Bernard Hill
108 movies · 34 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 17, 1944
- Died
- May 5, 2024 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- برنارد هیل
Biography
Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill is the only actor to have appeared in more than one of the three films awarded 11 Oscars, and one of only three actors to have starred in more than one film grossing more than $1 billion USD, namely: Titanic and The Return of the King (the others being Orlando Bloom who also starred in The Return of the King, as well as Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp who also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Alice in Wonderland). Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King. Hill died on 5th May 2024 at the age of 79.
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Known for
Bernard Hill: movies and TV shows
Acting (141)
- 2024 The Moor
as Thornley
- 2024 Forever Young
as Oscar Smith
- 2022
- 2018 Segunda oportunidad
as Peter
- 2017 Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
as Richard
- 2016 Inside CERN
as Narrator
- 2016 Golden Years
as Arthur
- 2016 Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
as Narrator
- 2015 North v South
as John Claridge
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012 Outpost 11
as Cranleigh
- 2012 ParaNorman
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
- 2012
- 2012 Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
as Captain EJ Smith
- 2012
- 2010 The Kid
as Uncle David
- 2010 Canoe Man
as John Darwin
- 2008 Valkyrie
as General - Desert Sequence
- 2008 Franklyn
as Esser
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Exodus
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Titus: The Gorilla King
as Narrator
- 2008 Bombay Railway
as Narrator
- 2007 Save Angel Hope
as Oscar Kurz
- 2007 Exodus
as Pharoah Mann
- 2007 The Crumblegiant
as Narrator
- 2007 The Heart of the Earth
as Sr. Crown
- 2007
- 2006 Joy Division
as Dennis
- 2006 No Go: The Free Derry Story
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 Ocean Odyssey
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 Tim Haines Deep Ocean
as Erzähler
- 2005 The Last Tommy
as Narrator
- 2005 A Very Social Secretary
as David Blunkett
- 2005 The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as King William III
- 2005 Heatwave
as Narrator (voice)
- 2005
- 2004 Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Narrator
- 2004 Wimbledon
as Edward Colt
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003 Gothika
as Phil Parsons
- 2003
- 2003 The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as John Joe
- 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Théoden
- 2002 The Scorpion King
as Philos
- 2000 Going Off Big Time
as Murray
- 2000 Eisenstein
as The voice of Stalin
- 2000 Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 A Question of Faith
as Frederick
- 1999 The Criminal
as Det. Insp. Walker
- 1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
- 1999 The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Susan's Father
- 1999 Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
- 1999
- 1999 True Crime
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
- 1999 The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
- 1997 Titanic
as Captain Smith
- 1997 The Mill on the Floss
as Edward Tulliver
- 1996 The Wind in the Willows
as The Engine Driver
- 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness
as Dr. David Hawthorne
- 1995 First Knight
as Knight (uncredited)
- 1995
- 1995 Madagascar Skin
as Flint
- 1994 Speaking In Tongues
as Joe
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 Dirtysomething
as Larry
- 1994 Skallagrigg
as John
- 1993 Olly's Prison
as Mike
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Shepherd on the Rock
as Tam Ferrier
- 1992 A Question of Identity
as Erwin van Haarlem
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 Double X: The Name of the Game
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
- 1992 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Bottom (voice)
- 1992 The Law Lord
as Martin Allport
- 1991
- 1990 Shoot the Revolution
as Octavian Barbu
- 1990 From Moscow to Pietushki
as Readings (voice)
- 1990 Mountains of the Moon
as Dr. Livingstone
- 1989 Shirley Valentine
as Joe Bradshaw
- 1988 Drowning by Numbers
as Henry Madgett
- 1987 Bellman and True
as Hiller
- 1987 Boy Soldier
as Officer
- 1986 Theban Plays: Antigone
as Messenger
- 1986
- 1985 John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
as John Lennon
- 1985 No Surrender
as Bernard
- 1985 Restless Natives
as Will's father
- 1985 The Burston Rebellion
as Tom Higdon
- 1985
- 1984 The Chain
as Nick
- 1984 Squaring the Circle
as Lech Walesa
- 1984 The Bounty
as William Cole
- 1984 Samson and Delilah
as Willie
- 1983
- 1983 Runners
as Trevor Field
- 1983 The Tragedy of Richard III
as First Murderer
- 1983 Henry VI Part 3
as Duke of York
- 1983 Henry VI Part 2
as Duke of York
- 1983 Henry VI Part 1
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
- 1982 Gandhi
as Sergeant Putnam
- 1982
- 1981 A Turn for the Worse
as Simon Simpson
- 1981 Say No to Strangers
as Teresa's Dad
- 1980
- 1980 Fox
as Vin Fox
- 1980
- 1980 The Black Stuff
as Yosser Hughes
- 1978 Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Mick
- 1978
- 1978 She Fell Among Thieves
as Carson
- 1978 The Spongers
as Sullivan
- 1977 Pit Strike
as Tom
- 1977
- 1977 Professional Foul
as Broadbent
- 1977
- 1977 Daft Mam Blues
as Billy
- 1977
- 1977 Our Flesh and Blood
as Bernard Blincoe
- 1976 It Could Happen to You
as Syph
- 1976 Housewives' Choice
as Eric
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976 Trial by Combat
as Blind Freddie
- 1976 The Peddler
as Graham
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973 Hard Labour
as Edward Thornley
- 1970 Play for Today · TV
as Graham / Edward / Eric / Bernard Blincoe / Mick / Sullivan / Simon Simpson · 7 episodes
- 1964
Behind the camera (1)
- 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
In Memory Of
Talk shows and appearances (14)
- 2022 Remembers…
1 episode
- 2012
- 2010 Indian Hill Railways
3 episodes
- 2008 Wild China
6 episodes
- 2007 Bombay Railway
2 episodes
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Surviving Disaster
8 episodes
- 2005
- 2004 Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
3 episodes
- 2004
- 1998
- 1992 HBO First Look
1 episode