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Celebrate the life of Ian Holm with our look at the various roles he played throughout his acting career.
Filmography
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Known For
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Bilbo (2003) -
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo (2001) -
Brazil Mr. Kurtzmann (1985) -
Known For
Ratatouille Skinner (2007) -
Actor
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Old Bilbo (2014) -
Alien: Isolation Ash (2014) -
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Old Bilbo (2012) -
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth Storyteller (2009) -
Ratatouille Skinner (2007) -
Ratatouille Skinner (2007)
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O Jerusalem Ben Gurion (2006) -
The Treatment Dr. Ernesto Morales (2006) -
Renaissance Jonas Muller (2006) -
Lord of War Simeon Weisz (2005) -
![Chromophobia]( "Chromophobia")
Chromophobia Edward Aylesbury (2005) -
![Strangers with Candy]( "Strangers with Candy")
Strangers with Candy Dr. Putney (2005) -
![The Aviator]( "The Aviator")
The Aviator Professor Fitz (2004) -
![Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real]( "Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real")
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real Narrator (2004) -
![The Day After Tomorrow]( "The Day After Tomorrow")
The Day After Tomorrow Terry Rapson (2004) -
![Garden State]( "Garden State")
Garden State Gideon Largeman (2004) -
![The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]( "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Bilbo (2003) -
Spinning Wheels Hood thief (2002)
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![The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science]( "The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science")
The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science Narrator (2002) -
Waterbaby God (2002)
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![The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]( "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring")
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo (2001) -
![From Hell]( "From Hell")
From Hell Sir William Gull (2001) -
![The Emperor's New Clothes]( "The Emperor's New Clothes")
The Emperor's New Clothes Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand (2001) -
Field of Fish Narrator / Old Tom Maynard (2000)
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![The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]( "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells")
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Patrick (2000) -
![Bless the Child]( "Bless the Child")
Bless the Child Reverend Grissom (2000) -
![Beautiful Joe]( "Beautiful Joe")
Beautiful Joe George The Geek (2000) -
![Esther Kahn]( "Esther Kahn")
Esther Kahn Nathan Quellen (2000) -
![The Holocaust on Trial]( "The Holocaust on Trial")
The Holocaust on Trial Narrator (2000) -
![The Miracle Maker]( "The Miracle Maker")
The Miracle Maker Pontius Pilate (2000) -
![Joe Gould's Secret]( "Joe Gould's Secret")
Joe Gould's Secret Joe Gould (2000) -
Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999)
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![Animal Farm]( "Animal Farm")
Animal Farm Squealer (1999) -
![Wisconsin Death Trip]( "Wisconsin Death Trip")
Wisconsin Death Trip Narrator (1999) -
![The Match]( "The Match")
The Match Big Tam (1999) -
![Shergar]( "Shergar")
Shergar Joseph Maguire (1999) -
![Simon Magus]( "Simon Magus")
Simon Magus Sirius / Boris (1999) -
![eXistenZ]( "eXistenZ")
eXistenZ Kiri Vinokur (1999) -
Frog (1998)
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![Alice Through the Looking Glass]( "Alice Through the Looking Glass")
Alice Through the Looking Glass White Knight (1998) -
![The Fifth Element]( "The Fifth Element")
The Fifth Element Priest Vito Cornelius (1998) -
![Performance]( "Performance")
Performance Lear (1991-1998) -
![Incognito]( "Incognito")
Incognito John (1997) -
![A Life Less Ordinary]( "A Life Less Ordinary")
A Life Less Ordinary Naville (1997) -
![The Sweet Hereafter]( "The Sweet Hereafter")
The Sweet Hereafter Mitchell (1997) -
![The Fifth Element]( "The Fifth Element")
The Fifth Element Cornelius (1997) -
![Night Falls on Manhattan]( "Night Falls on Manhattan")
Night Falls on Manhattan Liam Casey (1996) -
![Loch Ness]( "Loch Ness")
Loch Ness Water Bailiff (1996) -
![Big Night]( "Big Night")
Big Night Pascal (1996) -
Little Red Riding Hood Don Mini the Narrator (1995)
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![The Madness of King George]( "The Madness of King George")
The Madness of King George Willis (1994) -
![Mary Shelley's Frankenstein]( "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein")
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Victor's Father (1994) -
![The Return of the Borrowers]( "The Return of the Borrowers")
The Return of the Borrowers Pod (1993) -
