Ciarán Hinds

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

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

  • The Family Plan

    The Family Plan

  • Frozen

    Frozen

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • Prime Suspect

    Prime Suspect

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Rome

    Rome

  • There Will Be Blood

    There Will Be Blood

  • Zack Snyder's Justice League

    Zack Snyder's Justice League

  • Frozen II

    Frozen II

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • John Carter

    John Carter

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • The Terror

    The Terror

  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

    Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

    Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

  • Kin

    Kin

  • Persuasion

    Persuasion

  • The English

    The English

  • Red Sparrow

    Red Sparrow

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

  • The Eclipse

    The Eclipse

  • Is This Thing On?

    Is This Thing On?

  • Midwinter Break

    Midwinter Break

  • In Bruges

    In Bruges

  • Race to Witch Mountain

    Race to Witch Mountain

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North

    The Narrow Road to the Deep North

  • The Woman in Black

    The Woman in Black

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

  • Elizabeth Harvest

    Elizabeth Harvest

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • Words of War

    Words of War

  • Hitman: Agent 47

    Hitman: Agent 47

  • Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

  • Hallam Foe

    Hallam Foe

  • Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

  • Silence

    Silence

  • McCanick

    McCanick

  • Treason

    Treason

  • Above Suspicion

    Above Suspicion

  • The Sea

    The Sea

  • First Man

    First Man

  • The Debt

    The Debt

  • Road to Perdition

    Road to Perdition

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • Excalibur

    Excalibur

  • The Wonder

    The Wonder

  • In the Land of Saints and Sinners

    In the Land of Saints and Sinners

  • Mary Reilly

    Mary Reilly

  • Cottontail

    Cottontail

  • The Tale of Despereaux

    The Tale of Despereaux

  • Our Boys

    Our Boys

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

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

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • Political Animals

    Political Animals

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • The Hour

    The Hour

  • Veronica Guerin

    Veronica Guerin

  • The Rite

    The Rite

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Munich

    Munich

  • The Nativity Story

    The Nativity Story

  • Lost Lives

    Lost Lives

  • Delirium

    Delirium

  • Getting Hurt

    Getting Hurt

  • Titanic Town

    Titanic Town

  • Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

    Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

  • Belfast

    Belfast

  • Woman Walks Ahead

    Woman Walks Ahead

  • Hostages

    Hostages

  • Bleed for This

    Bleed for This

  • The Driftless Area

    The Driftless Area

  • The Weight of Water

    The Weight of Water

  • Last Days in the Desert

    Last Days in the Desert

  • The Play on One

    The Play on One

  • Life During Wartime

    Life During Wartime

  • Glock

    Glock

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • Calendar Girls

    Calendar Girls

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

  • The Shore

    The Shore

  • The Lost Son

    The Lost Son

  • Stop-Loss

    Stop-Loss

  • Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus

  • Some Mother's Son

    Some Mother's Son

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Ca$h

    Ca$h

  • Margot at the Wedding

    Margot at the Wedding

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Mayor of Casterbridge

  • The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

  • Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

    Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

  • The Long March

    The Long March

  • Grace and Goliath

    Grace and Goliath

  • The Man in the Hat

    The Man in the Hat

  • National Theatre Live: Hamlet

    National Theatre Live: Hamlet

  • Testament: The Bible in Animation

    Testament: The Bible in Animation

  • National Theatre Collection: Translations

    National Theatre Collection: Translations

  • Cry to Heaven

    Cry to Heaven

  • Mickybo and Me

    Mickybo and Me

  • Perfect Scoundrels

    Perfect Scoundrels

  • Oscar and Lucinda

    Oscar and Lucinda

  • My Mother and Other Strangers

    My Mother and Other Strangers

  • The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried

  • Love is a Sting

    Love is a Sting

  • Who Bombed Birmingham?

    Who Bombed Birmingham?

  • Circle of Friends

    Circle of Friends

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Mayor of Casterbridge

  • Thursday the 12th

    Thursday the 12th

  • Closed Circuit

    Closed Circuit

  • A Time to Love

    A Time to Love

  • The Life of Stuff

    The Life of Stuff

  • The Dry

    The Dry

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

  • The Lost Lover

    The Lost Lover

  • The Hope Rooms

    The Hope Rooms

  • Salvation Boulevard

    Salvation Boulevard

  • The Mahabharata

    The Mahabharata

  • Ireland's Coast

    Ireland's Coast

  • Axis

    Axis

  • A Bear Remembers

    A Bear Remembers

  • Untameable

    Untameable

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

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

  • Yellowbacks

    Yellowbacks

  • The Sleeper

    The Sleeper

  • Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland

    Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland