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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Sir Ian Holm is an Academy Award-nominated British film and stage actor... more
Trivia:
Was slated to play Pope John Paul II in a CBS miniseries, but had to drop... more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
15 wins
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12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(45 articles)
'The Hobbit' May Do Whatever A Spider Can If Tobey Maguire Lands The Role Of Bilbo Baggins
(From MTV Movies Blog. 14 December 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
Tobey Maguire May Make Hobbit a Habit
(From Movieline. 14 December 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
(From MTV Movies Blog. 14 December 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
Tobey Maguire May Make Hobbit a Habit
(From Movieline. 14 December 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Sir Ian Holm
Filmography
Actor:
- This Side of the Looking Glass (2010) (in production) .... Charlie
- Ratatouille (2007) (voice) .... Skinner
- O Jerusalem (2006) .... Ben Gurion
... aka Ô Jérusalem (France)
... aka O' Jerusalem (Italy) - The Treatment (2006) .... Dr. Ernesto Morales
- Renaissance (2006) (voice) .... Jonas Muller
- Lord of War (2005) .... Simeon Weisz
... aka Lord of War (France) - Chromophobia (2005) .... Edward Aylesbury
- Strangers with Candy (2005) .... Dr. Putney
- The Aviator (2004) .... Professor Fitz
... aka Aviator (Germany) - The Last Dragon (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator (UK version)
... aka Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real (USA: DVD title)
... aka Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (USA) - D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka D-Day (UK)
... aka D-Day: 6.6.44 (UK: DVD title) - The Day After Tomorrow (2004) .... Terry Rapson
- Garden State (2004) .... Gideon Largeman
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .... Bilbo
... aka Der Herr der Ringe - Die Rückkehr des Königs (Germany)
... aka The Return of the King (USA: short title) - Spinning Wheels (2002) .... Hood thief
- Waterbaby (2002) (TV) (voice) .... God
- "The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science" .... Narrator (1 episode, 2002)
... aka The New Detectives (USA: short title)
- Murder for Hire (2002) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) .... Bilbo Baggins
... aka The Fellowship of the Ring (USA: short title)
... aka The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture (USA: promotional title) - From Hell (2001) .... Sir William Gull
- The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) .... Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
... aka I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore (Italy) - Field of Fish (2000) .... Narrator/Old Tom Maynard
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) (TV) .... Patrick
- Bless the Child (2000) .... Reverend Grissom
... aka Die Prophezeiung (Germany) - Beautiful Joe (2000) .... George The Geek
- Esther Kahn (2000) .... Nathan Quellen
... aka eSTheR KaHN (France: poster title) - The Miracle Maker (2000) (voice) .... Pontius Pilate
... aka Gwr Y Gwyrthiau (UK: Welsh title) - Joe Gould's Secret (2000) .... Joe Gould
- Animal Farm (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Squealer
- Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Match (1999) .... Big Tam
... aka The Beautiful Game (UK: alternative title) - Shergar (1999) .... Joseph Maguire
- Simon Magus (1999) .... Sirius / Boris / The Devil
... aka Simon Magus: A Tale from a Vanished World (UK: closing credits title)
... aka Simon le magicien (France) - eXistenZ (1999) .... Kiri Vinokur
- Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999)
- "Shanghai Vice" (1999) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV) .... White Knight
- The Fifth Element (1998) (VG) (voice) .... Priest Vito Cornelius
... aka Le cinquième élément (France) - "Performance" .... Lear / ... (3 episodes, 1994-1998)
- King Lear (1998) TV episode .... Lear
- Landscape (1995) TV episode
- The Deep Blue Sea (1994) TV episode .... Sir William Collyer - Frog (1998)
- Incognito (1997) (uncredited) .... John
- A Life Less Ordinary (1997) .... Naville
