About

Known credits:
140
Birthday:
1931-09-12
Place of birth:
Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
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Ian Holm

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Actor Old Bilbo Baggins 72
Good
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Actor Old Bilbo Baggins 73
Good
2011 Discovering Hamlet Actor Polonius (archive footage) 59
Average
2009 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth Actor Geschichtenerzähler 69
Fair
2007 Ratatouille Actor Skinner (voice) 77
Good
2007 The Real Middle Earth Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2007 The Treatment Actor Dr. Ernesto Morales 59
Average
2006 O Jerusalem Actor Ben Gurion 58
Average
2006 Strangers with Candy Actor Dr. Putney 58
Average
2006 Chromophobia Actor Edward Aylesbury 58
Average
2005 The Queen of Trees Actor Narrator 59
Average
2005 Lord of War Actor Simeon Weisz 71
Good
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2004 The Aviator Actor Professor Fitz 70
Good
2004 Garden State Actor Gideon Largeman 68
Fair
2004 D-Day 6.6.1944 Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2004 The Day After Tomorrow Actor Terry Rapson 64
Fair
2004 The Last Dragon Actor Narrator 59
Average
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Actor Bilbo 84
Very good
2003 The Beast Within: Making Alien Actor (archive footage) 59
Average
2003 Monsters We Met Actor Narrator 69
Fair
2003 Prisoner of Paradise Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Actor Bilbo 83
Very good
2001 The Emperor's New Clothes Actor Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand 59
Average
2001 From Hell Actor Sir William Gull 65
Fair
2001 Secret Agent Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2000 Esther Kahn Actor Nathan Quellen 59
Average
2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Actor Patrick 59
Average
2000 Bless the Child Actor Reverend Grissom 57
Average
2000 Beautiful Joe Actor George The Geek 58
Average
2000 The Miracle Maker Actor Pontius Pilate (voice) 59
Average
2000 Joe Gould's Secret Actor Joe Gould 59
Average
1999 Animal Farm Actor Squealer (voice) 58
Average
1999 Wisconsin Death Trip Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
1999 The Match Actor Big Tam 59
Average
1999 Shergar Actor Joseph Maguire 59
Average
1999 eXistenZ Actor Kiri Vinokur 66
Fair
1999 Shanghai Vice Actor Himself - Narrator N/A
N/A
1999 Simon Magus Actor Sirius / Boris / The Devil 59
Average
1998 Alice Through the Looking Glass Actor White Knight 58
Average
1998 Tale of the Tides Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1998 King Lear Actor King Lear 59
Average
1997 Incognito Actor John (uncredited) 58
Average
1997 A Life Less Ordinary Actor Mr. Naville 60
Fair
1997 The Sweet Hereafter Actor Mitchell Stephens 63
Fair
1997 The Fifth Element Actor Father Vito Cornelius 74
Good
1997 Night Falls on Manhattan Actor Liam Casey 59
Average
1996 Big Night Actor Pascal 62
Fair
1996 Loch Ness Actor Water Bailiff 58
Average
1996 A Little Fish in Deep Water Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1995 Little Red Riding Hood Actor Don Mini N/A
N/A
1995 Landscape Actor Duff 59
Average
1994 The Madness of King George Actor Willis 61
Fair
1994 The Deep Blue Sea Actor Sir William Collyer N/A
N/A
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Actor Baron Frankenstein 62
Fair
1994 Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom Actor (voice) N/A
N/A
1993 The Borrowers Actor Pod N/A
N/A
1993 The Return of the Borrowers Actor Pod 69
Fair
1993 The Hour of the Pig Actor Albertus 59
Average
1992 The Borrowers Actor Pod 69
Fair
1992 Blue Ice Actor Sir Hector 58
Average
1992 The Last Romantics Actor F.R. Leavis N/A
N/A
1992 Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen Actor Self - Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1991 Naked Lunch Actor Tom Frost 66
Fair
1991 Kafka Actor Dr. Murnau 60
Fair
1991 Uncle Vanya Actor Astrov N/A
N/A
