Ian Holm

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

173

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-09-12

Day of death

2020-06-19 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK

Ian Holm

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Horizon

    Horizon

  • NOVA

    NOVA

  • NOVA

    NOVA

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Ratatouille

    Ratatouille

  • Alien

    Alien

  • National Geographic Specials

    National Geographic Specials

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • The Fifth Element

    The Fifth Element

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Lord of War

    Lord of War

  • Legends

    Legends

  • The Aviator

    The Aviator

  • Time Bandits

    Time Bandits

  • Jesus of Nazareth

    Jesus of Nazareth

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • The Day After Tomorrow

    The Day After Tomorrow

  • A Life Less Ordinary

    A Life Less Ordinary

  • Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real

    Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real

  • From Hell

    From Hell

  • The Return of the Soldier

    The Return of the Soldier

  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

  • Inside the Third Reich

    Inside the Third Reich

  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

  • Emma's Time

    Emma's Time

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

  • Esther Kahn

    Esther Kahn

  • eXistenZ

    eXistenZ

  • Prisoner of Paradise

    Prisoner of Paradise

  • Brazil

    Brazil

  • Survival

    Survival

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • The Making of the Return of the King

    The Making of the Return of the King

  • The Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

    A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

  • Wisconsin Death Trip

    Wisconsin Death Trip

  • Night Falls on Manhattan

    Night Falls on Manhattan

  • 40 Minutes

    40 Minutes

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • O Jerusalem

    O Jerusalem

  • March or Die

    March or Die

  • Beautiful Joe

    Beautiful Joe

  • Soft Targets

    Soft Targets

  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

    The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

  • Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • The Lost Boys

    The Lost Boys

  • Wetherby

    Wetherby

  • The Homecoming

    The Homecoming

  • Edward the Confessor

    Edward the Confessor

  • Garden State

    Garden State

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • The Browning Version

    The Browning Version

  • Moonlight on the Highway

    Moonlight on the Highway

  • Dance with a Stranger

    Dance with a Stranger

  • Bless the Child

    Bless the Child

  • The Borrowers

    The Borrowers

  • Shergar

    Shergar

  • Shout at the Devil

    Shout at the Devil

  • Naked Lunch

    Naked Lunch

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Laughterhouse

    Laughterhouse

  • Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire

  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

  • Simon Magus

    Simon Magus

  • Omri's Burning

    Omri's Burning

  • Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

  • Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • The Endless Game

    The Endless Game

  • The Bofors Gun

    The Bofors Gun

  • Incognito

    Incognito

  • The Sweet Hereafter

    The Sweet Hereafter

  • The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

  • Murder by the Book

    Murder by the Book

  • Napoleon and Love

    Napoleon and Love

  • Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

    Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

  • Another Woman

    Another Woman

  • The Thief of Baghdad

    The Thief of Baghdad

  • D-Day 6.6.1944

    D-Day 6.6.1944

  • The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    The Adventures of Errol Flynn

  • Game, Set, and Match

    Game, Set, and Match

  • Chillers

    Chillers

  • The Misanthrope

    The Misanthrope

  • The Treatment

    The Treatment

  • The Power Game

    The Power Game

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • S.O.S. Titanic

    S.O.S. Titanic

  • A Severed Head

    A Severed Head

  • Opus

    Opus

  • Strangers with Candy

    Strangers with Candy

  • Kafka

    Kafka

  • The Miracle Maker

    The Miracle Maker

  • The Return of the Borrowers

    The Return of the Borrowers

  • The Wars of the Roses

    The Wars of the Roses

  • Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

    Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

  • The Last Romantics

    The Last Romantics

  • Blue Ice

    Blue Ice

  • Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

    Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

  • Dreamchild

    Dreamchild

  • Joe Gould's Secret

    Joe Gould's Secret

  • The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

    The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

  • Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary, Queen of Scots

  • The Hour of the Pig

    The Hour of the Pig

  • The Treat

    The Treat

  • Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

    Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

  • Young Winston

    Young Winston

  • The Wood Demon

    The Wood Demon

  • The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

  • Robin and Marian

    Robin and Marian

  • The Bell

    The Bell

  • 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth

    1066: The Battle for Middle Earth

  • Big Night

    Big Night

  • The Lost Boys

    The Lost Boys

  • Landscape

    Landscape

  • The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

  • Chromophobia

    Chromophobia

  • Stalin

    Stalin

  • The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

  • Flayed

    Flayed

  • Funny

    Funny

  • Tale of the Tides

    Tale of the Tides

  • The Match

    The Match

  • Television

    Television

  • Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

  • The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

    The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

  • Korea: The Unknown War

    Korea: The Unknown War

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • Monsters We Met

    Monsters We Met

  • The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

  • Loch Ness

    Loch Ness

  • Secret Agent

    Secret Agent

  • The Deep Blue Sea

    The Deep Blue Sea

  • Shanghai Vice

    Shanghai Vice

  • Girls at Sea

    Girls at Sea

  • There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

    There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

  • The Kingdom of Fun

    The Kingdom of Fun

  • The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

    The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

  • Rope

    Rope

  • A Little Fish in Deep Water

    A Little Fish in Deep Water

  • A Season of Giants

    A Season of Giants

  • The Queen of Trees

    The Queen of Trees

  • Cry From Home

    Cry From Home

  • Ramsey

    Ramsey

  • The Fishing Party

    The Fishing Party

  • The Real Middle Earth

    The Real Middle Earth

  • The Cost of Treachery

    The Cost of Treachery

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • The Paradise Suite

    The Paradise Suite

  • Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

  • Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

    Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

  • Visions of Power

    Visions of Power