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Biography
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.
Acted in 130
2010s
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011
Discovering Hamlet
Polonius (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
Geschichtenerzähler · 2 episodes
- 2007
The Treatment
Dr. Ernesto Morales
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2001
The Emperor's New Clothes
Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
- 2000
Esther Kahn
Nathan Quellen
1990s
- 1999
The Match
Big Tam
Shergar
Joseph Maguire
Simon Magus
Sirius / Boris / The Devil
- 1998
King Lear
King Lear
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
Little Red Riding Hood
Don Mini
- 1994
The Deep Blue Sea
Sir William Collyer
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
(voice)
- 1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor (voice)
The Hour of the Pig
Albertus
- 1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The Tailor (voice) · 1 episode
Blue Ice
Sir Hector
The Last Romantics
F.R. Leavis
- 1991
Kafka
Dr. Murnau
- 1990
A Season of Giants
Lorenzo de' Medici
A Season of Giants
Lorenzo de' Medici · 3 episodes
1980s
- 1989
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor
The Endless Game
Control
The Endless Game
Control · 2 episodes
- 1988
Game, Set, and Match
Bernard Samson · 13 episodes
- 1986
Murder by the Book
Hercule Poirot
- 1985
The Browning Version
Andrew Crocker-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Eustace Edgehill
Wetherby
Stanley Pilborough
- 1984
Laughterhouse
Ben Singleton
- 1983
- 1982
Soft Targets
Alexei
- 1981
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Lech Walesa
- 1980
The Misanthrope
Alceste
1970s
- 1979
87Alien
Ash
- 1978
The Lost Boys
J.M. Barrie
The Lost Boys
J.M. Barrie · 3 episodes
Flayed
The Man
The Thief of Baghdad
The Gatekeeper
- 1977
- 1976
- 1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Wedderburn · 1 episode
The Wood Demon
Khrushchov
Napoleon and Love
Napoleon Bonaparte · 9 episodes
- 1973
The Homecoming
Lenny
- 1972
The Treat
Gordon
Young Winston
George E. Buckle
The Frighteners
Gordon · 1 episode
- 1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
David Riccio
A Severed Head
Martin Lynch-Gibbon
- 1970
Emma's Time
Mark Lang
1960s
- 1969
Moonlight on the Highway
David Peters
Oh! What a Lovely War
President Poincare
Edward the Confessor
Edward Gobey
- 1968
The Fixer
Grubeshov
Frankenstein
Frankenstein / The Monster
The Bofors Gun
Gunner Flynn
- 1967
Opus
Lenny (The Homecoming)
- 1966
- 1965
The Wars of the Roses
King Richard III
The Wars of the Roses
Richard III · 2 episodes
- 1964
- 1962
The Cherry Orchard
Trofimov
- 1961
1950s
- 1958
Girls at Sea
Marine (uncredited)
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Edward Gobey, Jamie Norton, Reverend P. Bagley · 1 episode
Appearances37
2000s
- 2007
The Real Middle Earth
Narrator
- 2006
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
- 2005
The Queen of Trees
Narrator
- 2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
D-Day 6.6.1944
Narrator (voice)
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
Narrator
- 2003
Monsters We Met
Narrator · 3 episodes
Prisoner of Paradise
Narrator (voice)
- 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Self
- 2001
Secret Agent
Narrator · 4 episodes
1990s
- 1999
Wisconsin Death Trip
Narrator (voice)
Shanghai Vice
Himself - Narrator · 7 episodes
- 1998
Tale of the Tides
Narrator
- 1995
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Narrator (voice)
- 1993
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
- 1992
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1991
Secret History
Narrator · 1 episode
- 1990
Stalin
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
1980s
- 1989
The Kingdom of Fun
Narrator
- 1988
Korea: The Unknown War
Narrator (voice) · 6 episodes
- 1986
Dancing in the Rain
Narrator (voice)
The Fishing Party
Narrator
Cry From Home
Narrator
- 1985
Visions of Power
Narrator
Television
Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 episodes
- 1984
The Cost of Treachery
Narrator
- 1983
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Narrator (voice)
- 1981
Occupied Palestine
Self - Narrator (voice)
1970s
- 1974
Children in Crossfire
Narrator
