Ian Holm
Birthday
1931/09/12
Day of death
2020/06/19 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Also know as
Ian Holm Cuthbert, Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE, Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, Sir Ian Holm
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. H...Read more
Acting
(1997) The Fifth Element
as Cornelius
(1985) Brazil
as Mr. Kurtzmann
(2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Bilbo
(2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Bilbo
(2004) Garden State
as Gideon Largeman
(2004) The Day After Tomorrow
as Terry Rapson
(2007) Ratatouille
as Skinner (voice)
(2001) From Hell
as Sir William Gull
(1994) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
(1997) The Sweet Hereafter
as Mitchell Stephens
(1999) Animal Farm
as Squealer (voice)
(1991) Kafka
as Dr. Murnau
(1990) Hamlet
as Polonius
(2005) Lord of War
as Simeon Weisz
(1999) eXistenZ
as Kiri Vinokur
(2004) The Aviator
as Professor Fitz
(2000) Bless the Child
as Reverend Grissom
(1989) Henry V
as Captain Fluellen
(1991) Naked Lunch
as Tom Frost
(1977) The Man in the Iron Mask
as Duval
(1979) All Quiet on the Western Front
as Himmelstoss
(1976) Robin and Marian
as King John
(1978) Les Misérables
as Thénardier
(1984) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
(2000) The Miracle Maker
as Pontius Pilate (voice)
(1969) Oh! What a Lovely War
as President Poincare
(1994) The Madness of King George
as Willis
(1986) Murder by the Book
as Hercule Poirot
(1988) Another Woman
as Ken
(1997) A Life Less Ordinary
as Mr. Naville
(1977) March or Die
as El Krim
(1981) Chariots of Fire
as Sam Mussabini
(2006) Strangers with Candy
as Dr. Putney
(1985) Dance with a Stranger
as Desmond Cussen
(1970) Emma's Time
as Mark Lang
(1974) Juggernaut
as Nicholas Porter
(1985) Dreamchild
as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
(1981) Time Bandits
as Napoleon
(1999) Wisconsin Death Trip
as Narrator (voice)
(1998) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as White Knight
(2000) Esther Kahn
as Nathan Quellen
(1971) A Severed Head
as Martin Lynch-Gibbon
(1997) Night Falls on Manhattan
as Liam Casey
(1971) Mary, Queen of Scots
as David Riccio
(1992) Blue Ice
as Sir Hector
(2006) Chromophobia
as Edward Aylesbury
(1972) Young Winston
as George E. Buckle
(2007) The Treatment
as Dr. Ernesto Morales
(2012) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Old Bilbo Baggins
(1976) Shout at the Devil
as Mohammed
(2006) O Jerusalem
as Ben Gurion
(1996) Big Night
as Pascal
(1994) Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
as (voice)
(1996) Loch Ness
as Water Bailiff
(1993) The Hour of the Pig
as Albertus
(2001) The Emperor's New Clothes
as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
(1980) S.O.S. Titanic
as J. Bruce Ismay
(1968) The Fixer
as Grubeshov
(1984) Laughterhouse
as Ben Singleton
(1958) Girls at Sea
as Marine (uncredited)
(1996) A Little Fish in Deep Water
as Narrator
(1998) Tale of the Tides
as Narrator
(1974) The Wood Demon
as Khrushchov
(1991) Uncle Vanya
as Astrov
(1962) The Cherry Orchard
as Trofimov
(1973) The Homecoming
as Lenny
(2014) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Old Bilbo Baggins
(2000) Joe Gould's Secret
as Joe Gould
(2005) The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Narrator (voice)
(2003) Prisoner of Paradise
as Narrator (voice)
(1985) Wetherby
as Stanley Pilborough
(1978) The Thief of Baghdad
as The Gatekeeper
(1995) Landscape
as Duff
(1968) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Puck
(1983) The Return of the Soldier
as Doctor Anderson
(2011) Discovering Hamlet
as Polonius (archive footage)
(1992) The Last Romantics
as F.R. Leavis
(1957) Rope
as Granillo
(1998) King Lear
as King Lear
(1965) The Wars of the Roses
as King Richard III
(2000) Beautiful Joe
as George The Geek
(1990) A Season of Giants
as Lorenzo de' Medici
(1994) The Deep Blue Sea
as Sir William Collyer
(1999) Shergar
as Joseph Maguire
