Ian Holm
- Acting
- September 12, 1931 · Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
- June 19, 2020
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Alien: Romulus · Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · Old Bilbo Baggins
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · Old Bilbo Baggins
- Discovering Hamlet · Polonius (archive footage)
- 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth · Geschichtenerzähler
- Ratatouille · Skinner (Voice)
- The Real Middle Earth · Narrator
- The Treatment · Dr. Ernesto Morales
- Legends · Self
- O Jerusalem · Ben Gurion
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' · Self
- Strangers with Candy · Dr. Putney
- Chromophobia · Edward Aylesbury
- The Queen of Trees · Narrator
- Lord of War · Simeon Weisz
- The Adventures of Errol Flynn · Narrator (Voice)
- The Aviator · Professor Fitz
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' · Self
- Garden State · Gideon Largeman
- D-Day 6.6.1944 · Narrator (Voice)
- The Day After Tomorrow · Terry Rapson
- Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real · Narrator
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · Bilbo
- Monsters We Met · Narrator
- Prisoner of Paradise · Narrator (Voice)
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast · Self
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · Bilbo
- The Emperor's New Clothes · Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
- From Hell · Sir William Gull
- Secret Agent · Narrator
- Esther Kahn · Nathan Quellen
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells · Patrick
- Bless the Child · Reverend Grissom
- Beautiful Joe · George The Geek
- The Miracle Maker · Pontius Pilate (Voice)
- Joe Gould's Secret · Joe Gould
- Animal Farm · Squealer (Voice)
- Wisconsin Death Trip · Narrator (Voice)
- The Match · Big Tam
- Shergar · Joseph Maguire
- eXistenZ · Kiri Vinokur
- Shanghai Vice · Self
- Simon Magus · Sirius / Boris / The Devil
- Alice Through the Looking Glass · White Knight
- Tale of the Tides · Narrator
- King Lear · King Lear
- Incognito · John (uncredited)
- A Life Less Ordinary · Mr. Naville
- The Sweet Hereafter · Mitchell Stephens
- The Fifth Element · Cornelius
- Night Falls on Manhattan · Liam Casey
- Big Night · Pascal
- Loch Ness · Water Bailiff
- A Little Fish in Deep Water · Narrator
- Little Red Riding Hood · Don Mini
- Landscape · Duff
- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out · Narrator (Voice)
- The Madness of King George · Willis
- The Deep Blue Sea · Sir William Collyer
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · Baron Frankenstein
- Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom · Voice
- Chappaquiddick · Narrator
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester · The Tailor (Voice)
- The Return of the Borrowers · Pod
- The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald · Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
- The Hour of the Pig · Albertus
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends · The Tailor (Voice)
- The Borrowers · Pod
- Blue Ice · Sir Hector
- The Last Romantics · F.R. Leavis
- Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen · Self
- Naked Lunch · Tom Frost
- Bloody Sunday · Narrator
- Kafka · Dr. Murnau
- Secret History · Narrator
- Uncle Vanya · Astrov
- Performance · Sir William Collyer, Duff
- Hamlet · Polonius
- A Season of Giants · Lorenzo de' Medici
- A Season of Giants · Lorenzo de' Medici