- The Sweet Hereafter (1997) .... Mitchell Stevens
... aka De beaux lendemains (Canada: French title) - The Fifth Element (1997) .... Father Vito Cornelius
... aka Le cinquième élément (France) - Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) .... Liam Casey
- Loch Ness (1996) .... Water Bailiff
- Big Night (1996) .... Pascal
- The Madness of King George (1994) .... Dr. Willis
... aka The Madness of George III (Australia)
... aka The Madness of King George III (Australia) - Frankenstein (1994) .... Baron Frankenstein
... aka Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (USA: complete title) - "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends" .... The Tailor (1 episode, 1993)
- The Tailor of Gloucester (1993) TV episode (voice) .... The Tailor - "The Return of the Borrowers" (1993) TV series .... Pod
- "Timewatch" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1993)
... aka BBC History: Timewatch (UK)
- Hunger Strike: A Hidden History (1993) TV episode .... Narrator - The Hour of the Pig (1993) .... Albertus
... aka The Advocate - "The Borrowers" (1992) TV series .... Pod
- Blue Ice (1992) .... Sir Hector
- Naked Lunch (1991) .... Tom Frost
... aka Le festin nu (Canada: French title) - Kafka (1991) .... Doctor Murnau
... aka Kafka (France) - A Season of Giants (1991) (TV) .... Lorenzo De Medici
... aka La primavera di Michelangelo (Italy)
... aka Michelangelo: The Last Giant - Uncle Vanya (1991) (TV) .... Astrov
- The Last Romantics (1991) (TV) .... F.R. Leavis
- Hamlet (1990/I) .... Polonius
- "Chillers" (1 episode)
... aka Cadavres exquis (France: short title)
... aka Les cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith (France)
... aka Mistress of Suspense (UK)
... aka Patricia Highsmith's Tales (International: English title: complete title)
- The Stuff of Madness (????) TV episode - The Endless Game (1990) (TV) .... Control
- Henry V (1989) .... Fluellen
- The Tailor of Gloucester (1989) (TV) .... The Tailor
- "Game, Set, and Match" .... Bernard Samson (13 episodes, 1988)
- London Match: Part 3 (1988) TV episode .... Bernard Samson
- London Match: Part 2 (1988) TV episode .... Bernard Samson
- London Match: Part 1 (1988) TV episode .... Bernard Samson
- Mexico Set: Part 5 (1988) TV episode .... Bernard Samson
- Mexico Set: Part 4 (1988) TV episode .... Bernard Samson
(8 more) - Another Woman (1988) .... Ken
- Murder by the Book (1986) (TV) .... Hercule Poirot
- Dreamchild (1985) .... Reverend Charles L. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll)
- Dance with a Stranger (1985) .... Desmond Cussen
- Wetherby (1985) .... Stanley Pilborough
- Brazil (1985) .... Mr. M. Kurtzmann
- The Browning Version (1985) (TV) .... Andrew Crocker-Harris
- Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985) (TV) .... Eustace Edgehill
... aka Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (UK) - "Television" (1985) TV series .... Narrator
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) .... Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
- Laughterhouse (1984) .... Ben Singleton
... aka Singleton's Pluck - "Play for Today" .... Alexei (1 episode, 1982)
- Soft Targets (1982) TV episode .... Alexei - "Tales of the Unexpected" .... Alan Corwin (1 episode, 1982)
... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
- Death Can Add (1982) TV episode .... Alan Corwin - Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Goebbels
- "The Bell" .... Michael Meade (4 episodes, 1982)
- Episode #1.4 (1982) TV episode .... Michael Meade
- Episode #1.3 (1982) TV episode .... Michael Meade
- Episode #1.2 (1982) TV episode .... Michael Meade
- Episode #1.1 (1982) TV episode .... Michael Meade - The Return of the Soldier (1982) .... Doctor Anderson
- Time Bandits (1981) .... Napoleon
- Chariots of Fire (1981) .... Sam Mussabini
- Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981) (TV) .... Lech Walesa
- "We, the Accused" (1980) TV mini-series .... Paul Pressett
... aka Mystery!: We, the Accused (USA: alternative title) - "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Himmelstoss (1 episode, 1979)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) TV episode .... Himmelstoss - S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV) .... Joseph Bruce Ismay
