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
Frozen (2013)
as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Aberforth Dumbledore
Frozen II (2019)
as Pabbie (voice)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
as Steppenwolf (voice)
Justice League (2017)
as Steppenwolf (voice)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
as Fletcher Hamilton
The Family Plan (2023)
as McCaffrey
In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
as Vincent O'Shea
John Carter (2012)
as Tardos Mors
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as President Nemerov
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
as Roarke
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
as Firmin
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Alexei Zyuganov
Silence (2016)
as Father Valignano
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
as Jonathan Reiss
First Man (2018)
as Robert R. Gilruth
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
as Roy Bland
In Bruges (2008)
as Priest (uncredited)
Road to Perdition (2002)
as Finn McGovern
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
as Litvenko
Miami Vice (2006)
as FBI Agent John Fujima
Munich (2005)
as Carl
Excalibur (1981)
as Lot
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
as Burke
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
as Cory
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
as Botticelli (voice)
The Rite (2011)
as Father Xavier
The Woman in Black (2012)
as Mr. Daily
Veronica Guerin (2003)
as John Traynor
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027)
Actor
Hallam Foe (2007)
as Julius Foe
The Three Urns (2026)
as Mr O'Connor
Closed Circuit (2013)
as Devlin
The Debt (2010)
as David Peretz
Midwinter Break (2026)
as Gerry
Belfast (2021)
as Pop
Stop-Loss (2008)
as Roy King
Cry to Heaven (—)
Actor
Is This Thing On? (2025)
as Jan
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
as Dick Koosman
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
as James McLaughlin
The Wonder (2022)
as Father Thaddeus
Calendar Girls (2003)
as Rod Harper
Amazing Grace (2006)
as Lord Tarleton
Persuasion (1995)
as Captain Frederick Wentworth
Circle of Friends (1995)
as Professor Flynn
Mary Reilly (1996)
as Sir Danvers Carew
Bleed for This (2016)
as Angelo Pazienza
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Reverend Dennis Hasset
Last Days in the Desert (2016)
as Father
The Weight of Water (2001)
as Louis Wagner
Jane Eyre (1997)
as Edward Rochester
The Lost Lover (1999)
as Adam
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
as Claudius
Ca$h (2008)
as Barnes
The Nativity Story (2006)
as Herod
The Statement (2003)
as Pochon
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
as Henry
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
as Joe Blomfield
Salvation Boulevard (2011)
as Jim Hunt
Some Mother's Son (1996)
as Danny Boyle
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
as Spencer Ludlow
Mickybo and Me (2005)
as Jonjo's Da
The Shore (2011)
as Joe
Words of War (2025)
as Dmitry Muratov
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
as Spencer Ludlow
The Driftless Area (2015)
as Ned
Life During Wartime (2010)
as Bill Maplewood
Isle of Man (—)
Actor
Untameable (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Ceasefire (—)
as Bill Flynn
The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race (—)
Actor
The Hope Rooms (2016)
as Eamonn
McCanick (2014)
as Quinn
The Man in the Hat (2020)
as The Man In The Hat
The Life of Stuff (1997)
as David Arbogast
Thursday the 12th (2003)
as Marius Bannister
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
as Father Andy
The Lost Son (1999)
as Carlos
The Affair (1995)
as Edward Leyland
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Mance Rayder
The Man Who Cried (1993)
as Abel Mason
Walk the Blue Fields (—)
Actor
December Bride (1990)
as Frank Echlin
Titanic Town (1998)
as Aidan McPhelimy
Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
as Richard McIlkenny
Cottontail (2024)
as John
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
as Captain Stinger (voice)
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland (2025)
as Narrator
Grace and Goliath (2018)
as Surgeon
The Sea (2013)
as Max Morden
A Bear Remembers (2025)
as Voice of the Bear
The Sleeper (2000)
as Fergus Moon
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
as Michael Henchard
A Time to Love (1999)
as Peter
Getting Hurt (1998)
as Charlie Cross
Axis (2017)
as Jim (voice)
Lost Lives (2019)
as Self (voice)
Glock (2009)
as Luger
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland (2025)
as Narrator
The Long March (1980)
as Michael Canning
Hostages (1992)
as Brian Keenan
The Eclipse (2009)
as Michael Farr
The Hour (2020)
as Himself
Love is a Sting (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Collection: Translations (2018)
as Hugh
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' (2012)
as Self
Our Boys (1981)
as Brother
Yellowbacks (1990)
as Martin Pitt