Ian Holm
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieAlien: Romulus
2024
Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
movieThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Old Bilbo Baggins
movieThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Old Bilbo Baggins
movieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
Polonius (archive footage)
tv1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
2009
Geschichtenerzähler
movieRatatouille
2007
Skinner (voice)
movieThe Real Middle Earth
2007
Narrator
movieThe Treatment
2007
Dr. Ernesto Morales
tvLegends
2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieO Jerusalem
2006
Ben Gurion
movieStrangers with Candy
2006
Dr. Putney
movieChromophobia
2006
Edward Aylesbury
movieThe Queen of Trees
2005
Narrator
movieLord of War
2005
Simeon Weisz
movieThe Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Aviator
2004
Professor Fitz
movieGarden State
2004
Gideon Largeman
movieD-Day 6.6.1944
2004
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Day After Tomorrow
2004
Terry Rapson
tvMonsters We Met
2003
Narrator
moviePrisoner of Paradise
2003
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Emperor's New Clothes
2001
Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
movieFrom Hell
2001
Sir William Gull
tvSecret Agent
2001
Narrator
movieEsther Kahn
2000
Nathan Quellen
movieBless the Child
2000
Reverend Grissom
movieBeautiful Joe
2000
George The Geek
movieThe Miracle Maker
2000
Pontius Pilate (voice)
movieJoe Gould's Secret
2000
Joe Gould
movieAnimal Farm
1999
Squealer (voice)
movieWisconsin Death Trip
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Match
1999
Big Tam
movieShergar
1999
Joseph Maguire
movieeXistenZ
1999
Kiri Vinokur
tvShanghai Vice
1999
Himself - Narrator
movieSimon Magus
1999
Sirius / Boris / The Devil
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
1998
White Knight
movieTale of the Tides
1998
Narrator
movieKing Lear
1998
King Lear
movieIncognito
1997
John (uncredited)
movieA Life Less Ordinary
1997
Mr. Naville
movieThe Sweet Hereafter
1997
Mitchell Stephens
movieThe Fifth Element
1997
Cornelius
movieNight Falls on Manhattan
1997
Liam Casey
movieBig Night
1996
Pascal
movieLoch Ness
1996
Water Bailiff
movieLittle Red Riding Hood
1995
Don Mini
movieThere Is a Light That Never Goes Out
1995
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Deep Blue Sea
1994
Sir William Collyer
movieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Baron Frankenstein
movieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
1993
The Tailor (voice)
movieThe Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
movieThe Hour of the Pig
1993
Albertus
tvThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
The Tailor (voice)
movieBlue Ice
1992
Sir Hector
movieThe Last Romantics
1992
F.R. Leavis
movieElizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
1992
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieNaked Lunch
1991
Tom Frost
movieKafka
1991
Dr. Murnau
tvSecret History
1991
Narrator
movieUncle Vanya
1991
Astrov
tvPerformance
1991
Sir William Collyer / Duff / King Lear / Astrov
movieHamlet
1990
Polonius
movieA Season of Giants
1990
Lorenzo de' Medici
tvStalin
1990
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvChillers
1990
Christopher Waggoner
movieThe Tailor of Gloucester
1989
The Tailor
movieHenry V
1989
Captain Fluellen
movieThe Endless Game
1989
Control
tvThe Endless Game
1989
Control
movieThe Kingdom of Fun
1989
Narrator
tvGame, Set, and Match
1988
Bernard Samson
tvKorea: The Unknown War
1988
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Fishing Party
1986
Narrator
movieCry From Home
1986
Narrator
movieMurder by the Book
1986
Hercule Poirot
movieThe Browning Version
1985
Andrew Crocker-Harris
movieMr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
Eustace Edgehill
movieDreamchild
1985
Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
movieWetherby
1985
Stanley Pilborough
movieDance with a Stranger
1985
Desmond Cussen
movieBrazil
1985
Mr. Kurtzmann
movieVisions of Power
1985
Narrator
tvTelevision
1985
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvScreen Two
1985
F.R. Leavis / Albertus
movieThe Cost of Treachery
1984
Narrator
movieLaughterhouse
1984
Ben Singleton
movieGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
movieBette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983
Narrator (voice)
tvNatural World
1983
Narrator
movieThe Return of the Soldier
1983
Doctor Anderson
movieSoft Targets
1982
Alexei
tvInside the Third Reich
1982
Dr. Joseph Goebbels
The Bell
1982
Michael Meade
movieStrike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
Lech Walesa
tv40 Minutes
1981
Narrator
movieTime Bandits
1981
Napoleon
movieChariots of Fire
1981
Sam Mussabini
We, the Accused
1980
Paul Presset
movieS.O.S. Titanic
1980
J. Bruce Ismay
movieThe Misanthrope
1980
Alceste
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Himmelstoss
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Alan Corwin
movieLes Misérables
1978
Thénardier
movieThe Lost Boys
1978
J.M. Barrie
tvThe Lost Boys
1978
J.M. Barrie
tvHolocaust
1978
Heinrich Himmler
movieFlayed
1978
The Man
Do You Remember?
1978
Walter Street
movieThe Thief of Baghdad
1978
The Gatekeeper
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Man / J.M. Barrie
movieMarch or Die
1977
El Krim
Ramsey
1977
Bill Ramsey
Jubilee 1977
1977
Bill Ramsey
movieShout at the Devil
1976
Mohammed
movieRobin and Marian
1976
King John
Private Affairs
1975
David Garrick
tvThe Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
Wedderburn
movieThe Wood Demon
1974
Khrushchov
movieJuggernaut
1974
Nicholas Porter
Only a Game
1974
Narrator
movieChildren in Crossfire
1974
Narrator
tvNapoleon and Love
1974
Napoleon Bonaparte
tvNOVA
1974
Narrator / Narrator (voice)
tvOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Charles Stubbs
movieThe Treat
1972
Gordon
The Man from Haven
1972
Jack Byron Lever
movieYoung Winston
1972
George E. Buckle
tvThe Frighteners
1972
Gordon
movieMary, Queen of Scots
1971
David Riccio
movieNicholas and Alexandra
1971
Yakovlev
movieA Severed Head
1971
Martin Lynch-Gibbon
tvPlay for Today
1970
Alexei
The End of the Line
1970
Reverend P. Bagley
movieEmma's Time
1970
Mark Lang
movieOh! What a Lovely War
1969
President Poincare
movieEdward the Confessor
1969
Edward Gobey
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
David Peters
movieThe Fixer
1968
Grubeshov
movieFrankenstein
1968
Frankenstein / The Monster
movieThe Bofors Gun
1968
Gunner Flynn
movieOpus
1967
Lenny (The Homecoming)
tvMystery and Imagination
1966
Wolfe MacFarlane / Dr Frankenstein / The Being
tvThe Power Game
1965
Sefton Kemp
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Oedipus / Khrushchov / Alceste
tvNational Geographic Specials
1965
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Wars of the Roses
1965
King Richard III
tvThe Wars of the Roses
1965
Richard III
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Mark Lang
tvHorizon
1964
Narrator
The Paradise Suite
1963
Jamie Norton
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1962
Trofimov
movieGirls at Sea
1958
Marine (uncredited)
Rope
1957
Granillo
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Edward Gobey / Jamie Norton / Reverend P. Bagley
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Himmelstoss