Ciarán Hinds

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

133

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-02-09 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Ciarán Hinds

Biography

Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and  Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut.  His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV. As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

  • Shetland

    Shetland

  • Frozen

    Frozen

  • Rome

    Rome

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • Prime Suspect

    Prime Suspect

  • The Terror

    The Terror

  • The Family Plan

    The Family Plan

  • Persuasion

    Persuasion

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Zack Snyder's Justice League

    Zack Snyder's Justice League

  • Frozen II

    Frozen II

  • Hallam Foe

    Hallam Foe

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Lost Lives

    Lost Lives

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Our Boys

    Our Boys

  • There Will Be Blood

    There Will Be Blood

  • Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

  • The English

    The English

  • John Carter

    John Carter

  • Red Sparrow

    Red Sparrow

  • Midwinter Break

    Midwinter Break

  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

    Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

  • Hostages

    Hostages

  • Kin

    Kin

  • Titanic Town

    Titanic Town

  • Testament: The Bible in Animation

    Testament: The Bible in Animation

  • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

  • Last Days in the Desert

    Last Days in the Desert

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • In Bruges

    In Bruges

  • Oscar and Lucinda

    Oscar and Lucinda

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • First Man

    First Man

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North

    The Narrow Road to the Deep North

  • Thursday the 12th

    Thursday the 12th

  • Hitman: Agent 47

    Hitman: Agent 47

  • Veronica Guerin

    Veronica Guerin

  • Treason

    Treason

  • Political Animals

    Political Animals

  • Munich

    Munich

  • The Woman in Black

    The Woman in Black

  • Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

  • Silence

    Silence

  • Above Suspicion

    Above Suspicion

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • Mickybo and Me

    Mickybo and Me

  • In the Land of Saints and Sinners

    In the Land of Saints and Sinners

  • Is This Thing On?

    Is This Thing On?

  • Road to Perdition

    Road to Perdition

  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

  • Race to Witch Mountain

    Race to Witch Mountain

  • Excalibur

    Excalibur

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Cry to Heaven

    Cry to Heaven

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • The Nativity Story

    The Nativity Story

  • Words of War

    Words of War

  • Circle of Friends

    Circle of Friends

  • Bleed for This

    Bleed for This

  • The Rite

    The Rite

  • McCanick

    McCanick

  • The Tale of Despereaux

    The Tale of Despereaux

  • Belfast

    Belfast

  • The Lost Lover

    The Lost Lover

  • Delirium

    Delirium

  • Glock

    Glock

  • The Shore

    The Shore

  • The Hope Rooms

    The Hope Rooms

  • Stop-Loss

    Stop-Loss

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • The Wonder

    The Wonder

  • The Play on One

    The Play on One

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • Mary Reilly

    Mary Reilly

  • Woman Walks Ahead

    Woman Walks Ahead

  • Untameable

    Untameable

  • Closed Circuit

    Closed Circuit

  • Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

    Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

  • Ireland's Coast

    Ireland's Coast

  • The Debt

    The Debt

  • Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus

  • Calendar Girls

    Calendar Girls

  • Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

    Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

  • Ca$h

    Ca$h

  • Elizabeth Harvest

    Elizabeth Harvest

  • My Mother and Other Strangers

    My Mother and Other Strangers

  • National Theatre Live: Hamlet

    National Theatre Live: Hamlet

  • The Dry

    The Dry

  • The Weight of Water

    The Weight of Water

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • Margot at the Wedding

    Margot at the Wedding

  • Life During Wartime

    Life During Wartime

  • Salvation Boulevard

    Salvation Boulevard

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

  • The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

  • Some Mother's Son

    Some Mother's Son

  • Perfect Scoundrels

    Perfect Scoundrels

  • The Mahabharata

    The Mahabharata

  • The Driftless Area

    The Driftless Area

  • Cottontail

    Cottontail

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Mayor of Casterbridge

  • The Man in the Hat

    The Man in the Hat

  • Axis

    Axis

  • The Life of Stuff

    The Life of Stuff

  • The Lost Son

    The Lost Son

  • The Eclipse

    The Eclipse

  • The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

    The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

  • The Sleeper

    The Sleeper

  • Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

    Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

  • Grace and Goliath

    Grace and Goliath

  • The Sea

    The Sea

  • The Hour

    The Hour

  • Yellowbacks

    Yellowbacks

  • The Long March

    The Long March

  • Getting Hurt

    Getting Hurt

  • Love is a Sting

    Love is a Sting

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Mayor of Casterbridge

  • National Theatre Collection: Translations

    National Theatre Collection: Translations

  • A Time to Love

    A Time to Love

  • Who Bombed Birmingham?

    Who Bombed Birmingham?

  • A Bear Remembers

    A Bear Remembers

  • Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland

    Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland

  • The Three Urns

    The Three Urns