Ian Holm
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1931
- Died
- June 19, 2020 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
Alien: Romulus
Movie · as Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie · as Old Bilbo Baggins
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie · as Old Bilbo Baggins
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Polonius (archive footage)
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
TV · as Geschichtenerzähler · 2 eps
Ratatouille
Movie · as Skinner (voice)
The Treatment
Movie · as Dr. Ernesto Morales
The Real Middle Earth
Movie · as Narrator
Strangers with Candy
Movie · as Dr. Putney
Chromophobia
Movie · as Edward Aylesbury
O Jerusalem
Movie · as Ben Gurion
The Making of The Return of the King
Movie · as Self
Legends
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Lord of War
Movie · as Simeon Weisz
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Queen of Trees
Movie · as Narrator
Garden State
Movie · as Gideon Largeman
The Day After Tomorrow
Movie · as Terry Rapson
The Aviator
Movie · as Professor Fitz
D-Day 6.6.1944
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie · as Self
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
Movie · as Narrator
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie · as Bilbo
Prisoner of Paradise
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Monsters We Met
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Movie · as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie · as Bilbo
From Hell
Movie · as Sir William Gull
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie · as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Secret Agent
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Bless the Child
Movie · as Reverend Grissom
The Miracle Maker
Movie · as Pontius Pilate (voice)
Esther Kahn
Movie · as Nathan Quellen
Joe Gould's Secret
Movie · as Joe Gould
Beautiful Joe
Movie · as George The Geek
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Movie · as Patrick
Animal Farm
Movie · as Squealer (voice)
eXistenZ
Movie · as Kiri Vinokur
Wisconsin Death Trip
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Shergar
Movie · as Joseph Maguire
The Match
Movie · as Big Tam
Simon Magus
Movie · as Sirius / Boris / The Devil
Shanghai Vice
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 7 eps
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as White Knight
Tale of the Tides
Movie · as Narrator
King Lear
Movie · as King Lear
The Fifth Element
Movie · as Cornelius
The Sweet Hereafter
Movie · as Mitchell Stephens
A Life Less Ordinary
Movie · as Mr. Naville
Night Falls on Manhattan
Movie · as Liam Casey
Incognito
Movie · as John (uncredited)
Big Night
Movie · as Pascal
Loch Ness
Movie · as Water Bailiff
A Little Fish in Deep Water
Movie · as Narrator
Landscape
Movie · as Duff
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Don Mini
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie · as Baron Frankenstein
The Madness of King George
Movie · as Willis
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
Movie · as (voice)
The Deep Blue Sea
Movie · as Sir William Collyer
Chappaquiddick
Movie · as Narrator
The Hour of the Pig
Movie · as Albertus
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
Movie · as The Tailor (voice)
The Return of the Borrowers
TV · as Pod · 6 eps
Blue Ice
Movie · as Sir Hector
The Last Romantics
Movie · as F.R. Leavis
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Borrowers
TV · as Pod · 12 eps
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV · as The Tailor (voice) · 1 ep
Kafka
Movie · as Dr. Murnau
Naked Lunch
Movie · as Tom Frost
Uncle Vanya
Movie · as Astrov
Bloody Sunday
Movie · as Narrator
Performance
TV · as Duff, King Lear, Sir William Collyer, Astrov · 1 ep
Secret History
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as Polonius
A Season of Giants
Movie · as Lorenzo de' Medici
Stalin
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Chillers
TV · as Christopher Waggoner · 1 ep
A Season of Giants
TV · as Lorenzo de' Medici · 3 eps
Henry V
Movie · as Captain Fluellen
The Tailor of Gloucester
Movie · as The Tailor
The Endless Game
Movie · as Control
The Kingdom of Fun
Movie · as Narrator
The Endless Game
TV · as Control · 2 eps
Another Woman
Movie · as Ken
Game, Set, and Match
TV · as Bernard Samson · 13 eps
Korea: The Unknown War
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Murder by the Book
Movie · as Hercule Poirot
Cry From Home
Movie · as Narrator
The Fishing Party
Movie · as Narrator
Dancing in the Rain
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Brazil
Movie · as Mr. Kurtzmann