![The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends]( "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends")
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends The Tailor (1993) -
![The Advocate]( "The Advocate")
The Advocate Albertus (1993) -
![Chillers]( "Chillers")
Chillers Christopher Waggoner (1992) -
![The Borrowers]( "The Borrowers")
The Borrowers Pod (1992) -
![Blue Ice]( "Blue Ice")
Blue Ice Sir Hector (1992) -
![Screen Two]( "Screen Two")
Screen Two F.R. Leavis (1992) -
![Naked Lunch]( "Naked Lunch")
Naked Lunch Tom Frost (1991) -
![Kafka]( "Kafka")
Kafka Doctor Murnau (1991) -
![Hamlet]( "Hamlet")
Hamlet Polonius (1990) -
![A Season of Giants]( "A Season of Giants")
A Season of Giants Lorenzo De Medici (1990) -
![The Tailor of Gloucester]( "The Tailor of Gloucester")
The Tailor of Gloucester The Tailor (1989) -
![Henry V]( "Henry V")
Henry V Captain Fluellen (1989) -
![The Endless Game]( "The Endless Game")
The Endless Game Control (1989) -
![Game, Set, and Match]( "Game, Set, and Match")
Game, Set, and Match Bernard Samson (1988) -
![Another Woman]( "Another Woman")
Another Woman Ken (1988) -
![Murder by the Book]( "Murder by the Book")
Murder by the Book Hercule Poirot (1987) -
![Artists and Models]( "Artists and Models")
Artists and Models (1986) -
![The Browning Version]( "The Browning Version")
The Browning Version Andrew Crocker-Harris (1985) -
![Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill]( "Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill")
Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Eustace Edgehill (1985) -
![Dreamchild]( "Dreamchild")
Dreamchild Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll (1985) -
![Dance with a Stranger]( "Dance with a Stranger")
Dance with a Stranger Desmond Cussen (1985) -
![Wetherby]( "Wetherby")
Wetherby Stanley Pilborough (1985) -
![Brazil]( "Brazil")
Brazil Mr. Kurtzmann (1985) -
![Singleton's Pluck]( "Singleton's Pluck")
Singleton's Pluck Ben Singleton (1984) -
![Greystoke]( "Greystoke")
Greystoke Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot (1984) -
![Play for Today]( "Play for Today")
Play for Today Alexei (1982) -
![Tales of the Unexpected]( "Tales of the Unexpected")
Tales of the Unexpected Alan Corwin (1982) -
![The Return of the Soldier]( "The Return of the Soldier")
The Return of the Soldier Doctor Anderson (1982) -
![Inside the Third Reich]( "Inside the Third Reich")
Inside the Third Reich Dr. Joseph Goebbels (1982) -
![The Bell]( "The Bell")
The Bell Michael Meade (1982) -
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity Lech Walesa (1981)
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![Time Bandits]( "Time Bandits")
Time Bandits Napoleon (1981) -
![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus Reader (1981) -
![Chariots of Fire]( "Chariots of Fire")
Chariots of Fire Sam Mussabini (1981) -
We, the Accused Paul Pressett (1980)
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Festival: The Misanthrope Alceste (1980)
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![All Quiet on the Western Front]( "All Quiet on the Western Front")
All Quiet on the Western Front Himmelstoss (1979) -
![S.O.S. Titanic]( "S.O.S. Titanic")
S.O.S. Titanic J. Bruce Ismay (1979) -
![Alien]( "Alien")
Alien Ash (1979) -
![Les Miserables]( "Les Miserables")
Les Miserables Thenardier (1978) -
![The Thief of Baghdad]( "The Thief of Baghdad")
The Thief of Baghdad The Gatekeeper (1978) -
![The Lost Boys]( "The Lost Boys")
The Lost Boys J.M. Barrie (1978) -
Do You Remember? Walter Street (1978)
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![Holocaust]( "Holocaust")
Holocaust Heinrich Himmler (1978) -
![BBC2 Play of the Week]( "BBC2 Play of the Week")
BBC2 Play of the Week The man (1978) -
![March or Die]( "March or Die")
March or Die El Krim (1977) -
Jubilee Bill Ramsey (1977)
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![Jesus of Nazareth]( "Jesus of Nazareth")
Jesus of Nazareth Zerah (1977) -
![The Man in the Iron Mask]( "The Man in the Iron Mask")
The Man in the Iron Mask Duval (1977) -
![Shout at the Devil]( "Shout at the Devil")
Shout at the Devil Mohammed (1976) -
![Robin and Marian]( "Robin and Marian")
Robin and Marian King John (1976) -
Private Affairs David Garrick (1975)
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![The Lives of Benjamin Franklin]( "The Lives of Benjamin Franklin")
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin Wedderburn (1974-1975) -
![BBC Play of the Month]( "BBC Play of the Month")
BBC Play of the Month Khrushchov (1972-1974) -
![Juggernaut]( "Juggernaut")
Juggernaut Nicholas Porter (1974) -
![Napoleon and Love]( "Napoleon and Love")
Napoleon and Love Napoleon (1974) -
Masquerade Blake (1974)
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![Orson Welles' Great Mysteries]( "Orson Welles' Great Mysteries")
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Charles Stubbs (1974) -
![The Homecoming]( "The Homecoming")
The Homecoming Lenny (1973) -
Conjugal Rights Michael (1973)
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![The Frighteners]( "The Frighteners")
The Frighteners Gordon (1972) -
