Ian Holm

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).

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Filmography (175 Appearances)

Alien: Romulus

2024

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

Discovering Hamlet

2011

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth

2009

Ratatouille

2007

The Real Middle Earth

2007

The Treatment

2007

Legends

2006

O Jerusalem

2006

Strangers with Candy

2006

Chromophobia

2006

The Queen of Trees

2005

Lord of War

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

The Aviator

2004

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

2004

Garden State

2004

D-Day 6.6.1944

2004

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

2004

Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real

2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

Monsters We Met

2003

Prisoner of Paradise

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001

From Hell

2001

Secret Agent

2001

Esther Kahn

2000

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000

Bless the Child

2000

Beautiful Joe

2000

The Miracle Maker

2000

Joe Gould's Secret

2000

Animal Farm

1999

Wisconsin Death Trip

1999

The Match

1999

Shergar

1999

eXistenZ

1999

Shanghai Vice

1999

Simon Magus

1999

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998

Tale of the Tides

1998

King Lear

1998

Incognito

1997

A Life Less Ordinary

1997

The Sweet Hereafter

1997

The Fifth Element

1997

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

Big Night

1996

Loch Ness

1996

A Little Fish in Deep Water

1996

Little Red Riding Hood

1995

Landscape

1995

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

1995

The Madness of King George

1994

The Deep Blue Sea

1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

1994

Chappaquiddick

1994

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester

1993

The Return of the Borrowers

1993

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

1993

The Hour of the Pig

1993

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

The Borrowers

1992

Blue Ice

1992

The Last Romantics

1992

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

1992

Naked Lunch

1991

Bloody Sunday

1991

Kafka

1991

Uncle Vanya

1991

Performance

1991

Hamlet

1990

A Season of Giants

1990

Stalin

1990

Chillers

1990

The Tailor of Gloucester

1989

Henry V

1989

The Endless Game

1989

The Endless Game

1989

The Kingdom of Fun

1989

Another Woman

1988

Game, Set, and Match

1988

Korea: The Unknown War

1988

The Fishing Party

1986

Cry From Home

1986

Murder by the Book

1986

The Browning Version

1985

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

1985

Dreamchild

1985

Wetherby

1985

Dance with a Stranger

1985

Brazil

1985

Television

1985

Visions of Power

1985

Screen Two

1985

The Cost of Treachery

1984

Laughterhouse

1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

1983

Natural World

1983

The Return of the Soldier

1983

Soft Targets

1982

Inside the Third Reich

1982

The Bell

1982

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981

40 Minutes

1981

Time Bandits

1981

Chariots of Fire

1981

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

The Misanthrope

1980

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979

Alien

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Les Misérables

1978

The Lost Boys

1978

The Lost Boys

1978

Holocaust

1978

Flayed

1978

The Thief of Baghdad

1978

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

March or Die

1977

The Man in the Iron Mask

1977

Ramsey

1977

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

Jubilee 1977

1977

Shout at the Devil

1976

Robin and Marian

1976

Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

1975

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

The Wood Demon

1974

Juggernaut

1974

Children in Crossfire

1974

Napoleon and Love

1974

NOVA

1974

The Homecoming

1973

The Treat

1972

Young Winston

1972

The Frighteners

1972

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

Funny

1971

A Severed Head

1971

Play for Today

1970

The End of the Line

1970

The Salesman

1970

Emma's Time

1970

Omri's Burning

1969

Moonlight on the Highway

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

Edward the Confessor

1969

The Fixer

1968

Frankenstein

1968

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968

The Bofors Gun

1968

ITV Playhouse

1967

Opus

1967

Mystery and Imagination

1966

The Power Game

1965

BBC Play of the Month

1965

National Geographic Specials

1965

The Wars of the Roses

1965

The Wars of the Roses

1965

Horizon

1964

The Paradise Suite

1963

The Cherry Orchard

1962

Survival

1961

Girls at Sea

1958

Rope

1957 Debut

Armchair Theatre

1956

Tony Awards

1956

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
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