Biography
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 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).
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Filmography
all 154
Movies 115
TV Shows 39
Narrator 19
self 8
Voice 4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Last Art Film (2012)
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth (2009)
Ratatouille (2007)
The Real Middle Earth (2007)
The Treatment (2007)
Legends (2006)
Ô Jerusalem (2006)
Strangers with Candy (2006)
Chromophobia (2006)
The Queen of Trees (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
The Aviator (2004)
The Last Dragon (2004)
Garden State (2004)
D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
The Last Dragon (2004)
The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Monsters We Met (2003)
Prisoner of Paradise (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
From Hell (2001)
Secret Agent (2001)
Esther Kahn (2000)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
Bless the Child (2000)
Beautiful Joe (2000)
The Miracle Maker (2000)
Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
Animal Farm (1999)
Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)
The Match (1999)
Shergar (1999)
eXistenZ (1999)
Shanghai Vice (1999)
Simon Magus (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
Tale of the Tides (1998)
King Lear (1998)
Survival (1998)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1998)
Incognito (1997)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
Big Night (1996)
Loch Ness (1996)
A Little Fish in Deep Water (1996)
Little Red Riding Hood (1995)
Landscape (1995)
The Madness of King George (1994)
The Deep Blue Sea (1994)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom (1994)
The Borrowers (1993)
The Return of the Borrowers (1993)
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
The Borrowers (1992)
Blue Ice (1992)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
The Last Romantics (1992)
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen (1992)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Kafka (1991)
Uncle Vanya (1991)
Performance (1991)
Hamlet (1990)
A Season of Giants (1990)
A Season of Giants (1990)
Chillers (1990)
Stalin (1990)
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989)
Henry V (1989)
The Endless Game (1989)
The Kingdom of Fun (1989)
Another Woman (1988)
Game, Set, and Match (1988)
Korea: The Unknown War (1988)
Murder by the Book (1986)
The Browning Version (1985)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
Dreamchild (1985)
Wetherby (1985)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Television (1985)
Screen Two (1985)
The Cost of Treachery (1984)
Laughterhouse (1984)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano (1983)
Natural World (1983)
The Return of the Soldier (1983)
Soft Targets (1982)
Timewatch (1982)
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
The Bell (1982)
Time Bandits (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
The Misanthrope (1980)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Alien (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Les Misérables (1978)
The Lost Boys (1978)
The Lost Boys (1978)
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
March or Die (1977)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Robin and Marian (1976)
The Wood Demon (1974)
Juggernaut (1974)
Napoleon and Love (1974)
NOVA (1974)
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974)
The Homecoming (1973)
Young Winston (1972)
The Frighteners (1972)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
A Severed Head (1971)
Play for Today (1970)
Emma's Time (1970)
Moonlight on the Highway (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Edward the Confessor (1969)
The Fixer (1968)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
The Bofors Gun (1968)
Opus (1967)
Mystery and Imagination (1966)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
National Geographic Specials (1965)
The Wars of the Roses (1965)
Horizon (1964)
The Paradise Suite (1963)
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Girls at Sea (1958)
Rope (1957)
Tony Awards (1956)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1931-09-12
Deathday2020-06-19 (88 years old)
Birth NameIan Holm Cuthbert
Birth PlaceGoodmayes, United Kingdom
Height1.66-meter
RelationshipsPenelope Wilton (1991-01-01 - 2001-01-01)
ChildrenBarnaby Holm
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsIan Holm Cuthbert, Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE, Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, Sir Ian Holm, Иэн Холм, Ієн Голм, 이안 홈, 伊恩·霍姆
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Knight Bachelor, Annie Award, Laurence Olivier Award
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