Ian Holm
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1931
- Died
- June 19, 2020
- Birthplace
- Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Alien: Romulus 2024
as Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014
as Old Bilbo Baggins
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
as Old Bilbo Baggins
Discovering Hamlet 2011
as Polonius (archive footage)
Ratatouille 2007
as Skinner (voice)
The Real Middle Earth 2007
as Narrator
The Treatment 2007
as Dr. Ernesto Morales
O Jerusalem 2006
as Ben Gurion
The Making of The Return of the King 2006
as Self
Strangers with Candy 2006
as Dr. Putney
Chromophobia 2006
as Edward Aylesbury
The Queen of Trees 2005
as Narrator
Lord of War 2005
as Simeon Weisz
The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Aviator 2004
as Professor Fitz
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' 2004
as Self
Garden State 2004
as Gideon Largeman
D-Day 6.6.1944 2004
as Narrator (voice)
The Day After Tomorrow 2004
as Terry Rapson
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real 2004
as Narrator
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
as Bilbo
Prisoner of Paradise 2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast 2002
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
as Bilbo
The Emperor's New Clothes 2001
as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
From Hell 2001
as Sir William Gull
Esther Kahn 2000
as Nathan Quellen
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2000
as Patrick
Bless the Child 2000
as Reverend Grissom
Beautiful Joe 2000
as George The Geek
The Miracle Maker 2000
as Pontius Pilate (voice)
Joe Gould's Secret 2000
as Joe Gould
Animal Farm 1999
as Squealer (voice)
Wisconsin Death Trip 1999
as Narrator (voice)
The Match 1999
as Big Tam
Shergar 1999
as Joseph Maguire
eXistenZ 1999
as Kiri Vinokur
Simon Magus 1999
as Sirius / Boris / The Devil
Alice Through the Looking Glass 1998
as White Knight
Tale of the Tides 1998
as Narrator
King Lear 1998
as King Lear
Incognito 1997
as John (uncredited)
A Life Less Ordinary 1997
as Mr. Naville
The Sweet Hereafter 1997
as Mitchell Stephens
The Fifth Element 1997
as Cornelius
Night Falls on Manhattan 1997
as Liam Casey
Big Night 1996
as Pascal
Loch Ness 1996
as Water Bailiff
- A Little Fish in Deep Water
A Little Fish in Deep Water 1996
as Narrator
Little Red Riding Hood 1995
as Don Mini
- Landscape
Landscape 1995
as Duff
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Madness of King George 1994
as Willis
The Deep Blue Sea 1994
as Sir William Collyer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994
as Baron Frankenstein
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom 1994
as (voice)
- Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick 1994
as Narrator
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester 1993
as The Tailor (voice)
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald 1993
as Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
The Hour of the Pig 1993
as Albertus
Blue Ice 1992
as Sir Hector
The Last Romantics 1992
as F.R. Leavis
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen 1992
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Naked Lunch 1991
as Tom Frost
- Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday 1991
as Narrator
Kafka 1991
as Dr. Murnau
Uncle Vanya 1991
as Astrov
Hamlet 1990
as Polonius
A Season of Giants 1990
as Lorenzo de' Medici
The Tailor of Gloucester 1989
as The Tailor
Henry V 1989
as Captain Fluellen
The Endless Game 1989
as Control
The Kingdom of Fun 1989
as Narrator
Another Woman 1988
as Ken
Dancing in the Rain 1986
as Narrator (voice)
The Fishing Party 1986
as Narrator
Cry From Home 1986
as Narrator
Murder by the Book 1986
as Hercule Poirot
The Browning Version 1985
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill 1985
as Eustace Edgehill
Dreamchild 1985
as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
Wetherby 1985
as Stanley Pilborough
Dance with a Stranger 1985
as Desmond Cussen
Brazil 1985
as Mr. Kurtzmann
Visions of Power 1985
as Narrator
The Cost of Treachery 1984
as Narrator
Laughterhouse 1984
as Ben Singleton
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984
as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano 1983
as Narrator (voice)
The Return of the Soldier 1983
as Doctor Anderson
Soft Targets 1982
as Alexei
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity 1981
as Lech Walesa
Time Bandits 1981
as Napoleon
Chariots of Fire 1981
as Sam Mussabini
Occupied Palestine 1981
as Self - Narrator (voice)
S.O.S. Titanic 1980
as J. Bruce Ismay
The Misanthrope 1980
as Alceste
All Quiet on the Western Front 1979
as Himmelstoss
Alien 1979
as Ash
Les Misérables 1978
as Thénardier
The Lost Boys 1978
as J.M. Barrie
Flayed 1978
as The Man
The Thief of Baghdad 1978
as The Gatekeeper
March or Die 1977
as El Krim
The Man in the Iron Mask 1977
as Duval
- Ramsey
Ramsey 1977
as Bill Ramsey
Shout at the Devil 1976
as Mohammed
Robin and Marian 1976
as King John
- Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington 1975
as Mr. Garrick
The Wood Demon 1974
as Khrushchov
Juggernaut 1974
as Nicholas Porter
- Only a Game
Only a Game 1974
as Narrator
Children in Crossfire 1974
as Narrator
The Homecoming 1973
as Lenny
The Treat 1972
as Gordon
Young Winston 1972
as George E. Buckle
Mary, Queen of Scots 1971
as David Riccio
Nicholas and Alexandra 1971
as Yakovlev
- Funny
Funny 1971
as Huw
A Severed Head 1971
as Martin Lynch-Gibbon
- The End of the Line
The End of the Line 1970
as Reverend P. Bagley
- The Salesman
The Salesman 1970
as Salesman
Emma's Time 1970
as Mark Lang
- Omri's Burning
Omri's Burning 1969
as Omri
Moonlight on the Highway 1969
as David Peters
Oh! What a Lovely War 1969
as President Poincare
Edward the Confessor 1969
as Edward Gobey
The Fixer 1968
as Grubeshov
Frankenstein 1968
as Frankenstein / The Monster
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968
as Puck
The Bofors Gun 1968
as Gunner Flynn
Opus 1967
as Lenny (The Homecoming)
The Wars of the Roses 1965
as King Richard III
- The Paradise Suite
The Paradise Suite 1963
as Jamie Norton
The Cherry Orchard 1962
as Trofimov
Girls at Sea 1958
as Marine (uncredited)
- Rope
Rope 1957
as Granillo
Credits from TMDB.