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).
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-09-12
Place of birth
Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
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Cast
The Fifth Element
1997
7.56
Brazil
1985
7.67
Garden State
2004
7.08
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
6.55
Ratatouille
2007
7.83
From Hell
2001
6.69
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
6.44
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
6.89
Animal Farm
1999
5.65
Kafka
1991
6.40
Hamlet
1990
6.60
Lord of War
2005
7.34
eXistenZ
1999
6.79
The Aviator
2004
7.22
Bless the Child
2000
5.30
Henry V
1989
7.20
Naked Lunch
1991
7.01
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
6.30
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
6.67
Robin and Marian
1976
6.29
Les Misérables
1978
7.10
The Miracle Maker
2000
6.12
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
6.70
The Madness of King George
1994
6.79
Murder by the Book
1986
4.00
Another Woman
1988
6.80
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
6.13
March or Die
1977
5.80
Chariots of Fire
1981
6.80
Strangers with Candy
2006
5.62
Dance with a Stranger
1985
6.00
Emma's Time
1970
0.00
Juggernaut
1974
6.20
Dreamchild
1985
6.50
Time Bandits
1981
6.62
Wisconsin Death Trip
1999
5.60
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
5.10
Esther Kahn
2000
5.90
A Severed Head
1971
5.00
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
6.30
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
6.60
Blue Ice
1992
5.00
Chromophobia
2006
5.20
Young Winston
1972
6.20
The Treatment
2007
5.76
Shout at the Devil
1976
6.00
O Jerusalem
2006
5.90
Big Night
1996
6.94
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
1994
0.00
Loch Ness
1996
5.69
The Hour of the Pig
1993
6.08
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
6.70
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
5.90
The Fixer
1968
6.00
Laughterhouse
1984
5.00
Girls at Sea
1958
6.00
A Little Fish in Deep Water
1996
0.00
Tale of the Tides
1998
0.00
The Wood Demon
1974
0.00
Uncle Vanya
1991
0.00
The Cherry Orchard
1962
8.00
The Homecoming
1973
6.00
Joe Gould's Secret
2000
5.89
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
7.80
Prisoner of Paradise
2003
6.30
Wetherby
1985
5.90
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
5.20
Landscape
1995
10.00
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
6.00
The Return of the Soldier
1983
6.20
Discovering Hamlet
2011
7.00
The Last Romantics
1992
0.00
Rope
1957
0.00
King Lear
1998
8.00
The Wars of the Roses
1965
8.50
Beautiful Joe
2000
5.20
A Season of Giants
1990
6.50
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
1.00
Shergar
1999
6.30
Little Red Riding Hood
1995
6.00
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
0.00
Moonlight on the Highway
1969
4.00
The Paradise Suite
1963
0.00
Edward the Confessor
1969
0.00
Funny
1971
0.00
Omri's Burning
1969
0.00
Alien
1979
8.17
The End of the Line
1970
0.00
D-Day 6.6.1944
2004
7.10
Frankenstein
1968
9.50
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
7.00
The Real Middle Earth
2007
7.00
Soft Targets
1982
0.00
The Misanthrope
1980
0.00
The Match
1999
5.80
The Endless Game
1989
6.00
The Browning Version
1985
6.20
The Lost Boys
1978
8.00
The Bofors Gun
1968
5.80
Incognito
1997
5.76
The Queen of Trees
2005
7.30
Simon Magus
1999
7.30
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
6.90
The Cost of Treachery
1984
1.00
The Kingdom of Fun
1989
0.00
Opus
1967
5.00
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
0.00
Flayed
1978
0.00
Cry From Home
1986
0.00
The Fishing Party
1986
0.00
Visions of Power
1985
0.00
Ramsey
1977
0.00
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
1975
0.00
The Treat
1972
0.00
Children in Crossfire
1974
0.00
The Salesman
1970
0.00
Bloody Sunday
1991
0.00
Chappaquiddick
1994
0.00