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