Ian Holm

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Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, known as Ian Holm, is an English actor known for his stage work and many film roles. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming and the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of King Lear. He won the 1981 BAFTA Award for Best... read more

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Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, known as Ian Holm, is an English actor known for his stage work and many film roles. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming and the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of King Lear. He won the 1981 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award.

Birth Name

Ian Holm Cuthbert

Born

Saturday, 12 September 1931

Died

Friday, 19 June 2020

Actor Filmography

An Accidental Studio (archive footage) 2019
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Old Bilbo 2014
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Old Bilbo 2012
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth Storyteller (voice) 2009
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness Ash 2007
Ratatouille Skinner (voice) 2007
O Jerusalem Ben Gurion 2006
Strangers With Candy Dr. Putney 2006
The Treatment Dr. Ernesto Morales 2006
Renaissance Jonas Muller (voice) 2006
(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

An Accidental Studio (archive footage) 2019
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Old Bilbo 2014
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Old Bilbo 2012
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth Storyteller (voice) 2009
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness Ash 2007
Ratatouille Skinner (voice) 2007
O Jerusalem Ben Gurion 2006
Strangers With Candy Dr. Putney 2006
The Treatment Dr. Ernesto Morales 2006
Renaissance Jonas Muller (voice) 2006
Lord Of War Simeon Weisz 2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn Narrator 2005
Chromophobia Edward Aylesbury 2005
The Aviator Professor Fitz 2004
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real Narrator (voice) 2004
Garden State Gideon Largeman 2004
D-Day 6.6.1944 Himself - Narrator (voice) 2004
The Day After Tomorrow Terry Rapson 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Bilbo Baggins 2003
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' Ash / Himself (archive footage) 2003
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years Ash (archive footage) 2003
Days That Shook the World Himself - Narrator (voice) 2003
Prisoner of Paradise Narrator (voice) 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo Baggins 2001
From Hell Sir William Gull 2001
The Emperor's New Clothes Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand 2001
Esther Kahn Nathan Quellen 2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Patrick 2000
Bless The Child Reverend Grissom 2000
Beautiful Joe George The Geek 2000
Joe Gould's Secret Joe Gould 2000
The Holocaust on Trial Narrator (voice) 2000
The Miracle Maker Pontius Pilate (voice) 2000
Animal Farm Squealer (voice) 1999
Wisconsin Death Trip Narrator (voice) 1999
The Match Big Tam 1999
Shergar Joseph Maguire 1999
eXistenZ Kiri Vinokur 1999
Simon Magus Sirius / Boris / The Devil 1999
The Directors Himself 1999
The Alien Legacy Himself 1999
Alice Through The Looking Glass White Knight 1998
Clay Pigeons Ash 1998
Incognito John (uncredited) 1997
A Life Less Ordinary Naville 1997
The Sweet Hereafter Mitchell Stevens 1997
The Fifth Element Cornelius 1997
Night Falls On Manhattan Liam Casey 1997
Big Night Pascal 1996
Loch Ness Water Bailiff 1996
The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science Narrator 1996
The Madness of King George Willis 1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Baron Frankenstein 1994
The Return of the Borrowers Pod 1993
The Advocate Albertus 1993
The Borrowers Pod 1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends The Tailor (voice) 1992
Blue Ice Sir Hector 1992
Naked Lunch Tom Frost 1991
Kafka Doctor Murnau 1991
Performance Duff, Lear, Sir William Collyer 1991
Hamlet Polonius 1991
A Season of Giants Lorenzo De Medici 1990
Chillers Christopher Waggoner 1990
Henry V Captain Fluellen 1989
Another Woman Ken 1988
Game, Set, and Match Bernard Samson 1988
Adventure Himself - Narrator 1987
Murder by the Book Hercule Poirot 1986
Dreamchild Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll 1985
Singleton's Pluck Ben Singleton 1985
Wetherby Stanley Pilborough 1985
Dance With A Stranger Desmond Cussen 1985
Brazil Mr. Kurtzmann 1985
Screen Two F.R. Leavis 1985
Surprise Surprise! Himself 1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot 1984
Natural World Self - Narrator (voice) 1983
The Return of the Soldier Doctor Anderson 1983
Timewatch Narrator (voice) 1982
Inside The Third Reich Dr. Joseph Goebbels 1982
Time Bandits Napoleon 1981
Chariots of Fire Sam Mussabini 1981
All Quiet On The Western Front Himmelstoss 1979
S.O.S. Titanic J. Bruce Ismay 1979
Alien Ash 1979
Tales of the Unexpected Alan Corwin 1979
Les Misérables Thénardier 1978
Holocaust Heinrich Himmler 1978
The Thief of Baghdad The Gatekeeper 1978
March Or Die El Krim 1977
The Man In The Iron Mask Duval 1977
Jesus of Nazareth Zerah 1977
Shout at the Devil Mohammed, O'Flynn's Mute Servant 1976
Robin and Marian King John 1976
Arena Narrator (voice) 1975
Private Affairs David Garrick 1975
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin Wedderburn 1974
Juggernaut Nicholas Porter 1974
Napoleon and Love Napoleon 1974
Nova Self - Narrator (voice) 1974
The Homecoming Lenny 1973
Young Winston George Buckle 1972
The Frighteners Gordon 1972
Mary, Queen of Scots David Riccio 1971
Nicholas And Alexandra Yakovlev 1971
A Severed Head Martin Lynch-Gibbon 1970
Play for Today Alexei 1970
Oh! What a Lovely War President Poincare 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre David Peters, Salesman, Walter Bardell 1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck 1968
The Bofors Gun Flynn 1968
Mystery and Imagination Frankenstein, MacFarlane 1966
BBC Play of the Month Khrushchov, Oedipus 1965
The Wars of the Roses Richard, King Richard III, Richard Duke of Gloucester 1965
The Wednesday Play Mark Lang 1964
Horizon Himself - Narrator (voice) 1964
The Cherry Orchard Trofimov 1962
Armchair Theatre Edward Gobey, Jamie Norton, Reverend P. Bagley 1956

Director Filmography

2001 Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
1999 Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
1982 Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated

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