Ian Holm
Actor
- Born
- September 12, 1931 · Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
- Died
- June 19, 2020 (age 88)
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).
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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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Known for
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- 2024Alien: Romulus as Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
- 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Old Bilbo Baggins
- 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Old Bilbo Baggins
- 2011Discovering Hamlet as Polonius (archive footage)
- 2007Ratatouille as Skinner (voice)
- 2007The Real Middle Earth as Narrator
- 2007The Treatment as Dr. Ernesto Morales
- 2006O Jerusalem as Ben Gurion
- 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2006
