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Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Actor · 1931 – 2020 · 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.

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    Alien: Romulus

    2024 · 4.9K votes

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    Alien

    1979 · 16K votes

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    Ratatouille

    2007 · 18K votes

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    Le Cinquième Élément

    The Fifth Element

    1997 · 12K votes

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    Lord of War

    2005 · 5.5K votes

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    The Aviator

    2004 · 6K votes

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    The Day After Tomorrow

    2004 · 9.1K votes

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    Brazil

    1985 · 3.8K votes

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    eXistenZ

    1999 · 2.3K votes

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    From Hell

    2001 · 3.1K votes

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    Chariots of Fire

    1981 · 1.1K votes

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    1994 · 1.4K votes

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    Garden State

    2004 · 2.1K votes

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    Time Bandits

    1981 · 1.2K votes

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    Naked Lunch

    1991 · 1.3K votes

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    Bless the Child

    2000 · 321 votes

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    A Life Less Ordinary

    1997 · 512 votes

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    Henry V

    1989 · 421 votes

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    NOVA

    1974 · 141 votes

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    Play for Today

    1970 · 10 votes

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    Tales of the Unexpected

    1979 · 54 votes

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    Horizon

    1964 · 35 votes

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    BBC Play of the Month

    1965 · 8 votes

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    Screen Two

    1985 · 7 votes

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    Natural World

    1983 · 31 votes

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    The Wednesday Play

    1964 · 5 votes

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    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

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    Film '72

    1971 · 8 votes

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    Performance

    1991 · 2 votes

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    BBC2 Play of the Week

    1977 · 1 votes

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    Legends

    2006 · 1 votes

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    Jesus of Nazareth

    1977 · 571 votes

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    40 Minutes

    1981 · 5 votes

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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

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    Holocaust

    1978 · 76 votes

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    Chillers

    1990 · 6 votes

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    Television

    1985 · 1 votes