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Ian Holm

Ian Holm profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1931-09-12
Place of Birth: Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Popularity: 2.3

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. 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.

Known For Filmography

NOVA poster

NOVA

1974
Horizon poster

Horizon

1964
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

1970
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

1956
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

1965
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

1985
Ratatouille poster

Ratatouille

2007
Natural World poster

Natural World

1983
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014
Alien poster

Alien

1979
The Fifth Element poster

The Fifth Element

1997
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

1964
Alien: Romulus poster

Alien: Romulus

2024
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

1967
Performance poster

Performance

1991
Jesus of Nazareth poster

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969
The Aviator poster

The Aviator

2004
Legends poster

Legends

2006
The Day After Tomorrow poster

The Day After Tomorrow

2004
Lord of War poster

Lord of War

2005
Mystery and Imagination poster

Mystery and Imagination

1966
Holocaust poster

Holocaust

1978
Brazil poster

Brazil

1985
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
From Hell poster

From Hell

2001
Chillers poster

Chillers

1990
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992
eXistenZ poster

eXistenZ

1999
Chariots of Fire poster

Chariots of Fire

1981
Garden State poster

Garden State

2004
The Power Game poster

The Power Game

1965
The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers

1992
Time Bandits poster

Time Bandits

1981
Game, Set, and Match poster

Game, Set, and Match

1988
Napoleon and Love poster

Napoleon and Love

1974
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes poster

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poster

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994
40 Minutes poster

40 Minutes

1981
Big Night poster

Big Night

1996
The Frighteners poster

The Frighteners

1972
No Photo

Jubilee 1977

1977
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth poster

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth

2009
Naked Lunch poster

Naked Lunch

1991
Secret History poster

Secret History

1991
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin poster

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974
Inside the Third Reich poster

Inside the Third Reich

1982
All Quiet on the Western Front poster

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979
Henry V poster

Henry V

1989
National Geographic Specials poster

National Geographic Specials

1965
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

1956
A Life Less Ordinary poster

A Life Less Ordinary

1997
Animal Farm poster

Animal Farm

1999
No Photo

The Return of the Borrowers

1993
Another Woman poster

Another Woman

1988
The Madness of King George poster

The Madness of King George

1994
Night Falls on Manhattan poster

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997
The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker

2000
Nicholas and Alexandra poster

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971
Bless the Child poster

Bless the Child

2000
Juggernaut poster

Juggernaut

1974
Survival poster

Survival

1961
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

1990
No Photo

Private Affairs

1975
Kafka poster

Kafka

1991
Loch Ness poster

Loch Ness

1996
The Sweet Hereafter poster

The Sweet Hereafter

1997
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998
Robin and Marian poster

Robin and Marian

1976
The Wars of the Roses poster

The Wars of the Roses

1965
March or Die poster

March or Die

1977
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

1978
The Man in the Iron Mask poster

The Man in the Iron Mask

1977
Young Winston poster

Young Winston

1972
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real poster

Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real

2004
Blue Ice poster

Blue Ice

1992
The Hour of the Pig poster

The Hour of the Pig

1993
S.O.S. Titanic poster

S.O.S. Titanic

1980
No Photo

The Bell

1982
Chromophobia poster

Chromophobia

2006
Shout at the Devil poster

Shout at the Devil

1976
Incognito poster

Incognito

1997
Strangers with Candy poster

Strangers with Candy

2006
Television poster

Television

1985
Beautiful Joe poster

Beautiful Joe

2000
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald poster

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

1993
The Emperor's New Clothes poster

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001
Wetherby poster

Wetherby

1985
The Match poster

The Match

1999
Dance with a Stranger poster

Dance with a Stranger

1985
Oh! What a Lovely War poster

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969
The Return of the Soldier poster

The Return of the Soldier

1983
The Making of 'The Return of the King' poster

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

2004
The Fixer poster

The Fixer

1968
The Lost Boys poster

The Lost Boys

1978
O Jerusalem poster

O Jerusalem

2006
The Endless Game poster

The Endless Game

1989
Esther Kahn poster

Esther Kahn

2000
A Season of Giants poster

A Season of Giants

1990
Mary, Queen of Scots poster

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971
Shanghai Vice poster

Shanghai Vice

1999
Korea: The Unknown War poster

Korea: The Unknown War

1988
Dreamchild poster

Dreamchild

1985
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' poster

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

2004
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968
Discovering Hamlet poster

Discovering Hamlet

2011
The Adventures of Errol Flynn poster

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005
Monsters We Met poster

Monsters We Met

2003
The Wars of the Roses poster

The Wars of the Roses

1965
D-Day 6.6.1944 poster

D-Day 6.6.1944

2004
The Thief of Baghdad poster

The Thief of Baghdad

1978
Uncle Vanya poster

Uncle Vanya

1991
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells poster

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000
The Homecoming poster

The Homecoming

1973
Wisconsin Death Trip poster

Wisconsin Death Trip

1999
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen poster

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

1992
The Endless Game poster

The Endless Game

1989
The Treatment poster

The Treatment

2007
Laughterhouse poster

Laughterhouse

1984
Simon Magus poster

Simon Magus

1999
Soft Targets poster

Soft Targets

1982
The Browning Version poster

The Browning Version

1985
Stalin poster

Stalin

1990
The Tailor of Gloucester poster

The Tailor of Gloucester

1989
The Deep Blue Sea poster

The Deep Blue Sea

1994
The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard

1962
Shergar poster

Shergar

1999
Joe Gould's Secret poster

Joe Gould's Secret

2000
A Severed Head poster

A Severed Head

1971
King Lear poster

King Lear

1998
The Bofors Gun poster

The Bofors Gun

1968
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano poster

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

1983
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity poster

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981
Prisoner of Paradise poster

Prisoner of Paradise

2003
The Last Romantics poster

The Last Romantics

1992
The Misanthrope poster

The Misanthrope

1980
Secret Agent poster

Secret Agent

2001
Girls at Sea poster

Girls at Sea

1958
Emma's Time poster

Emma's Time

1970
Opus poster

Opus

1967
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill poster

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

1985
Murder by the Book poster

Murder by the Book

1986
Tale of the Tides poster

Tale of the Tides

1998
The Wood Demon poster

The Wood Demon

1974
The Cost of Treachery poster

The Cost of Treachery

1984
The Lost Boys poster

The Lost Boys

1978
Moonlight on the Highway poster

Moonlight on the Highway

1969
The Real Middle Earth poster

The Real Middle Earth

2007
No Photo

A Little Fish in Deep Water

1996
No Photo

The Paradise Suite

1963
No Photo

Landscape

1995
Cry From Home poster

Cry From Home

1986
No Photo

Funny

1971
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast poster

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

2002
The Kingdom of Fun poster

The Kingdom of Fun

1989
The Treat poster

The Treat

1972
The Queen of Trees poster

The Queen of Trees

2005
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom poster

Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

1994
Visions of Power poster

Visions of Power

1985
No Photo

Bloody Sunday

1991
Edward the Confessor poster

Edward the Confessor

1969
No Photo

Omri's Burning

1969
Little Red Riding Hood poster

Little Red Riding Hood

1995
Frankenstein poster

Frankenstein

1968
No Photo

The End of the Line

1970
No Photo

Rope

1957
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester

1993
No Photo

The Salesman

1970
No Photo

Chappaquiddick

1994
The Fishing Party poster

The Fishing Party

1986
No Photo

Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

1975
No Photo

Ramsey

1977
Children in Crossfire poster

Children in Crossfire

1974
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out poster

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

1995
Flayed poster

Flayed

1978