Bernard Hill
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is a British actor of film, stage and television. In a career spanning thirty years, he is best known for playing Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and as the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill is the only actor to have appeared in more than one of the three films awarded 11 Oscars, and one of only three actors to have starred in more than one film grossing more than $1 billion USD, namely: Titanic and The Return of the King (the others being Orlando Bloom who also starred in The Return of the King, as well as Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp who also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Alice in Wonderland). Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Hill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Dec 17, 1944 In Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 106
- First Appeared:
- In the series Play for Today 1970-10-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Moor 2024-06-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Moor | Thornley | 2024-06-14 |
| Movie | Forever Young | Oscar Smith | 2024-01-26 |
| Series | The Responder | Tom Carson | 2022-01-24 |
| Movie | Segunda oportunidad | Peter | 2018-11-03 |
| Movie | Interlude: City of a Dead Woman | Richard | 2017-04-06 |
| Movie | Golden Years | Arthur | 2016-04-29 |
| Movie | Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary | Narrator | 2016-02-01 |
| Series | Wolf Hall | Duke of Norfolk | 2015-01-21 |
| Movie | North v South | John Claridge | 2015-10-16 |
| Series | Unforgotten | Father Robert Greaves | 2015-10-08 |
| Series | From There to Here | Samuel | 2014-05-22 |
| Series | Hope and Wire | Len Russell | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron | Captain EJ Smith | 2012-04-08 |
| Movie | ParaNorman | Judge Hopkins (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
| Movie | Outpost 11 | Cranleigh | 2012-09-01 |
| Movie | Canoe Man | John Darwin | 2010-03-30 |
| Movie | The Kid | Uncle David | 2010-04-22 |
| Series | Fairy Tales | Unknown | 2008-01-10 |
| Movie | Exodus | Narrator (voice) | 2008-01-09 |
| Series | Wild China | Himself - Narrator | 2008-05-11 |
| Movie | Valkyrie | General - Desert Sequence | 2008-12-25 |
| Series | Sunshine | George Crosby | 2008-10-07 |
| Movie | Franklyn | Esser | 2008-10-16 |
| Series | Five Days | Gerard Hopkirk | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | The Heart of the Earth | Sr. Crown | 2007-03-17 |
| Movie | Exodus | Pharoah Mann | 2007-09-04 |
| Movie | Save Angel Hope | Oscar Kurz | 2007-10-20 |
| Series | Surviving Disaster | Himself - Narrator | 2006-01-10 |
| Movie | Ocean Odyssey | Narrator (voice) | 2006-05-24 |
| Movie | No Go: The Free Derry Story | Narrator (voice) | 2006-09-06 |
| Movie | Joy Division | Dennis | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | King William III | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | A Very Social Secretary | David Blunkett | 2005-10-10 |
| Series | The Grid | 2004-07-19 | |
| Movie | Beatles Biggest Secrets | Narrator | 2004-12-02 |
| Movie | Wimbledon | Edward Colt | 2004-09-13 |
| Series | Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief | Self | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | The Boys & Girl from County Clare | John Joe | 2003-09-12 |
| Series | One Life | Unknown | 2003-09-24 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Théoden | 2003-12-17 |
| Movie | Gothika | Phil Parsons | 2003-11-21 |
| Movie | The Scorpion King | Philos | 2002-04-18 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Théoden | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | Eisenstein | The voice of Stalin | 2000-09-08 |
| Movie | A Question of Faith | Frederick | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Going Off Big Time | Murray | 2000-09-21 |
| Movie | True Crime | Warden Luther Plunkitt | 1999-03-19 |
| Movie | Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | 1999-04-12 |
| Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Egeus | 1999-05-20 |
| Movie | The Criminal | Det. Insp. Walker | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Susan's Father | 1999-04-29 |
| Movie | The Mill on the Floss | Edward Tulliver | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | Titanic | Edward Smith | 1997-11-18 |
| Movie | The Ghost and the Darkness | Dr. David Hawthorne | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | The Wind in the Willows | The Engine Driver | 1996-10-16 |
| Series | The Gambling Man | Frank nickle | 1995-02-26 |
| Movie | Madagascar Skin | Flint | 1995-01-26 |
| Movie | First Knight | Knight (uncredited) | 1995-07-07 |
| Movie | Skallagrigg | John | 1994-03-09 |
| Movie | Dirtysomething | Larry | 1994-04-06 |
| Series | Once Upon A Time In The North | Len Tollit | 1994-05-03 |
| Movie | Speaking In Tongues | Joe | 1994-07-27 |
| Series | Lipstick on Your Collar | Uncle Fred | 1993-02-21 |
| Movie | Shepherd on the Rock | Tam Ferrier | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | The Art of Tripping | 1993-02-23 | |
| Movie | Olly's Prison | Mike | 1993-05-01 |
| Movie | The Law Lord | Martin Allport | 1992-03-22 |
| Movie | Double X: The Name of the Game | Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith | 1992-06-05 |
| Movie | A Question of Identity | Erwin van Haarlem | 1992-11-13 |
| Movie | Mountains of the Moon | Dr. Livingstone | 1990-02-16 |
| Movie | Shirley Valentine | Joe Bradshaw | 1989-08-30 |
| Movie | Drowning by Numbers | Madgett | 1988-09-10 |
| Movie | Bellman and True | Hiller | 1987-11-12 |
| Movie | Boy Soldier | Officer | 1987-01-30 |
| Movie | Theban Plays: Antigone | Messenger | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | The Burston Rebellion | Tom Higdon | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | No Surrender | Bernard | 1985-09-11 |
| Movie | Restless Natives | Will's father | 1985-06-01 |
| Movie | The Chain | Nick | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Squaring the Circle | Lech Walesa | 1984-05-23 |
| Movie | The Bounty | William Cole | 1984-05-04 |
| Movie | Henry VI Part 1 | Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans | 1983-01-02 |
| Movie | Henry VI Part 3 | Duke of York | 1983-01-16 |
| Movie | Henry VI Part 2 | Duke of York | 1983-01-09 |
| Movie | The Tragedy of Richard III | First Murderer | 1983-01-23 |
| Series | Natural World | Unknown | 1983-10-30 |
| Movie | Runners | Trevor Field | 1983-08-18 |
| Series | Boys from the Blackstuff | Yosser Hughes | 1982-10-10 |
| Movie | Gandhi | Sergeant Putnam | 1982-12-01 |
| Movie | A Turn for the Worse | Simon Simpson | 1981-04-28 |
| Movie | Say No to Strangers | 1981-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Black Stuff | Yosser Hughes | 1980-01-02 |
| Series | Fox | Vin Fox | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | Fox | Vin Fox | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | The Spongers | Sullivan | 1978-01-24 |
| Movie | She Fell Among Thieves | Carson | 1978-03-01 |
| Movie | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Mick | 1978-12-05 |
| Movie | Daft Mam Blues | Billy | 1977-05-17 |
| Movie | Our Flesh and Blood | Bernard Blincoe | 1977-01-18 |
| Movie | Professional Foul | Broadbent | 1977-09-21 |
| Movie | The Peddler | Graham | 1976-03-23 |
| Movie | Trial by Combat | Blind Freddie | 1976-04-01 |
| Series | I, Claudius | Gratus | 1976-09-20 |
| Movie | It Could Happen to You | Syph | 1976-11-11 |
| Movie | Hard Labour | Edward Thornley | 1973-03-12 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |