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  • BIRTH 12/09/1931
  • DEATH 19/06/2020
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 12
  • MOVIES 63

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).

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Ian Holm

Shows (12)

Holocaust
Holocaust
Heinrich Himmler
NOVA
NOVA
Narrator / Narrator (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The Tailor (voice)
Horizon
Horizon
Narrator
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
Alan Corwin
Natural World
Natural World
Narrator
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
Geschichtenerzähler
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Himmelstoss
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Screen Two
Screen Two
F.R. Leavis
Play for Today
Play for Today
Alexei
The Borrowers
The Borrowers
Pod

Movies (63)

The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
Terry Rapson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the…
Bilbo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bilbo
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
Skinner (voice)
Le Cinquième Élément
Le Cinquième Élément
Cornelius
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Old Bilbo Baggins
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Old Bilbo Baggins
Alien
Alien
Ash
The Aviator
The Aviator
Professor Fitz
Lord of War
Lord of War
Simeon Weisz
Brazil
Brazil
Mr. Kurtzmann
From Hell
From Hell
Sir William Gull
eXistenZ
eXistenZ
Kiri Vinokur
Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire
Sam Mussabini
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the…
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
Garden State
Garden State
Gideon Largeman
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch
Tom Frost
Time Bandits
Time Bandits
Napoleon
Bless the Child
Bless the Child
Reverend Grissom
Juggernaut
Juggernaut
Nicholas Porter
A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary
Mr. Naville
Loch Ness
Loch Ness
Water Bailiff
Henry V
Henry V
Captain Fluellen
Big Night
Big Night
Pascal
Another Woman
Another Woman
Ken
D-Day 6.6.1944
D-Day 6.6.1944
Narrator (voice)
Robin and Marian
Robin and Marian
King John
The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George
Willis
Hamlet
Hamlet
Polonius
Dreamchild
Dreamchild
Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
Young Winston
Young Winston
George E. Buckle
Night Falls on Manhattan
Night Falls on Manhattan
Liam Casey
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
President Poincare
The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter
Mitchell Stephens
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Thénardier
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
Trofimov
The Fixer
The Fixer
Grubeshov
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
(voice)
The Miracle Maker
The Miracle Maker
Pontius Pilate (voice)
Chromophobia
Chromophobia
Edward Aylesbury
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
March or Die
March or Die
El Krim
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon
Narrator
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
Squealer (voice)
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig
Albertus
The Homecoming
The Homecoming
Lenny
The Thief of Baghdad
The Thief of Baghdad
The Gatekeeper
Esther Kahn
Esther Kahn
Nathan Quellen
S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic
J. Bruce Ismay
Blue Ice
Blue Ice
Sir Hector
Dance with a Stranger
Dance with a Stranger
Desmond Cussen
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Patrick
The Treatment
The Treatment
Dr. Ernesto Morales
Incognito
Incognito
John (uncredited)
A Season of Giants
A Season of Giants
Lorenzo de' Medici
The Bofors Gun
The Bofors Gun
Gunner Flynn
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass
White Knight
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career o
Kafka
Kafka
Dr. Murnau
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
Himmelstoss
Ô Jerusalem
Ô Jerusalem
Ben Gurion