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Ian Holm
Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
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 C…
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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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Alien: Romulus
Movie Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
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2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie Old Bilbo Baggins
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2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie Old Bilbo Baggins
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2011
Discovering Hamlet
Movie Polonius (archive footage)
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2009
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
TV show Geschichtenerzähler
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2007
Ratatouille
Movie Skinner (voice)
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2007
The Real Middle Earth
Movie Narrator
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2007
The Treatment
Movie Dr. Ernesto Morales
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2006
Legends
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2006
O Jerusalem
Movie Ben Gurion
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2006
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Movie Self
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2006
Strangers with Candy
Movie Dr. Putney
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2006
Chromophobia
Movie Edward Aylesbury
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2005
The Queen of Trees
Movie Narrator
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2005
Lord of War
Movie Simeon Weisz
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2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2004
The Aviator
Movie Professor Fitz
- 2004
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2004
Garden State
Movie Gideon Largeman
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2004
D-Day 6.6.1944
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2004
The Day After Tomorrow
Movie Terry Rapson
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2004
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
Movie Narrator
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2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie Bilbo
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2003
Monsters We Met
TV show Narrator
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2003
Prisoner of Paradise
Movie Narrator (voice)
- 2002
- 2001
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2001
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
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2001
From Hell
Movie Sir William Gull
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2001
Secret Agent
TV show Narrator
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2000
Esther Kahn
Movie Nathan Quellen
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2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Movie Patrick
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2000
Bless the Child
Movie Reverend Grissom
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2000
Beautiful Joe
Movie George The Geek
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2000
The Miracle Maker
Movie Pontius Pilate (voice)
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2000
Joe Gould's Secret
Movie Joe Gould
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1999
Animal Farm
Movie Squealer (voice)
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1999
Wisconsin Death Trip
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1999
The Match
Movie Big Tam
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1999
Shergar
Movie Joseph Maguire
