludlow
The Driftless Area (2015)
as Ned
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Mance Rayder
Cry to Heaven (—)
Actor
Jane Eyre (1997)
as Edward Rochester
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
as Spencer Ludlow
McCanick (2014)
as Quinn
Life During Wartime (2010)
as Bill Maplewood
Ca$h (2008)
as Barnes
The Statement (2003)
as Pochon
Some Mother's Son (1996)
as Danny Boyle
Cottontail (2024)
as John
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Reverend Dennis Hasset
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' (2012)
as Self
The Affair (1995)
as Edward Leyland
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
as Captain Stinger (voice)
Salvation Boulevard (2011)
as Jim Hunt
The Lost Son (1999)
as Carlos
Mickybo and Me (2005)
as Jonjo's Da
The Life of Stuff (1997)
as David Arbogast
The Eclipse (2009)
as Michael Farr
Walk the Blue Fields (—)
Actor
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
as Father Andy
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
as Claudius
Ceasefire (—)
as Bill Flynn
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland (2025)
as Narrator
December Bride (1990)
as Frank Echlin
The Man in the Hat (2020)
as The Man In The Hat
Lost Lives (2019)
as Self (voice)
Axis (2017)
as Jim (voice)
Isle of Man (—)
Actor
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
as Michael Henchard
Thursday the 12th (2003)
as Marius Bannister
The Sea (2013)
as Max Morden
Titanic Town (1998)
as Aidan McPhelimy
A Time to Love (1999)
as Peter
The Sleeper (2000)
as Fergus Moon
Grace and Goliath (2018)
as Surgeon
The Shore (2011)
as Joe
Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
as Richard McIlkenny
Glock (2009)
as Luger
Getting Hurt (1998)
as Charlie Cross
A Bear Remembers (2025)
as Voice of the Bear
The Long March (1980)
as Michael Canning
National Theatre Collection: Translations (2018)
as Hugh
The Lost Lover (1999)
as Adam
Hostages (1992)
as Brian Keenan
The Hour (2020)
as Himself
The Man Who Cried (1993)
as Abel Mason
Untameable (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Our Boys (1981)
as Brother
The Hope Rooms (2016)
as Eamonn
Love is a Sting (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Yellowbacks (1990)
as Martin Pitt
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland (2025)
as Narrator
This Old Love of Mine (—)
as Harry Bannon