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. 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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Movies (45)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Old Bilbo Baggins
2014
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Old Bilbo Baggins
2012
Discovering Hamlet
as Polonius (archive footage)
2011
Ratatouille
as Skinner (voice)
2007
The Real Middle Earth
as Narrator
2007
The Treatment
as Dr. Ernesto Morales
2007
O Jerusalem
as Ben Gurion
2006
Strangers with Candy
as Dr. Putney
2006
Chromophobia
as Edward Aylesbury
2006
The Queen of Trees
as Narrator
2005
Lord of War
as Simeon Weisz
2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Narrator (voice)
2005
The Aviator
as Professor Fitz
2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
2004
Garden State
as Gideon Largeman
2004
D-Day 6.6.1944
as Narrator (voice)
2004
The Day After Tomorrow
as Terry Rapson
2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
2004
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
as Narrator
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Bilbo
2003
Prisoner of Paradise
as Narrator (voice)
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Bilbo
2001
The Emperor's New Clothes
as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
2001
From Hell
as Sir William Gull
2001
Esther Kahn
as Nathan Quellen
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Patrick
2000
Bless the Child
as Reverend Grissom
2000
Beautiful Joe
as George The Geek
2000
The Miracle Maker
as Pontius Pilate (voice)
2000
Joe Gould's Secret
as Joe Gould
2000
Animal Farm
as Squealer (voice)
1999
Wisconsin Death Trip
as Narrator (voice)
1999
The Match
as Big Tam
1999
Shergar
as Joseph Maguire
1999
eXistenZ
as Kiri Vinokur
1999
Simon Magus
as Sirius / Boris / The Devil
1999
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as White Knight
1998
Tale of the Tides
as Narrator
1998
King Lear
as King Lear
1998
Incognito
as John (uncredited)
1997
A Life Less Ordinary
as Mr. Naville
1997
The Sweet Hereafter
as Mitchell Stephens
1997
The Fifth Element
as Cornelius
1997
Night Falls on Manhattan
as Liam Casey
1997
Big Night
as Pascal
1996
