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Ian Holm
Actor

Ian Holm

12 Movies
12 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 12
Birthday September 12, 1931 (94 years old)
Place of Birth Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Also Known As Ian Holm Cuthbert, Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE, Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, Sir Ian Holm
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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).

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Filmography (181)

Alien: Romulus 2024 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
Discovering Hamlet 2011
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth 2009
Ratatouille 2007
The Treatment 2007
The Real Middle Earth 2007
Strangers with Candy 2006
Chromophobia 2006
O Jerusalem 2006
Legends 2006
Lord of War 2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005
The Queen of Trees 2005
Garden State 2004
The Day After Tomorrow 2004 The Aviator 2004
D-Day 6.6.1944 2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' 2004
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real 2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King' 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
Prisoner of Paradise 2003
Monsters We Met 2003
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast 2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 2: From Vision to Reality 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
From Hell 2001
The Emperor's New Clothes 2001
Secret Agent 2001
Bless the Child 2000
The Miracle Maker 2000
Esther Kahn 2000
Joe Gould's Secret 2000
Beautiful Joe 2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2000
Animal Farm 1999
eXistenZ 1999
Wisconsin Death Trip 1999
Shergar 1999
The Match 1999
Simon Magus 1999
Shanghai Vice 1999
Alice Through the Looking Glass 1998
Tale of the Tides 1998
King Lear 1998
The Fifth Element 1997
The Sweet Hereafter 1997
A Life Less Ordinary 1997
Night Falls on Manhattan 1997
Incognito 1997
Big Night 1996
Loch Ness 1996
A Little Fish in Deep Water 1996
Landscape 1995
Little Red Riding Hood 1995
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 1995
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994 The Madness of King George 1994
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom 1994
The Deep Blue Sea 1994
Chappaquiddick 1994
The Hour of the Pig 1993
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald 1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester 1993
The Return of the Borrowers 1993
Blue Ice 1992
The Last Romantics 1992
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen 1992
The Borrowers 1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 1992
Kafka 1991
Naked Lunch 1991
Uncle Vanya 1991
Bloody Sunday 1991
Performance 1991
Hamlet 1990
A Season of Giants 1990
Stalin 1990
Chillers 1990
Henry V 1989
The Tailor of Gloucester 1989
The Endless Game 1989
The Kingdom of Fun 1989
The Endless Game 1989
Another Woman 1988
Game, Set, and Match 1988
Korea: The Unknown War 1988
Murder by the Book 1986
Cry From Home 1986
The Fishing Party 1986
Brazil 1985
Dance with a Stranger 1985
Dreamchild 1985
Wetherby 1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill 1985
The Browning Version 1985
Visions of Power 1985
Television 1985
Screen Two 1985
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984
Laughterhouse 1984
The Cost of Treachery 1984
The Return of the Soldier 1983
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano 1983
Natural World 1983
Soft Targets 1982
The Bell 1982
Inside the Third Reich 1982
Chariots of Fire 1981
Time Bandits 1981
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity 1981
40 Minutes 1981
S.O.S. Titanic 1980
The Misanthrope 1980
All Quiet on the Western Front 1979
Alien 1979
Tales of the Unexpected 1979
Les Misérables 1978
The Thief of Baghdad 1978
The Lost Boys 1978
Flayed 1978
Holocaust 1978
The Lost Boys 1978
The Man in the Iron Mask 1977
March or Die 1977
Ramsey 1977
Jesus of Nazareth 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week 1977
Jubilee 1977 1977
Robin and Marian 1976
Shout at the Devil 1976
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington 1975
Private Affairs 1975
Juggernaut 1974
The Wood Demon 1974
Children in Crossfire 1974
Napoleon and Love 1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin 1974
NOVA 1974
The Homecoming 1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries 1973
Young Winston 1972
The Treat 1972
The Frighteners 1972
A Severed Head 1971
Mary, Queen of Scots 1971
Funny 1971
Nicholas and Alexandra 1971
Emma's Time 1970
The End of the Line 1970
The Salesman 1970
Play for Today 1970
Oh! What a Lovely War 1969
Moonlight on the Highway 1969
Edward the Confessor 1969
Omri's Burning 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre 1969
The Fixer 1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968
Frankenstein 1968
The Bofors Gun 1968
Opus 1967
ITV Playhouse 1967
Mystery and Imagination 1966
The Wars of the Roses 1965
BBC Play of the Month 1965
National Geographic Specials 1965
The Power Game 1965
The Wars of the Roses 1965
Horizon 1964
The Wednesday Play 1964
The Paradise Suite 1963
The Cherry Orchard 1962
Survival 1961
Girls at Sea 1958
Rope 1957
Armchair Theatre 1956
Tony Awards 1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
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