- Alien (1979) .... Ash
... aka Alien: The Director's Cut (USA: director's cut) - Les miserables (1978) (TV) .... Thenardier
- The Thief of Baghdad (1978) (TV) .... The Gatekeeper
... aka Le voleur de Bagdad (France: theatrical title) - "The Lost Boys" .... J.M. Barrie (3 episodes, 1978)
... aka J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1978) TV episode .... J.M. Barrie
- Dark and Sinister Man (1978) TV episode .... J.M. Barrie
- We Set Out to Be Wrecked (1978) TV episode .... J.M. Barrie - Night School (1978) (TV) .... Walter
- "Holocaust" .... Heinrich Himmler (2 episodes, 1978)
... aka Holocaust: The Story of the Family Weiss (USA: alternative title)
- Part 4 (1978) TV episode .... Heinrich Himmler
- Part 3 (1978) TV episode .... Heinrich Himmler - "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1978)
- Flayed (1978) TV episode - March or Die (1977) .... El Krim
- "Jubilee" .... Bill Ramsey (1 episode, 1977)
- Ramsey (1977) TV episode .... Bill Ramsey - "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) TV mini-series .... Zerah
... aka Gesù di Nazareth (Italy) - The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV) .... Duval
- Shout at the Devil (1976) .... Mohammed, O'Flynn's Mute Servant
- Robin and Marian (1976) .... King John
- "BBC Play of the Month" .... Khrushchov / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1974)
- The Wood Demon (1974) TV episode .... Khrushchov
- King Oedipus (1972) TV episode .... Oedipus - Juggernaut (1974) .... Nicholas Porter
... aka Terror on the Britannic (UK: DVD title) (USA) - "Napoleon and Love" .... Napoleon (9 episodes, 1974)
- The End of Love (1974) TV episode .... Napoleon
- Louise (1974) TV episode .... Napoleon
- Maria Luisa (1974) TV episode .... Napoleon
- Maria Walewska (1974) TV episode .... Napoleon
- Eleonore (1974) TV episode .... Napoleon
(4 more) - "Masquerade" .... Blake (1 episode, 1974)
- May We Come In? (1974) TV episode .... Blake - "Great Mysteries" .... Charles Stubbs (1 episode, 1974)
... aka Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
- Trial for Murder (1974) TV episode .... Charles Stubbs - The Homecoming (1973) .... Lenny
... aka Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (Australia: DVD box title) (USA: poster title) - "Conjugal Rights" .... Michael (3 episodes, 1973)
- Michael and Jenny (1973) TV episode .... Michael
- Charles and Paula (1973) TV episode .... Michael
- Alan and Rosamund (1973) TV episode .... Michael - Young Winston (1972) .... George E. Buckle
- "The Man from Haven" (1972) TV series .... Jack Byron Lever (unknown episodes)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) .... David Riccio
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) .... Yakovlev
- "ITV Playhouse" .... Huw (2 episodes, 1969-1971)
- Funny (1971) TV episode .... Huw
- Omri's Burning (1969) TV episode - A Severed Head (1970) .... Martin Lynch-Gibbon
- "Armchair Theatre" .... Edward Gobey / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1970)
- The End of the Line (1970) TV episode .... Reverend P. Bagley
- Edward the Confessor (1969) TV episode .... Edward Gobey
- The Paradise Suite (1963) TV episode .... Jamie Norton - "The Wednesday Play" .... Mark Lang (1 episode, 1970)
- Emma's Time (1970) TV episode .... Mark Lang - "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" .... David Peters (1 episode, 1969)
... aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title)
- Moonlight on the Highway (1969) TV episode .... David Peters - Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... President Poincare
- The Fixer (1968) .... Grubeshov
- "Mystery and Imagination" .... Frankenstein / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1968)
- Frankenstein (1968) TV episode .... Frankenstein / the monster
- The Body Snatcher (1966) TV episode .... MacFarlane - A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) .... Puck
- The Bofors Gun (1968) .... Flynn
- "The Power Game" .... Sefton Kemp (4 episodes, 1966)
- Confound Their Politics (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp
- Trade Secret (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp
- Persons and Papers (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp
