Ciarán Hinds
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut. His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV. As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Cry to Heaven
Movie · as Andrea
Walk the Blue Fields
Movie
Ceasefire
Movie · as Bill Flynn
Isle of Man
Movie
This Old Love of Mine
Movie · as Harry Bannon
The Ministry of Time
TV · as Peter · 1 ep
Lenni
TV
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
Movie
Midwinter Break
Movie · as Gerry
The Three Urns
Movie · as Mr O'Connor
East of Eden
TV · as Samuel Hamilton · 2 eps
Words of War
Movie · as Dmitry Muratov
A Bear Remembers
Movie · as Voice of the Bear
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
Movie · as Narrator
Is This Thing On?
Movie · as Jan
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland
Movie · as Narrator
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
TV · as Dorrigo Evans 1980s · 5 eps
Cottontail
Movie · as John
Ireland's Coast
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
The Family Plan
Movie · as McCaffrey
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Movie · as Vincent O'Shea
Untameable
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Wonder
Movie · as Father Thaddeus
The Dry
TV · as Tom Sheridan · 24 eps
Treason
TV · as Sir Martin Angelis · 5 eps
The English
TV · as Richard M Watts · 1 ep
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV · as Dark Wizard · 5 eps
Belfast
Movie · as Pop
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie · as Steppenwolf (voice)
Kin
TV · as Eamon Cunningham · 8 eps
The Hour
Movie · as Himself
The Man in the Hat
Movie · as The Man In The Hat
Lost Lives
Movie · as Self (voice)
Frozen II
Movie · as Pabbie (voice)
Grace and Goliath
Movie · as Surgeon
Woman Walks Ahead
Movie · as James McLaughlin
Red Sparrow
Movie · as Alexei Zyuganov
Elizabeth Harvest
Movie · as Henry
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Movie · as Captain Stinger (voice)
First Man
Movie · as Robert R. Gilruth
National Theatre Collection: Translations
Movie · as Hugh
The Terror
TV · as Sir John Franklin · 10 eps
Justice League
Movie · as Steppenwolf (voice)
Axis
Movie · as Jim (voice)
Last Days in the Desert
Movie · as Father
Bleed for This
Movie · as Angelo Pazienza
Silence
Movie · as Father Valignano
The Hope Rooms
Movie · as Eamonn
My Mother and Other Strangers
TV · as Older Francis · 5 eps
Hitman: Agent 47
Movie · as Litvenko
The Driftless Area
Movie · as Ned
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie · as Mance Rayder
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Movie · as Claudius
Love is a Sting
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Movie · as Spencer Ludlow
McCanick
Movie · as Quinn
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Movie · as Spencer Ludlow
Delirium
TV · 1 ep
Frozen
Movie · as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
Closed Circuit
Movie · as Devlin
The Sea
Movie · as Max Morden
Shetland
TV · as Michael Maguire · 3 eps
The Woman in Black
Movie · as Mr. Daily
John Carter
Movie · as Tardos Mors
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
Movie · as Self
Political Animals
TV · as Bud Hammond · 6 eps
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Aberforth Dumbledore
The Rite
Movie · as Father Xavier
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Movie · as Roy Bland
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Movie · as Roarke
The Shore
Movie · as Joe
Salvation Boulevard
Movie · as Jim Hunt
Game of Thrones
TV · as Mance Rayder · 5 eps
The Debt
Movie · as David Peretz
Life During Wartime
Movie · as Bill Maplewood
Race to Witch Mountain
Movie · as Burke
The Eclipse
Movie · as Michael Farr
Glock
Movie · as Luger
Above Suspicion
TV · as James Langton · 11 eps
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Movie · as Joe Blomfield
Ca$h
Movie · as Barnes
The Tale of Despereaux
Movie · as Botticelli (voice)
Stop-Loss
Movie · as Roy King
In Bruges
Movie · as Priest (uncredited)
Hallam Foe
Movie · as Julius Foe
There Will Be Blood
Movie · as Fletcher Hamilton
Margot at the Wedding
Movie · as Dick Koosman
Amazing Grace
Movie · as Lord Tarleton
Miami Vice
Movie · as FBI Agent John Fujima
The Nativity Story
Movie · as Herod
The Tiger's Tail
Movie · as Father Andy
Munich
Movie · as Carl
Mickybo and Me
Movie · as Jonjo's Da
Rome
TV · as Julius Caesar · 22 eps
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Firmin
Veronica Guerin
Movie · as John Traynor
Calendar Girls
Movie · as Rod Harper
The Statement
Movie · as Pochon
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Movie · as Michael Henchard
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Movie · as Jonathan Reiss
Thursday the 12th
Movie · as Marius Bannister
The Mayor of Casterbridge
TV · as Michael Henchard · 2 eps
Road to Perdition
Movie · as Finn McGovern
The Sum of All Fears
Movie · as President Nemerov
The Weight of Water
Movie · as Louis Wagner
The Sleeper
Movie · as Fergus Moon
Jason and the Argonauts
TV · as King Aeson · 2 eps
The Lost Son
Movie · as Carlos
A Time to Love
Movie · as Peter
The Lost Lover
Movie · as Adam
Titanic Town
Movie · as Aidan McPhelimy
Getting Hurt
Movie · as Charlie Cross
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Edward Rochester
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie · as Reverend Dennis Hasset
The Life of Stuff
Movie · as David Arbogast
Ivanhoe
TV · as Brian de Bois-Guilbert · 6 eps
Some Mother's Son
Movie · as Danny Boyle
Mary Reilly
Movie · as Sir Danvers Carew
Testament: The Bible in Animation
TV · as Lucifer (voice) · 1 ep
Cold Lazarus
TV · as Fyodor · 4 eps
Persuasion
Movie · as Captain Frederick Wentworth
Circle of Friends
Movie · as Professor Flynn
The Affair
Movie · as Edward Leyland
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Jim Browner · 1 ep
The Man Who Cried
Movie · as Abel Mason
Hostages
Movie · as Brian Keenan
Between the Lines
TV · as Det. Insp. Micky Flynn · 1 ep
Prime Suspect
TV · as Edward Parker-Jones · 2 eps
Soldier Soldier
TV · as Clive Hickey · 1 ep
Yellowbacks
Movie · as Martin Pitt
December Bride
Movie · as Frank Echlin
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Movie · as Richard McIlkenny
Perfect Scoundrels
TV · as Jack Vosper · 1 ep
The Mahabharata
TV · as Ashwatthaman · 1 ep
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Movie · as Cory
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Jack Lynch · 1 ep
The Play on One
TV · as Martin Pitt · 1 ep
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Jim Browner · 1 ep
Our Boys
Movie · as Brother
Excalibur
Movie · as Lot
The Long March
Movie · as Michael Canning
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep