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Ian Holm

Ian Holm

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1931-09-12

Birth Place

Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

poster

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth

2009

6.9

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

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

2004

6.0

Movie
A Life Less Ordinary

A Life Less Ordinary

1997

6.1

Movie
A Little Fish in Deep Water

A Little Fish in Deep Water

1996

0.0

Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968

5.5

Movie
A Season of Giants

A Season of Giants

1990

6.5

Movie
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

1971

5.3

Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998

5.1

Movie
Alien

Alien

1979

8.2

Movie
All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979

6.6

Movie
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

1999

5.7

Movie
Another Woman

Another Woman

1988

6.8

Movie
poster

BBC Play of the Month

1965

5.0

TV
Beautiful Joe

Beautiful Joe

2000

5.4

Movie
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

1983

7.3

Movie
Big Night

Big Night

1996

6.9

Movie
Bless the Child

Bless the Child

2000

5.3

Movie
Blue Ice

Blue Ice

1992

5.1

Movie
Brazil

Brazil

1985

7.7

Movie
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

1981

6.8

Movie
poster

Chillers

1990

6.2

TV
Chromophobia

Chromophobia

2006

5.3

Movie
Cry From Home

Cry From Home

1986

0.0

Movie
D-Day 6.6.1944

D-Day 6.6.1944

2004

7.1

Movie
Dance with a Stranger

Dance with a Stranger

1985

6.0

Movie
poster

Days That Shook the World

2003

6.3

TV
Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

2011

7.0

Movie
Dreamchild

Dreamchild

1985

6.7

Movie
Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor

1969

0.0

Movie
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

1992

7.8

Movie
Emma's Time

Emma's Time

1970

0.0

Movie
Esther Kahn

Esther Kahn

2000

6.0

Movie
eXistenZ

eXistenZ

1999

6.8

Movie
Flayed

Flayed

1978

0.0

Movie
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1968

9.0

Movie
From Hell

From Hell

2001

6.7

Movie
Funny

Funny

1971

0.0

Movie
poster

Game, Set, and Match

1988

7.5

TV
Garden State

Garden State

2004

7.1

Movie
Girls at Sea

Girls at Sea

1958

6.0

Movie
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

6.3

Movie
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Hamlet

Hamlet

1990

6.6

Movie
Henry V

Henry V

1989

7.2

Movie
poster

Holocaust

1978

7.4

TV
poster

Horizon

1964

7.3

TV
Incognito

Incognito

1997

5.8

Movie
Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

1982

7.3

Movie
poster

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

7.7

TV
Jesus Of Nazareth

Jesus Of Nazareth

1977

9.0

Movie
Joe Gould's Secret

Joe Gould's Secret

2000

6.1

Movie
Juggernaut

Juggernaut

1974

6.1

Movie
Kafka

Kafka

1991

6.4

Movie
King Lear

King Lear

1998

8.0

Movie
poster

Korea: The Unknown War

1988

0.0

TV
Landscape

Landscape

1995

10.0

Movie
Laughterhouse

Laughterhouse

1984

5.0

Movie
poster

Legends

2006

5.0

TV
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1978

7.2

Movie
Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

1995

0.0

Movie
Loch Ness

Loch Ness

1996

5.6

Movie
Lord of War

Lord of War

2005

7.3

Movie
March or Die

March or Die

1977

5.8

Movie
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

6.4

Movie
Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971

6.7

Movie
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

1991

0.0

Movie
poster

Monsters We Met

2003

6.0

TV
Moonlight on the Highway

Moonlight on the Highway

1969

2.0

Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

1985

7.0

Movie
Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book

1986

3.0

Movie
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

Mystery and Imagination

1966

5.5

TV
Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

1991

7.0

Movie
poster

Napoleon and Love

1974

0.0

TV
poster

National Geographic Specials

1965

6.0

TV
poster

Natural World

1983

7.0

TV
Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

6.9

Movie
Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

6.3

Movie
poster

NOVA

1974

6.9

TV
O Jerusalem

O Jerusalem

2006

6.0

Movie
Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

6.6

Movie
Omri's Burning

Omri's Burning

1969

0.0

Movie
Opus

Opus

1967

5.0

Movie
poster

Performance

1991

6.0

TV
poster

Play for Today

1970

6.1

TV
Prisoner of Paradise

Prisoner of Paradise

2003

6.3

Movie
Ratatouille

Ratatouille

2007

7.8

Movie
Robin and Marian

Robin and Marian

1976

6.3

Movie
Rope

Rope

1957

0.0

Movie
S.O.S. Titanic

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

5.9

Movie
poster

Screen Two

1985

6.8

TV
poster

Secret Agent

2001

0.0

TV
poster

Shanghai Vice

1999

0.0

TV
Shergar

Shergar

1999

6.3

Movie
Shout at the Devil

Shout at the Devil

1976

6.0

Movie
Simon Magus

Simon Magus

1999

7.3

Movie
Soft Targets

Soft Targets

1982

0.0

Movie
poster

Stalin

1990

0.0

TV
Strangers with Candy

Strangers with Candy

2006

5.6

Movie
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981

0.0

Movie
poster

Survival

1961

8.0

TV
Tale of the Tides

Tale of the Tides

1998

0.0

Movie
poster

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

6.7

TV
poster

Television

1985

0.0

TV
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

7.8

Movie
The Aviator

The Aviator

2004

7.2

Movie
The Beast Within: Making Alien

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

8.2

Movie
poster

The Bell

1982

1.0

TV
The Bofors Gun

The Bofors Gun

1968

5.7

Movie
poster

The Borrowers

1992

6.4

TV
The Browning Version

The Browning Version

1985

6.2

Movie
The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1962

8.0

Movie
The Cost of Treachery

The Cost of Treachery

1984

1.0

Movie
The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

6.5

Movie
The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

1994

1.0

Movie
The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001

6.7

Movie
The End of the Line

The End of the Line

1970

0.0

Movie
The Endless Game

The Endless Game

1989

6.0

Movie
The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

1997

7.6

Movie
The Fishing Party

The Fishing Party

1986

0.0

Movie
The Fixer

The Fixer

1968

5.8

Movie
poster

The Frighteners

1972

8.5

TV
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

7.4

Movie
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

7.3

Movie
The Homecoming

The Homecoming

1973

5.8

Movie
The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

1993

6.2

Movie
The Kingdom of Fun

The Kingdom of Fun

1989

0.0

Movie
The Last Dragon

The Last Dragon

2004

7.8

Movie
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000

6.7

Movie
The Last Romantics

The Last Romantics

1992

0.0

Movie
poster

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

0.0

TV
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

8.4

Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

8.5

Movie
The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys

1978

8.0

Movie
poster

The Lost Boys

1978

0.0

TV
The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George

1994

6.8

Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1977

6.2

Movie
The Match

The Match

1999

6.2

Movie
The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker

2000

5.9

Movie
The Misanthrope

The Misanthrope

1980

0.0

Movie
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

1993

7.0

Movie
The Paradise Suite

The Paradise Suite

1963

0.0

Movie
The Queen of Trees

The Queen of Trees

2005

7.3

Movie
The Real Middle Earth

The Real Middle Earth

2007

0.0

Movie
poster

The Return of the Borrowers

1993

6.5

TV
The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

1983

6.2

Movie
The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

1997

6.9

Movie
The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor of Gloucester

1989

0.0

Movie
The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor of Gloucester

1993

0.0

Movie
The Thief of Baghdad

The Thief of Baghdad

1978

5.2

Movie
The Treatment

The Treatment

2007

6.0

Movie
The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

1965

8.5

Movie
The Wood Demon

The Wood Demon

1974

0.0

Movie
poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

6.1

TV
Time Bandits

Time Bandits

1981

6.6

Movie
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

1991

0.0

Movie
Wetherby

Wetherby

1985

6.0

Movie
Wisconsin Death Trip

Wisconsin Death Trip

1999

5.7

Movie
Young Winston

Young Winston

1972

6.2

Movie