- Late Via Rome (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp - "War of the Roses" .... King Richard III / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
- Richard III (1965) TV episode .... King Richard III
- Edward IV (1965) TV episode .... Richard Duke of Gloucester - The Cherry Orchard (1962) (TV) .... Trofimov
- Girls at Sea (1958) (uncredited)
- "ITV Play of the Week" .... Granillo (2 episodes, 1957)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Rope (1957) TV episode .... Granillo
- The Wooden Dish (1957) TV episode .... Granillo
Soundtrack:
- Joe Gould's Secret (2000) (performer: "Nobody Knows When You're Down")
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Treasures in Trust (1995) (TV) (narrator)
Self:
- "Horizon" .... Himself - Narrator (6 episodes, 2005-2008)
- Are We Alone in the Universe? (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
- My Pet Dinosaur (2007) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
- We Are the Aliens (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
- Bye Bye Planet Pluto (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
- Most of Our Universe Is Missing (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
(1 more) - "Legends" .... Himself - Narrator (1 episode, 2007)
- Al Bowlly: The Very Thought of You (2007) TV episode (voice) (as Sir Ian Holm) .... Himself - Narrator - The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005) (TV) .... Narrator
- "Breakfast" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 3 September 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Fragile Lives: Immunization at Risk (2004) (voice) .... Narrator
- Prisoner of Paradise (2002) (voice) .... Narrator
- A Day in the Life of a Hobbit (2002) (V) .... Himself
- The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002) (V) .... Himself
- Quest for the Ring (2001) (TV) .... Bilbo Baggins
- "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Films of Atom Egoyan (????) TV episode .... Himself - "Expedition Journal" .... Voice (1 episode, 1999)
- Leading the Way (1999) TV episode .... Voice - The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- Tale of the Tides: The Hyaena and the Mudskipper (1998) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- "Nyhetsmorgon" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
- Filmen 'Femte elementet'/Nyheter och väder (1997) TV episode .... Himself - "The Churchills" (1996) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1995) (TV) .... Narrator
- Hiroshima: The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Seas of Zanzibar (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- "Surprise Surprise!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1993)
- Episode #10.1 (1993) TV episode .... Himself - Elizabeth R (1992) (TV) .... Himself - Narrator
- The Fever (1991) (voice) .... Narrator
- Untitled 'Naked Lunch' Featurette (1991) .... Himself
- "Stalin" (1990) TV mini-series .... Narrator
- "Korea: The Unknown War" (1988) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
- "Arena" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1983)
- Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator - Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983) (TV) .... Narrator
- "Omnibus" .... Reader (1 episode, 1981)
- Landseer: A Victorian Comedy (1981) TV episode .... Reader - Strike! (1980) (TV)
Archive Footage:
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"20 to 1"
- Magnificent Movies (2006) TV episode (uncredited) .... Ash -
"80s"
- Episode #1.5 (2005) TV episode .... Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot - The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004) (VG) .... Bilbo Baggins
- The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (2003) (V) .... Ash/Himself
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (VG) .... Bilbo Baggins
- The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002) (TV)
- Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000) (TV) .... Ash
- The Alien Legacy (1999) (V) .... Himself
- Clay Pigeons (1998) (uncredited) .... Ash - 'Alien'
- Terror in the Aisles (1984) .... Ash (segment "Alien")
Additional Details
Other Works:
Played Frodo Baggins in the 1981 BBC Radio production of The Lord of the Rings.
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