1991 Mel Gibson Goes Back to School Actor Polonius (archive footage) N/A
N/A
1990 Hamlet Actor Polonius 62
Fair
1990 A Season of Giants Actor Lorenzo de' Medici 59
Average
1990 Stalin Actor Self - Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1989 The Tailor of Gloucester Actor The Tailor N/A
N/A
1989 The Tailor of Gloucester Actor The Tailor N/A
N/A
1989 Henry V Actor Captain Fluellen 64
Fair
1989 The Endless Game Actor Control 59
Average
1989 The Kingdom of Fun Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1988 Another Woman Actor Ken 61
Fair
1988 Game, Set, and Match Actor Bernard Samson 70
Good
1988 Korea: The Unknown War Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1986 Cry From Home Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1986 Murder by the Book Actor Hercule Poirot 58
Average
1985 The Browning Version Actor Andrew Crocker-Harris 59
Average
1985 Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Actor Eustace Edgehill 59
Average
1985 Dreamchild Actor Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll 59
Average
1985 Wetherby Actor Stanley Pilborough 59
Average
1985 Dance with a Stranger Actor Desmond Cussen 59
Average
1985 Brazil Actor Mr. Kurtzmann 74
Good
1985 Television Actor Self - Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1984 The Cost of Treachery Actor Narrator 59
Average
1984 Laughterhouse Actor Ben Singleton 59
Average
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Actor Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot 60
Fair
1983 Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1983 The Return of the Soldier Actor Doctor Anderson 59
Average
1982 Soft Targets Actor Alexei N/A
N/A
1982 Inside the Third Reich Actor Dr. Joseph Goebbels 59
Average
1982 The Bell Actor Michael Meade N/A
N/A
1981 Strike: The Birth of Solidarity Actor Lech Walesa N/A
N/A
1981 Time Bandits Actor Napoleon 63
Fair
1981 Chariots of Fire Actor Sam Mussabini 64
Fair
1980 S.O.S. Titanic Actor J. Bruce Ismay 58
Average
1980 The Misanthrope Actor Alceste N/A
N/A
1979 All Quiet on the Western Front Actor Himmelstoss 60
Fair
1979 Alien Actor Ash 81
Very good
1978 Les Misérables Actor Thénardier 59
Average
1978 The Lost Boys Actor J.M. Barrie 59
Average
1978 The Lost Boys Actor J.M. Barrie N/A
N/A
1978 Flayed Actor The Man N/A
N/A
1978 The Thief of Baghdad Actor The Gatekeeper 58
Average
1977 March or Die Actor El Krim 58
Average
1977 The Man in the Iron Mask Actor Duval 59
Average
1977 Jesus of Nazareth Actor Zerah 76
Good
1976 Shout at the Devil Actor Mohammed 59
Average
1976 Robin and Marian Actor King John 60
Fair
1974 The Wood Demon Actor Khrushchov N/A
N/A
1974 Juggernaut Actor Nicholas Porter 59
Average
1974 Napoleon and Love Actor N/A
N/A
1973 The Homecoming Actor Lenny 59
Average
1972 Young Winston Actor George E. Buckle 59
Average
1972 The Frighteners Actor 70
Good
1971 Mary, Queen of Scots Actor David Riccio 59
Average
1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Actor Yakovlev 60
Fair
1971 Funny Actor Huw N/A
N/A
1971 A Severed Head Actor Martin Lynch-Gibbon 58
Average
1970 The End of the Line Actor Reverend P. Bagley N/A
N/A
1970 Emma's Time Actor Mark Lang N/A
N/A
1969 Omri's Burning Actor Omri N/A
N/A
1969 Moonlight on the Highway Actor 59
Average
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Actor President Poincare 59
Average
1969 Edward the Confessor Actor Edward Gobey N/A
N/A
1968 The Fixer Actor Grubeshov 59
Average
1968 Frankenstein Actor Frankenstein / The Monster N/A
N/A
1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream Actor Puck 58
Average
1968 The Bofors Gun Actor Gunner Flynn 59
Average
1967 Opus Actor Lenny (The Homecoming) 59
Average
1965 The Wars of the Roses Actor King Richard III 59
Average
1963 The Paradise Suite Actor Jamie Norton N/A
N/A
1962 The Cherry Orchard Actor Trofimov 59
Average
1958 Girls at Sea Actor Marine (uncredited) 59
Average
1957 Rope Actor Granillo N/A
N/A
Game, Set and Match Actor Bernard Samson N/A
N/A
D-Day, leur jour le plus long Actor N/A
N/A