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Ian Holm

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Known For

88 Years Old

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.

Born

Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK on 12th September 1931

Died

19th June 2020

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BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Month
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Play for Today
Alexei
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Jesus of Nazareth
Zerah
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Screen Two
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National Geographic Specials
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Tales of the Unexpected
Alan Corwin
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Bilbo
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Legends
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BBC2 Play of the Week
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BBC2 Play of the Week
The Man
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Natural World
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bilbo
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Ratatouille
Skinner (voice)
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King Lear
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Sir William Collyer
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The Lost Boys
J.M. Barrie
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Mystery and Imagination
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Old Bilbo Baggins
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Alien
Ash
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The Tailor (voice)
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Old Bilbo Baggins
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The Frighteners
Gordon
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The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
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Holocaust
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The Fifth Element
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Shanghai Vice
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Game, Set, and Match
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The Borrowers
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Armchair Theatre
Edward Gobey
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The Day After Tomorrow
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The Aviator
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Monsters We Met
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Lord of War
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1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
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Brazil
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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Time Bandits
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From Hell
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Naked Lunch
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Chariots of Fire
Sam Mussabini
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Juggernaut
Nicholas Porter
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The Miracle Maker
Pontius Pilate (voice)
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A Life Less Ordinary
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Night Falls on Manhattan
Liam Casey
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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Henry V
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Garden State
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Les Misérables
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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The Sweet Hereafter
Mitchell Stephens
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The Madness of King George
Willis
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Napoleon and Love
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Shout at the Devil
Mohammed
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Korea: The Unknown War
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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Animal Farm
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Nicholas and Alexandra
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Big Night
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March or Die
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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Bless the Child
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Robin and Marian
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Another Woman
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Hamlet
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Young Winston
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The Emperor's New Clothes
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S.O.S. Titanic
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Oh! What a Lovely War
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Dance with a Stranger
Desmond Cussen
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The Return of the Soldier
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The Thief of Baghdad
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O Jerusalem
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Strangers with Candy
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Dreamchild
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Kafka
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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The Hour of the Pig
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A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
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The Wars of the Roses
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Esther Kahn
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Discovering Hamlet
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The Making of the Return of the King
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The Fixer
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Chromophobia
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
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The Beast Within: Making Alien
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
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The Endless Game
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Beautiful Joe
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Joe Gould's Secret
Joe Gould
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A Season of Giants
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The Bofors Gun
Gunner Flynn
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The Last Dragon
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The Treatment
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Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
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Murder by the Book
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A Severed Head
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The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
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Inside the Third Reich
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Shergar
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Uncle Vanya
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The Real Middle Earth
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The Last Romantics
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The Misanthrope
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The Browning Version
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The Cost of Treachery
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The Queen of Trees
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The Lost Boys
J.M. Barrie
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The Cherry Orchard
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King Lear
King Lear
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Little Red Riding Hood
Don Mini
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The Wood Demon
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Opus
Lenny (The Homecoming)
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Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
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Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Eustace Edgehill
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The Homecoming
Lenny
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Soft Targets
Alexei
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Laughterhouse
Ben Singleton
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein / The Monster
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Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
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Wisconsin Death Trip
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Flayed
The Man
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Visions of Power
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The Deep Blue Sea
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Rope
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Moonlight on the Highway
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A Little Fish in Deep Water
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Tale of the Tides
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Prisoner of Paradise
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The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor
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Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
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The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor (voice)
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The End of the Line
Reverend P. Bagley
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Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
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Cry From Home
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Emma's Time
Mark Lang
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There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
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The Paradise Suite
Jamie Norton
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Omri
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Edward the Confessor
Edward Gobey
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The Fishing Party
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The Kingdom of Fun
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