Dance with a Stranger
Movie · as Desmond Cussen
Dreamchild
Movie · as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
Wetherby
Movie · as Stanley Pilborough
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Movie · as Eustace Edgehill
The Browning Version
Movie · as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Visions of Power
Movie · as Narrator
Television
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 eps
Screen Two
TV · as F.R. Leavis, Albertus · 1 ep
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie · as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
Laughterhouse
Movie · as Ben Singleton
The Cost of Treachery
Movie · as Narrator
The Return of the Soldier
Movie · as Doctor Anderson
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 7 eps
Soft Targets
Movie · as Alexei
The Bell
TV · as Michael Meade · 4 eps
Inside the Third Reich
TV · as Dr. Joseph Goebbels · 2 eps
Chariots of Fire
Movie · as Sam Mussabini
Time Bandits
Movie · as Napoleon
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Movie · as Lech Walesa
Occupied Palestine
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
40 Minutes
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps
S.O.S. Titanic
Movie · as J. Bruce Ismay
The Misanthrope
Movie · as Alceste
We, the Accused
TV · as Paul Presset · 5 eps
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie · as Himmelstoss
Alien
Movie · as Ash
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Alan Corwin · 1 ep
Les Misérables
Movie · as Thénardier
The Thief of Baghdad
Movie · as The Gatekeeper
The Lost Boys
Movie · as J.M. Barrie
Flayed
Movie · as The Man
Holocaust
TV · as Heinrich Himmler · 2 eps
The Lost Boys
TV · as J.M. Barrie · 3 eps
Do You Remember?
TV · as Walter Street · 1 ep
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Duval
March or Die
Movie · as El Krim
Ramsey
Movie · as Bill Ramsey
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · as Zerah · 4 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as The Man, J.M. Barrie · 1 ep
Jubilee 1977
TV · as Bill Ramsey · 1 ep
Robin and Marian
Movie · as King John
Shout at the Devil
Movie · as Mohammed
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
Movie · as Mr. Garrick
Private Affairs
TV · as David Garrick · 1 ep
Juggernaut
Movie · as Nicholas Porter
The Wood Demon
Movie · as Khrushchov
Children in Crossfire
Movie · as Narrator
Only a Game
Movie · as Narrator
Napoleon and Love
TV · as Napoleon Bonaparte · 9 eps
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
TV · as Wedderburn · 1 ep
NOVA
TV · as Narrator, Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Masquerade
TV · as Blake · 1 ep
The Homecoming
Movie · as Lenny
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Charles Stubbs · 1 ep
Young Winston
Movie · as George E. Buckle
The Treat
Movie · as Gordon
The Frighteners
TV · as Gordon · 1 ep
The Man from Haven
TV · as Jack Byron Lever · 6 eps
A Severed Head
Movie · as Martin Lynch-Gibbon
Mary, Queen of Scots
Movie · as David Riccio
Funny
Movie · as Huw
Nicholas and Alexandra
Movie · as Yakovlev
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Emma's Time
Movie · as Mark Lang
The End of the Line
Movie · as Reverend P. Bagley
The Salesman
Movie · as Salesman
Play for Today
TV · as Alexei · 1 ep
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie · as President Poincare
Moonlight on the Highway
Movie · as David Peters
Edward the Confessor
Movie · as Edward Gobey
Omri's Burning
Movie · as Omri
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as David Peters · 1 ep
The Fixer
Movie · as Grubeshov
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Puck
Frankenstein
Movie · as Frankenstein / The Monster
The Bofors Gun
Movie · as Gunner Flynn
Opus
Movie · as Lenny (The Homecoming)
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Huw · 1 ep
Mystery and Imagination
TV · as Wolfe MacFarlane, Dr Frankenstein / The Being · 1 ep
The Wars of the Roses
Movie · as King Richard III
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Oedipus, Khrushchov, Alceste · 1 ep
National Geographic Specials
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Power Game
TV · as Sefton Kemp · 4 eps
The Wars of the Roses
TV · as Richard III · 2 eps
Horizon
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Mark Lang · 1 ep
The Paradise Suite
Movie · as Jamie Norton
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Trofimov
Survival
TV · 1 ep
Girls at Sea
Movie · as Marine (uncredited)
Rope
Movie · as Granillo
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Edward Gobey, Jamie Norton, Reverend P. Bagley · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Himmelstoss · 1 ep