
Ciarán Hinds
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1953
- Birthplace
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut. His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV. As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- This Old Love of Mine
This Old Love of Mine TBA
as Harry Bannon
- Isle of Man
Isle of Man TBA
Actor
- Ceasefire
Ceasefire TBA
as Bill Flynn
- Walk the Blue Fields
Walk the Blue Fields TBA
Actor

Cry to Heaven TBA
as Andrea

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew 2027
Actor

The Three Urns 2026
as Mr O'Connor

Midwinter Break 2026
as Gerry

Is This Thing On? 2025
as Jan

Words of War 2025
as Dmitry Muratov

Patrick: A Slave To Ireland 2025
as Narrator

Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland 2025
as Narrator

A Bear Remembers 2025
as Voice of the Bear

Three Keenings 2024
Executive Producer

Cottontail 2024
as John

The Family Plan 2023
as McCaffrey

In the Land of Saints and Sinners 2023
as Vincent O'Shea

Untameable 2023
as Narrator (voice)

The Wonder 2022
as Father Thaddeus

Belfast 2021
as Pop

Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
as Steppenwolf (voice)

The Man in the Hat 2020
as The Man In The Hat

The Hour 2020
as Himself

Frozen II 2019
as Pabbie (voice)

Lost Lives 2019
as Self (voice)

First Man 2018
as Robert R. Gilruth

Grace and Goliath 2018
as Surgeon

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen 2018
as Captain Stinger (voice)

Elizabeth Harvest 2018
as Henry

National Theatre Collection: Translations 2018
as Hugh

Woman Walks Ahead 2018
as James McLaughlin

Red Sparrow 2018
as Alexei Zyuganov

Justice League 2017
as Steppenwolf (voice)

Axis 2017
as Jim (voice)

Silence 2016
as Father Valignano

Bleed for This 2016
as Angelo Pazienza

The Hope Rooms 2016
as Eamonn

Last Days in the Desert 2016
as Father

National Theatre Live: Hamlet 2015
as Claudius

Hitman: Agent 47 2015
as Litvenko

Love is a Sting 2015
as Narrator (voice)

The Driftless Area 2015
as Ned

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience 2015
as Mance Rayder

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him 2014
as Spencer Ludlow

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them 2014
as Spencer Ludlow

McCanick 2014
as Quinn

Frozen 2013
as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)

Closed Circuit 2013
as Devlin

The Sea 2013
as Max Morden

The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' 2012
as Self

John Carter 2012
as Tardos Mors

The Woman in Black 2012
as Mr. Daily

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 2011
as Roarke

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011
as Roy Bland

Salvation Boulevard 2011
as Jim Hunt

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
as Aberforth Dumbledore

The Shore 2011
as Joe

The Rite 2011
as Father Xavier

The Debt 2010
as David Peretz

Life During Wartime 2010
as Bill Maplewood
- Glock
Glock 2009
as Luger

The Eclipse 2009
as Michael Farr

Race to Witch Mountain 2009
as Burke

The Tale of Despereaux 2008
as Botticelli (voice)

Ca$h 2008
as Barnes

Stop-Loss 2008
as Roy King

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2008
as Joe Blomfield

In Bruges 2008
as Priest (uncredited)

There Will Be Blood 2007
as Fletcher Hamilton

Margot at the Wedding 2007
as Dick Koosman

Hallam Foe 2007
as Julius Foe

Amazing Grace 2007
as Lord Tarleton

The Nativity Story 2006
as Herod

The Tiger's Tail 2006
as Father Andy

Miami Vice 2006
as FBI Agent John Fujima

Munich 2005
as Carl

Mickybo and Me 2005
as Jonjo's Da

The Phantom of the Opera 2004
as Firmin

The Mayor of Casterbridge 2003
as Michael Henchard

The Statement 2003
as Pochon

Calendar Girls 2003
as Rod Harper

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life 2003
as Jonathan Reiss

Veronica Guerin 2003
as John Traynor

Thursday the 12th 2003
as Marius Bannister

Road to Perdition 2002
as Finn McGovern

The Sum of All Fears 2002
as President Nemerov

The Weight of Water 2001
as Louis Wagner

The Sleeper 2000
as Fergus Moon

The Lost Lover 1999
as Adam

A Time to Love 1999
as Peter

The Lost Son 1999
as Carlos

Titanic Town 1998
as Aidan McPhelimy
- Getting Hurt
Getting Hurt 1998
as Charlie Cross

Oscar and Lucinda 1997
as Reverend Dennis Hasset

The Life of Stuff 1997
as David Arbogast

Jane Eyre 1997
as Edward Rochester

Some Mother's Son 1996
as Danny Boyle

Mary Reilly 1996
as Sir Danvers Carew

The Affair 1995
as Edward Leyland

Persuasion 1995
as Captain Frederick Wentworth

Circle of Friends 1995
as Professor Flynn

The Man Who Cried 1993
as Abel Mason

Hostages 1992
as Brian Keenan

Yellowbacks 1990
as Martin Pitt

December Bride 1990
as Frank Echlin

Who Bombed Birmingham? 1990
as Richard McIlkenny

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989
as Cory

Excalibur 1981
as Lot

Our Boys 1981
as Brother

The Long March 1980
as Michael Canning
Credits from TMDB.