Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Acting

Born September 12, 1931 · Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK

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 s…

Known for

Horizon

Horizon

1964

NOVA

NOVA

1974

NOVA

NOVA

1974

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

Acting(187)

2024Alien: RomulusRook (Facial and Vocal Reference)

2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesOld Bilbo Baggins

2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyOld Bilbo Baggins

2011Discovering HamletPolonius (archive footage)

20091066: The Battle for Middle EarthGeschichtenerzähler

2007RatatouilleSkinner (voice)

2007The Real Middle EarthNarrator

2007The TreatmentDr. Ernesto Morales

2006LegendsSelf - Narrator (voice)

2006O JerusalemBen Gurion

2006The Making of 'The Return of the King'Self

2006Strangers with CandyDr. Putney

2006ChromophobiaEdward Aylesbury

2005The Queen of TreesNarrator

2005Lord of WarSimeon Weisz

2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnNarrator (voice)

2004The AviatorProfessor Fitz

2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'Self

2004Garden StateGideon Largeman

2004D-Day 6.6.1944Narrator (voice)

2004The Day After TomorrowTerry Rapson

2004Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made RealNarrator

2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBilbo

2003Monsters We MetNarrator

2003Prisoner of ParadiseNarrator (voice)

2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the CastSelf

2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingBilbo

2001The Emperor's New ClothesNapoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

2001From HellSir William Gull

2001Secret AgentNarrator

2000Esther KahnNathan Quellen

2000The Last of the Blonde BombshellsPatrick

2000Bless the ChildReverend Grissom

2000Beautiful JoeGeorge The Geek

2000The Miracle MakerPontius Pilate (voice)

2000Joe Gould's SecretJoe Gould

1999Animal FarmSquealer (voice)

1999Wisconsin Death TripNarrator (voice)

1999The MatchBig Tam

1999ShergarJoseph Maguire

1999eXistenZKiri Vinokur

1999Shanghai ViceHimself - Narrator

1999Simon MagusSirius / Boris / The Devil

1998Alice Through the Looking GlassWhite Knight

1998Tale of the TidesNarrator

1998King LearKing Lear

1997IncognitoJohn (uncredited)

1997A Life Less OrdinaryMr. Naville

1997The Sweet HereafterMitchell Stephens

1997The Fifth ElementCornelius

1997Night Falls on ManhattanLiam Casey

1996Big NightPascal

1996Loch NessWater Bailiff

1996A Little Fish in Deep WaterNarrator

1995Little Red Riding HoodDon Mini

1995LandscapeDuff

1995There Is a Light That Never Goes OutNarrator (voice)

1994The Madness of King GeorgeWillis

1994The Deep Blue SeaSir William Collyer

1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinBaron Frankenstein

1994Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom(voice)

1994ChappaquiddickNarrator

1993The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of GloucesterThe Tailor (voice)

1993The Return of the BorrowersPod

1993The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey OswaldNarrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)

1993The Hour of the PigAlbertus

1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsThe Tailor (voice)

1992The BorrowersPod

1992Blue IceSir Hector

1992The Last RomanticsF.R. Leavis

1992Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The QueenSelf - Narrator (voice)

1991Naked LunchTom Frost

1991Bloody SundayNarrator

1991KafkaDr. Murnau

1991Secret HistoryNarrator

1991Uncle VanyaAstrov

1991PerformanceDuff

1990HamletPolonius

1990A Season of GiantsLorenzo de' Medici

1990StalinSelf - Narrator (voice)

1990ChillersChristopher Waggoner

1989The Tailor of GloucesterThe Tailor

1989Henry VCaptain Fluellen

1989The Endless GameControl

1989The Endless GameControl

1989The Kingdom of FunNarrator

1988Another WomanKen

1988Game, Set, and MatchBernard Samson

1988Korea: The Unknown WarNarrator (voice)

