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