Ian Holm
Acting
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Acting Credits
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. H...
Known For
Filmography
Alien: Romulus
2024
as Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Old Bilbo Baggins
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Old Bilbo Baggins
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Polonius (archive footage)
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
2009
as Geschichtenerzähler
Ratatouille
2007
as Skinner (voice)
The Treatment
2007
as Dr. Ernesto Morales
The Real Middle Earth
2007
as Narrator
Strangers with Candy
2006
as Dr. Putney
Chromophobia
2006
as Edward Aylesbury
O Jerusalem
2006
as Ben Gurion
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006
as Self
Legends
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lord of War
2005
as Simeon Weisz
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Queen of Trees
2005
as Narrator
Garden State
2004
as Gideon Largeman
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
as Terry Rapson
The Aviator
2004
as Professor Fitz
D-Day 6.6.1944
2004
as Narrator (voice)
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
2004
as Narrator
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Bilbo
Prisoner of Paradise
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Monsters We Met
2003
as Narrator
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Bilbo
From Hell
2001
as Sir William Gull
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Secret Agent
2001
as Narrator
Bless the Child
2000
as Reverend Grissom
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Pontius Pilate (voice)
Esther Kahn
2000
as Nathan Quellen
Joe Gould's Secret
2000
as Joe Gould
Beautiful Joe
2000
as George The Geek
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Patrick
Animal Farm
1999
as Squealer (voice)
eXistenZ
1999
as Kiri Vinokur
Wisconsin Death Trip
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Shergar
1999
as Joseph Maguire
The Match
1999
as Big Tam
Simon Magus
1999
as Sirius / Boris / The Devil
Shanghai Vice
1999
as Himself - Narrator
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
as White Knight
Tale of the Tides
1998
as Narrator
King Lear
1998
as King Lear
The Fifth Element
1997
as Cornelius
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
as Mitchell Stephens
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
as Mr. Naville
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
as Liam Casey
Incognito
1997
as John (uncredited)
Big Night
1996
as Pascal
Loch Ness
1996
as Water Bailiff
A Little Fish in Deep Water
1996
as Narrator
Landscape
1995
as Duff
Little Red Riding Hood
1995
as Don Mini
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Baron Frankenstein
The Madness of King George
1994
as Willis
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
1994
as (voice)
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
as Sir William Collyer
Chappaquiddick
1994
as Narrator
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Albertus
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
as Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
1993
as The Tailor (voice)
The Return of the Borrowers
1993
as Pod
Blue Ice
1992
as Sir Hector
The Last Romantics
1992
as F.R. Leavis
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
1992
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Borrowers
1992
as Pod
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as The Tailor (voice)
Kafka
1991
as Dr. Murnau
Naked Lunch
1991
as Tom Frost
Uncle Vanya
1991
as Astrov
Bloody Sunday
1991
as Narrator
Performance
1991
as Duff
Performance
1991
as King Lear
Performance
1991
as Sir William Collyer
Performance
1991
as Astrov
Secret History
1991
as Narrator
Hamlet
1990
as Polonius
A Season of Giants
1990
as Lorenzo de' Medici
Stalin
1990
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Chillers
1990
as Christopher Waggoner
Henry V
1989
as Captain Fluellen
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
as The Tailor
The Endless Game
1989
as Control
The Kingdom of Fun
1989
as Narrator
The Endless Game
1989
as Control
Another Woman
1988
as Ken
Game, Set, and Match
1988
as Bernard Samson
Korea: The Unknown War
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Murder by the Book
1986
as Hercule Poirot
Cry From Home
1986
as Narrator
The Fishing Party
1986
as Narrator
Brazil
1985
as Mr. Kurtzmann
Dance with a Stranger
1985
as Desmond Cussen
Dreamchild
1985
as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
Wetherby
1985
as Stanley Pilborough
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
as Eustace Edgehill
The Browning Version
1985
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Visions of Power
1985
as Narrator
Television
1985
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Screen Two
1985
as F.R. Leavis
Screen Two
1985
as Albertus
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
Laughterhouse
1984
as Ben Singleton
The Cost of Treachery
1984
as Narrator
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Doctor Anderson
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Soft Targets
1982
as Alexei
The Bell
1982
as Michael Meade
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Sam Mussabini
Time Bandits
1981
as Napoleon
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
as Lech Walesa
40 Minutes
1981
as Narrator
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as J. Bruce Ismay
The Misanthrope
1980
as Alceste
We, the Accused
1980
as Paul Presset
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Himmelstoss
Alien
1979
as Ash
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Alan Corwin
Les Misérables
1978
as Thénardier
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as The Gatekeeper
The Lost Boys
1978
as J.M. Barrie
Flayed
1978
as The Man
Holocaust
1978
as Heinrich Himmler
The Lost Boys
1978
as J.M. Barrie
Do You Remember?
1978
as Walter Street
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Duval
March or Die
1977
as El Krim
Ramsey
1977
as Bill Ramsey
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Zerah
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as The Man
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as J.M. Barrie
Jubilee 1977
1977
as Bill Ramsey
Robin and Marian
1976
as King John
Shout at the Devil
1976
as Mohammed
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
1975
as Mr. Garrick
Private Affairs
1975
as David Garrick
Juggernaut
1974
as Nicholas Porter
The Wood Demon
1974
as Khrushchov
Children in Crossfire
1974
as Narrator
Only a Game
1974
as Narrator
Napoleon and Love
1974
as Napoleon Bonaparte
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
as Wedderburn
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
NOVA
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Masquerade
1974
as Blake
The Homecoming
1973
as Lenny
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Charles Stubbs
Young Winston
1972
as George E. Buckle
The Treat
1972
as Gordon
The Frighteners
1972
as Gordon
The Man from Haven
1972
as Jack Byron Lever
A Severed Head
1971
as Martin Lynch-Gibbon
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
as David Riccio
Funny
1971
as Huw
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Yakovlev
Film '72
1971
as Self
Emma's Time
1970
as Mark Lang
The End of the Line
1970
as Reverend P. Bagley
The Salesman
1970
as Salesman
Play for Today
1970
as Alexei
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as President Poincare
Moonlight on the Highway
1969
Edward the Confessor
1969
as Edward Gobey
Omri's Burning
1969
as Omri
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as David Peters
The Fixer
1968
as Grubeshov
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Puck
Frankenstein
1968
as Frankenstein / The Monster
The Bofors Gun
1968
as Gunner Flynn
Opus
1967
as Lenny (The Homecoming)
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Huw
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Wolfe MacFarlane
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Dr Frankenstein / The Being
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as King Richard III
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Oedipus
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Khrushchov
National Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator (voice)
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Alceste
The Power Game
1965
as Sefton Kemp
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Richard III
Horizon
1964
as Narrator
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mark Lang
The Paradise Suite
1963
as Jamie Norton
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Trofimov
Survival
1961
Girls at Sea
1958
as Marine (uncredited)
Rope
1957
as Granillo
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Edward Gobey
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Jamie Norton
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Reverend P. Bagley
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Himmelstoss