1986The Fishing PartyNarrator

1986Cry From HomeNarrator

1986Murder by the BookHercule Poirot

1985The Browning VersionAndrew Crocker-Harris

1985Mr. and Mrs. EdgehillEustace Edgehill

1985DreamchildReverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll

1985WetherbyStanley Pilborough

1985Dance with a StrangerDesmond Cussen

1985BrazilMr. Kurtzmann

1985Visions of PowerNarrator

1985TelevisionSelf - Narrator (voice)

1985Screen TwoF.R. Leavis

1984The Cost of TreacheryNarrator

1984LaughterhouseBen Singleton

1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesCapitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

1983Bette Davis: The Benevolent VolcanoNarrator (voice)

1983Natural WorldNarrator

1983The Return of the SoldierDoctor Anderson

1982Soft TargetsAlexei

1982Inside the Third ReichDr. Joseph Goebbels

1982The BellMichael Meade

1981Strike: The Birth of SolidarityLech Walesa

198140 MinutesNarrator

1981Time BanditsNapoleon

1981Chariots of FireSam Mussabini

1980We, the AccusedPaul Presset

1980S.O.S. TitanicJ. Bruce Ismay

1980The MisanthropeAlceste

1979All Quiet on the Western FrontHimmelstoss

1979Tales of the UnexpectedAlan Corwin

1978Les MisérablesThénardier

1978The Lost BoysJ.M. Barrie

1978The Lost BoysJ.M. Barrie

1978HolocaustHeinrich Himmler

1978FlayedThe Man

1978Do You Remember?Walter Street

1978The Thief of BaghdadThe Gatekeeper

1977BBC2 Play of the WeekThe Man

1977March or DieEl Krim

1977The Man in the Iron MaskDuval

1977RamseyBill Ramsey

1977Jesus of NazarethZerah

1977Jubilee 1977Bill Ramsey

1976Shout at the DevilMohammed

1976Robin and MarianKing John

1975Mr. Garrick and Mrs. WoffingtonMr. Garrick

1975Private AffairsDavid Garrick

1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinWedderburn

1974The Wood DemonKhrushchov

1974JuggernautNicholas Porter

1974Only a GameNarrator

1974MasqueradeBlake

1974Children in CrossfireNarrator

1974Napoleon and LoveNapoleon Bonaparte

1974NOVANarrator

1973The HomecomingLenny

1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesCharles Stubbs

1972The TreatGordon

1972The Man from HavenJack Byron Lever

1972Young WinstonGeorge E. Buckle

1972The FrightenersGordon

1971Mary, Queen of ScotsDavid Riccio

1971Nicholas and AlexandraYakovlev

1971Film '72Self

1971A Severed HeadMartin Lynch-Gibbon

1970Play for TodayAlexei

1970The End of the LineReverend P. Bagley

1970The SalesmanSalesman

1970Emma's TimeMark Lang

1969Omri's BurningOmri

1969Moonlight on the Highway

1969Oh! What a Lovely WarPresident Poincare

1969Edward the ConfessorEdward Gobey

1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDavid Peters

1968The FixerGrubeshov

1968FrankensteinFrankenstein / The Monster

1968A Midsummer Night's DreamPuck

1968The Bofors GunGunner Flynn

1967ITV PlayhouseHuw

1967OpusLenny (The Homecoming)

1966Mystery and ImaginationWolfe MacFarlane

1965The Power GameSefton Kemp

1965BBC Play of the MonthOedipus

1965National Geographic SpecialsNarrator (voice)

1965The Wars of the RosesKing Richard III

1965The Wars of the RosesRichard III

1964The Wednesday PlayMark Lang

1964HorizonNarrator

1963The Paradise SuiteJamie Norton

1962The Cherry OrchardTrofimov

1958Girls at SeaMarine (uncredited)

1957RopeGranillo

1956Armchair TheatreEdward Gobey

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee

1951Hallmark Hall of FameHimmelstoss