7.2
Alien: Romulus
2024
Ian Holm
Acting
Born September 12, 1931Died June 19, 2020Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
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.
Movies
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7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
7.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
7.5
Discovering Hamlet
2011
7.8
Ratatouille
2007
7.0
The Real Middle Earth
2007
6.0
The Treatment
2007
6.1
O Jerusalem
2006
8.8
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006
5.7
Strangers with Candy
2006
5.2
Chromophobia
2006
7.3
The Queen of Trees
2005
7.3
Lord of War
2005
7.7
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
7.2
The Aviator
2004
6.5
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
7.1
Garden State
2004
7.1
D-Day 6.6.1944
2004
6.6
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
7.9
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
2004
8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
6.8
Prisoner of Paradise
2003
0.0
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
6.8
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
6.7
From Hell
2001
6.0
Esther Kahn
2000
6.9
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
5.4
Bless the Child
2000
5.4
Beautiful Joe
2000
6.2
The Miracle Maker
2000
6.0
Joe Gould's Secret
2000
5.7
Animal Farm
1999
5.7
Wisconsin Death Trip
1999
6.0
The Match
1999
6.4
Shergar
1999
6.8
eXistenZ
1999
7.4
Simon Magus
1999
5.2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
0.0
Tale of the Tides
1998
8.5
King Lear
1998
5.8
Incognito
1997
6.2
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
6.9
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
7.6
The Fifth Element
1997
6.4
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
7.0
Big Night
1996
5.7
Loch Ness
1996
A Little Fish in Deep Water
0.0
A Little Fish in Deep Water
1996
6.0
Little Red Riding Hood
1995
Landscape
10.0
Landscape
1995
8.0
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
1995
6.8
The Madness of King George
1994
5.0
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
6.4
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
9.0
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
1994
Chappaquiddick
0.0
Chappaquiddick
1994
0.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
1993
7.3
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
6.2
The Hour of the Pig
1993
5.3
Blue Ice
1992
0.0
The Last Romantics
1992
7.7
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
1992
7.0
Naked Lunch
1991
Bloody Sunday
0.0
Bloody Sunday
1991
6.4
Kafka
1991
7.0
Uncle Vanya
1991
6.6
Hamlet
1990
7.7
A Season of Giants
1990
0.0
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
7.1
Henry V
1989
6.3
The Endless Game
1989
0.0
The Kingdom of Fun
1989
6.8
Another Woman
1988
0.0
The Fishing Party
1986
0.0
Cry From Home
1986
5.2
Murder by the Book
1986
6.4
The Browning Version
1985
7.3
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
6.6
Dreamchild
1985
6.0
Wetherby
1985
6.1
Dance with a Stranger
1985
7.7
Brazil
1985
0.0
Visions of Power
1985
1.0
The Cost of Treachery
1984
5.8
Laughterhouse
1984
6.4
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
7.8
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983
6.2
The Return of the Soldier
1983
10.0
Soft Targets
1982
0.0
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
6.6
Time Bandits
1981
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981
6.0
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
0.0
The Misanthrope
1980
6.7
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
8.2
Alien
1979
7.1
Les Misérables
1978
8.0
The Lost Boys
1978
0.0
Flayed
1978
5.5
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
5.8
March or Die
1977
6.4
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
Ramsey
0.0
Ramsey
1977
6.0
Shout at the Devil
1976
6.3
Robin and Marian
1976
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
0.0
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
1975
9.0
The Wood Demon
1974
6.3
Juggernaut
1974
Only a Game
0.0
Only a Game
1974
0.0
Children in Crossfire
1974
6.0
The Homecoming
1973
0.0
The Treat
1972
6.2
Young Winston
1972
6.7
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
7.0
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
Funny
0.0
Funny
1971
5.2
A Severed Head
1971
The End of the Line
0.0
The End of the Line
1970
The Salesman
0.0
The Salesman
1970
0.0
Emma's Time
1970
Omri's Burning
0.0
Omri's Burning
1969
6.0
Moonlight on the Highway
1969
6.6
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
0.0
Edward the Confessor
1969
6.2
The Fixer
1968
9.5
Frankenstein
1968
6.6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
6.5
The Bofors Gun
1968
7.5
Opus
1967
8.7
The Wars of the Roses
1965
The Paradise Suite
0.0
The Paradise Suite
1963
8.0
The Cherry Orchard
1962
7.3
Girls at Sea
1958
Rope
0.0
Rope
1957
TV Shows
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7.1
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
5.0
Legends
6.4
Monsters We Met
0.0
Secret Agent
8.0
Shanghai Vice
The Return of the Borrowers
7.0
The Return of the Borrowers
6.4
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
6.7
The Borrowers
8.5
Secret History
6.3
Performance
6.3
Performance
6.3
Performance
6.3
Performance
0.0
A Season of Giants
9.0
Stalin
6.7
Chillers
0.0
The Endless Game
7.8
Game, Set, and Match
0.0
Korea: The Unknown War
8.0
Television
7.1
Screen Two
7.1
Screen Two
7.4
Natural World
7.0
Inside the Third Reich
The Bell
3.0
The Bell
6.4
40 Minutes
We, the Accused
0.0
We, the Accused
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
7.5
The Lost Boys
7.3
Holocaust
Do You Remember?
0.0
Do You Remember?
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
Jubilee 1977
0.0
Jubilee 1977
Private Affairs
0.0
Private Affairs
9.0
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Masquerade
0.0
Masquerade
7.0
Napoleon and Love
7.1
NOVA
7.1
NOVA
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
The Man from Haven
0.0
The Man from Haven
8.5
The Frighteners
Film '72
5.1
Film '72
6.6
Play for Today
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
7.0
ITV Playhouse
5.8
Mystery and Imagination
5.8
Mystery and Imagination
10.0
The Power Game
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
7.1
National Geographic Specials
9.0
The Wars of the Roses
5.2
The Wednesday Play
7.5
Horizon
8.0
Survival
6.0
Armchair Theatre
6.0
Armchair Theatre
6.0
Armchair Theatre
0.0
Tony Awards
8.8