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Ian Holm

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Ian Holm, CBE (born 12 September 1931) is a British actor known for his stage work and for many film roles. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming and the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of King Lear. He was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire. Other well-known film roles include the android Ash in Alien, Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element, and the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Sep 12, 1931 In Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
120
First Appeared:
In the series Moonlight on the Highway
Latest Project:
Movie Min egen skygge 2017-05-22
Known For
Poster of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Poster of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Poster of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Poster of The Fifth Element
Filmography
Series We, the Accused Unknown 2025
Series Moonlight on the Highway Unknown 2025
Movie Min egen skygge Paramediciner 2017-05-22
Movie The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Old Bilbo Baggins 2014-12-10
Movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Old Bilbo Baggins 2012-12-12
Movie Discovering Hamlet Polonius (archive footage) 2011-11-01
Series 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth Geschichtenerzähler 2009-05-18
Movie The Real Middle Earth Narrator 2007-06-01
Movie The Treatment Dr. Ernesto Morales 2007-05-04
Movie Ratatouille Skinner (voice) 2007-06-28
Movie Renaissance Jonas Muller 2006-03-16
Movie Chromophobia Edward Aylesbury 2006-05-10
Movie Strangers with Candy Dr. Putney 2006-06-28
Movie Ô Jerusalem Ben Gurion 2006-10-17
Movie The Adventures of Errol Flynn Narrator (voice) 2005-04-05
Movie Lord of War Simeon Weisz 2005-09-16
Movie The Aviator Professor Fitz 2004-12-17
Movie The Last Dragon Narrator 2004-03-05
Movie The Day After Tomorrow Terry Rapson 2004-05-26
Movie D-Day 6.6.1944 Narrator (voice) 2004-06-06
Movie Garden State Gideon Largeman 2004-07-28
Movie Prisoner of Paradise Narrator (voice) 2003-03-07
Movie The Beast Within: Making Alien (archive footage) 2003-12-02
Movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Bilbo Baggins 2003-12-01
Movie From Hell Sir William Gull 2001-02-08
Movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo Baggins 2001-12-18
Movie The Emperor's New Clothes Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand 2001-08-11
Movie The Miracle Maker Pontius Pilate 2000-03-31
Movie Joe Gould's Secret Joe Gould 2000-01-21
Movie The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Patrick 2000-08-26
Movie Esther Kahn Nathan Quellen 2000-10-04
Movie Beautiful Joe George The Geek 2000-06-09
Movie Bless the Child Reverend Grissom 2000-08-11
Movie eXistenZ Kiri Vinokur 1999-04-14
Movie Simon Magus Sirius / Boris / The Devil 1999-02-17
Movie Animal Farm Squealer (voice) 1999-10-03
Movie Wisconsin Death Trip Narrator (voice) 1999-09-05
Movie The Match Big Tam 1999-08-13
Movie Shergar Joseph Maguire 1999-06-01
Movie King Lear King Lear 1998-03-21
Movie Alice Through the Looking Glass White Knight 1998-12-26
Movie The Fifth Element Father Vito Cornelius 1997-05-02
Movie Incognito John (uncredited) 1997-11-14
Movie A Life Less Ordinary Mr. Naville 1997-10-24
Movie The Sweet Hereafter Mitchell Stephens 1997-09-25
Movie Big Night Pascal 1996-09-20
Movie Loch Ness Water Bailiff 1996-08-23
Movie Night Falls on Manhattan Liam Casey 1996-10-22
Movie Landscape Duff 1995-10-21
Movie Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Baron Frankenstein 1994-11-04
Movie The Madness of King George Willis 1994-12-28
Movie The Deep Blue Sea Sir William Collyer 1994-11-12
Movie The Hour of the Pig Albertus 1993-09-25
Series The Return of the Borrowers Pod 1993-11-14
Movie Blue Ice Sir Hector 1992-10-09
Series The Borrowers Pod 1992-11-08
Movie Kafka Dr. Murnau 1991-11-15
Movie Uncle Vanya Astrov 1991-10-12
Movie Naked Lunch Tom Frost 1991-12-27
Movie Hamlet Polonius 1990-12-19
Movie A Season of Giants Lorenzo de' Medici 1990-11-04
Movie Henry V Captain Fluellen 1989-10-05
Movie The Endless Game Control 1989-08-20
Movie Another Woman Ken 1988-10-13
Series Game, Set, and Match Bernard Samson 1988-10-03
Movie Murder by the Book Hercule Poirot 1986-01-01
Movie Dance with a Stranger Desmond Cussen 1985-03-01
Movie Brazil Mr. M. Kurtzmann 1985-02-20
Movie The Browning Version Andrew Crocker-Harris 1985-12-31
Movie Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Eustace Edgehill 1985-12-15
Movie Dreamchild Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll 1985-10-04
Movie Wetherby Stanley Pilborough 1985-06-19
Movie Laughterhouse Ben Singleton 1984-09-01
Movie Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot 1984-03-30
Series Natural World Narrator 1983-10-30
Movie The Return of the Soldier Doctor Anderson 1983-01-06
Movie Soft Targets Alexei 1982-10-19
Movie Inside the Third Reich Dr. Joseph Goebbels 1982-05-09
Movie Time Bandits Napoleon 1981-07-13
Movie Chariots of Fire Sam Mussabini 1981-05-15
Movie S.O.S. Titanic J. Bruce Ismay 1980-02-29
Movie All Quiet on the Western Front Himmelstoss 1979-11-14
Series Tales of the Unexpected Unknown 1979-03-24
Movie Alien Ash 1979-05-25
Movie The Thief of Baghdad The Gatekeeper 1978-01-10
Series Holocaust Heinrich Himmler 1978-04-16
Movie Les Misérables Thénardier 1978-12-27
Series The Lost Boys J.M. Barrie 1978-10-11
Series Jesus of Nazareth Zerah 1977-03-27
Movie The Man in the Iron Mask Duval 1977-07-17
Movie March or Die El Krim 1977-09-08
Movie Robin and Marian King John 1976-03-11
Movie Shout at the Devil Mohammed 1976-04-12
Movie The Wood Demon Khrushchov 1974-11-17
Movie Juggernaut Nicholas Porter 1974-09-25
Series The Lives of Benjamin Franklin Wedderburn 1974-01-01
Series Napoleon and Love 1974-03-05
Series NOVA Narrator 1974-03-03
Series Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Unknown 1973-09-01
Movie The Homecoming Lenny 1973-10-29
Movie Young Winston George E. Buckle 1972-07-20
Movie A Severed Head Martin Lynch-Gibbon 1971-01-21
Movie Mary, Queen of Scots David Riccio 1971-12-22
Movie Nicholas and Alexandra Yakovlev 1971-11-29
Movie Emma's Time Mark Lang 1970-05-13
Series Play for Today Unknown 1970-10-15
Movie Oh! What a Lovely War President Poincare 1969-03-10
Movie Edward the Confessor Edward Gobey 1969-02-24
Movie Moonlight on the Highway 1969-04-12
Movie The Fixer Grubeshov 1968-12-08
Movie The Bofors Gun Gunner Flynn 1968-04-04
Movie A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck 1968-09-30
Movie Opus Lenny (The Homecoming) 1967-01-02
Series Mystery and Imagination Unknown 1966-01-29
Movie The Wars of the Roses King Richard III 1965-04-08
Series BBC Play of the Month Unknown 1965-10-19
Movie The Paradise Suite Jamie Norton 1963-02-24
Movie The Cherry Orchard Trofimov 1962-04-17
Movie Girls at Sea Marine (uncredited) 1958-10-01
Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Unknown 1951-12-24