(1992) Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1995) Little Red Riding Hood
as Don Mini
(2000) The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Patrick
(1989) The Tailor of Gloucester
as The Tailor
(1969) Moonlight on the Highway
as ---
(1963) The Paradise Suite
as Jamie Norton
(1969) Edward the Confessor
as Edward Gobey
(1971) Funny
as Huw
(1969) Omri's Burning
as Omri
(1979) Alien
as Ash
(1970) The End of the Line
as Reverend P. Bagley
(2004) D-Day 6.6.1944
as Narrator (voice)
(2004) A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
(1968) Frankenstein
as Frankenstein / The Monster
(1985) Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Eustace Edgehill
(2007) The Real Middle Earth
as Narrator
(1982) Soft Targets
as Alexei
(1980) The Misanthrope
as Alceste
(1999) The Match
as Big Tam
(1989) The Endless Game
as Control
(1985) The Browning Version
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
(1978) The Lost Boys
as J.M. Barrie
(1968) The Bofors Gun
as Gunner Flynn
(1997) Incognito
as John (uncredited)
(2005) The Queen of Trees
as Narrator
(1999) Simon Magus
as Sirius / Boris / The Devil
(1971) Nicholas and Alexandra
as Yakovlev
(1983) Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
as Narrator (voice)
(1984) The Cost of Treachery
as Narrator
(1989) The Kingdom of Fun
as Narrator
(1967) Opus
as Lenny (The Homecoming)
(2004) Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
as Narrator
(1981) Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Lech Walesa
(1978) Flayed
as The Man
(1986) Cry From Home
as Narrator
(1986) The Fishing Party
as Narrator
(1993) The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
(2004) The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
(1985) Visions of Power
as Narrator
(1995) There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
as Narrator (voice)
(1977) Ramsey
as Bill Ramsey
(1975) Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
as Mr. Garrick
(1972) The Treat
as Gordon
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Alan Corwin
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Himmelstoss
(1993) The Return of the Borrowers
as Pod
(1978) Holocaust
as Heinrich Himmler
(1966) Mystery and Imagination
as ---
(1977) Jesus of Nazareth
as Zerah
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Oedipus
(1983) Natural World
as Narrator
(1985) Television
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1988) Game, Set, and Match
as Bernard Samson
(1974) Napoleon and Love
as ---
(2009) 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
as Geschichtenerzähler
(1992) The Borrowers
as Pod
(1974) The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Wedderburn
(1991) Performance
as Sir William Collyer
(1991) Performance
as Duff
(1991) Performance
as King Lear
(1974) NOVA
as Narrator
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Khrushchov
(1992) Chillers
as Christopher Waggoner
(1988) Korea: The Unknown War
as Narrator (voice)
(1982) The Bell
as Michael Meade
(1978) The Lost Boys
as J.M. Barrie
(1990) Stalin
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1999) Shanghai Vice
as Himself - Narrator
(1970) Play for Today
as Alexei
(2003) Monsters We Met
as Narrator
(1964) Horizon
as Narrator
(1965) National Geographic Specials
as Narrator (voice)
(1974) NOVA
as Narrator (voice)
(2006) Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1992) The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as The Tailor (voice)
(2001) Secret Agent
as Narrator
(1991) Performance
as Astrov
(1985) Screen Two
as F.R. Leavis
(1961) Survival
as ---
(1972) The Frighteners
as Gordon
(1981) 40 Minutes
as Narrator
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Alceste
(1956) Armchair Theatre
as Edward Gobey
(1977) BBC2 Play of the Week
as The Man
(1977) BBC2 Play of the Week
as J.M. Barrie
(1965) The Power Game
as Sefton Kemp
(1965) The Wars of the Roses
as Richard
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
(1982) Inside the Third Reich
as Dr. Joseph Goebbels