The Man from Haven Jack Byron Lever (1972)
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![Young Winston]( "Young Winston")
Young Winston George Buckle (1972) -
![Mary, Queen of Scots]( "Mary, Queen of Scots")
Mary, Queen of Scots David Riccio (1971) -
![Nicholas and Alexandra]( "Nicholas and Alexandra")
Nicholas and Alexandra Yakovlev (1971) -
![ITV Playhouse]( "ITV Playhouse")
ITV Playhouse Huw (1969-1971) -
Review Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1971)
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![A Severed Head]( "A Severed Head")
A Severed Head Martin Lynch-Gibbon (1971) -
![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre Reverend P. Bagley (1963-1970) -
![ITV Sunday Night Theatre]( "ITV Sunday Night Theatre")
ITV Sunday Night Theatre Walter Bardell (1969-1970) -
![The Wars of the Roses]( "The Wars of the Roses")
The Wars of the Roses Richard (1965-1970) -
![The Wednesday Play]( "The Wednesday Play")
The Wednesday Play Mark Lang (1970) -
![Oh! What a Lovely War]( "Oh! What a Lovely War")
Oh! What a Lovely War President Raymond Poincaré (1969) -
![A Midsummer Night's Dream]( "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck (1968) -
![The Fixer]( "The Fixer")
The Fixer Grubeshov (1968) -
![Mystery and Imagination]( "Mystery and Imagination")
Mystery and Imagination Frankenstein (1966-1968) -
![The Bofors Gun]( "The Bofors Gun")
The Bofors Gun Flynn (1968) -
![The Power Game]( "The Power Game")
The Power Game Sefton Kemp (1966) -
![The Cherry Orchard]( "The Cherry Orchard")
The Cherry Orchard Piotr Sergeyevich Trofimov, a Student (1962) -
Theatre Night The King (1961)
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![A Midsummer Night's Dream]( "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck (1959) -
![Girls at Sea]( "Girls at Sea")
Girls at Sea (1958) -
Robert's Wife Bob (1957)
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Actor
![ITV Play of the Week]( "ITV Play of the Week")
ITV Play of the Week Granillo (1957) -
Soundtrack
![The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]( "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring")
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![Joe Gould's Secret]( "Joe Gould's Secret")
Joe Gould's Secret (2000) -
Soundtrack
![Animal Farm]( "Animal Farm")
Animal Farm (1999) -
Archive footage
![An Accidental Studio]( "An Accidental Studio")
An Accidental Studio (2019) -
![Lego the Hobbit: The Video Game]( "Lego the Hobbit: The Video Game")
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![Cinemassacre's Monster Madness]( "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness")
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007-2013) -
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The Many Faces of... (2011)
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![Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs]( "Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs")
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![20 to 1]( "20 to 1")
20 to 1 (2006-2010) -
80s (2005)
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![The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age]( "The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age")
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![The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien']( "The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien'")
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![The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]( "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")
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![J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle-Earth]( "J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle-Earth")
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![The Unforgettable Joan Sims]( "The Unforgettable Joan Sims")
The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002) -
![Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years]( "Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years")
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![The Alien Legacy]( "The Alien Legacy")
The Alien Legacy (1999) -
Archive footageThe 70s Stop Here! (1979)
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![Opus]( "Opus")
Opus (1967) -
Additional CrewTreasures in Trust (1995)
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Animation Department
![Alien: Isolation]( "Alien: Isolation")
Alien: Isolation (2014)
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Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
He was treated for prostate cancer in 2001.
Quotes
I've always been a minimalist. It was Bogart [Humphrey Bogart] who once said, "If you think the right thoughts, the camera will pick it up." The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.
Trademark
Rich smooth voice
Star Sign
Virgo
Personal Details
Born
Ian Holm Cuthbert
Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Died
(age 88)
London, England, UK
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