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Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill’s screen credits include Théoden in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Captain Smith in Titanic, and Judge Hopkins (voice) in ParaNorman.
Born December 17, 1944† May 5, 2024 Blackley, Manchester, England, UK4 movies on MoviHero
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Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and 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). …
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Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King. Hill died on 5th May 2024 at the age of 79.
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- 2024The MoorThornley
- 2024Forever YoungOscar Smith
- 2018Segunda oportunidadPeter
- 2017Interlude: City of a Dead WomanRichard
- 2016Inside CERNNarrator
- 2016Golden YearsArthur
- 2016Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and MaryNarrator
- 2015North v SouthJohn Claridge
- 2013The SorrowsActor
- 2012Reflections on TitanicSelf
- 2012Outpost 11Cranleigh
- 2012Titanic: Southampton RemembersActor
- 2012Titanic: The Final Word with James CameronCaptain EJ Smith
- 2012Titanic: Case ClosedActor
- 2010The KidUncle David
- 2010Canoe ManJohn Darwin
- 2008ValkyrieGeneral - Desert Sequence
- 2008FranklynEsser
- 2008ExodusNarrator (voice)
- 2008Bombay RailwayNarrator
- 2008Titus: The Gorilla KingNarrator
- 2007Save Angel HopeOscar Kurz
- 2007ExodusPharoah Mann
- 2007The CrumblegiantNarrator
- 2007The Heart of the EarthSr. Crown
- 2006JFK's Women: The Scandals RevealedSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2006Joy DivisionDennis
- 2006No Go: The Free Derry StoryNarrator (voice)
- 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King'Self
- 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers'Self
- 2006Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat DisasterNarrator (voice)
- 2006Ocean OdysseyNarrator (voice)
- 2006Tim Haines Deep OceanErzähler
- 2005The Last TommyNarrator
- 2005A Very Social SecretaryDavid Blunkett
- 2005The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseKing William III
- 2005Collectormania 7Self
- 2005HeatwaveNarrator (voice)
- 2005Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished SymphonyActor
- 2004Beatles Biggest SecretsNarrator
- 2004WimbledonEdward Colt
- 2004On the Set of 'Gothika'Self
- 2003GothikaPhil Parsons
- 2003The Boys & Girl from County ClareJohn Joe
- 2002The Scorpion KingPhilos
- 2000Going Off Big TimeMurray
- 2000EisensteinThe voice of Stalin
- 2000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi KitanoNarrator (voice)
- 2000A Question of FaithFrederick
- 1999The CriminalDet. Insp. Walker
- 1999A Midsummer Night's DreamEgeus
- 1999The Loss of Sexual InnocenceSusan's Father
- 1999Great ExpectationsAbel Magwitch
- 1999True CrimeWarden Luther Plunkitt
- 1999The Titanic Chronicles(voice)
- 1998Titanic: Secrets RevealedHost
- 1997The Mill on the FlossEdward Tulliver
- 1996The Wind in the WillowsThe Engine Driver
- 1996The Ghost and the DarknessDr. David Hawthorne
- 1995First KnightKnight (uncredited)
- 1995Madagascar SkinFlint
- 1994Speaking In TonguesJoe
- 1994DirtysomethingLarry
- 1994SkallagriggJohn
- 1993Olly's PrisonMike
- 1993The Art of TrippingActor
- 1993Shepherd on the RockTam Ferrier
- 1992A Question of IdentityErwin van Haarlem
- 1992Double X: The Name of the GameIgnatius 'Iggy' Smith
- 1992A Midsummer Night's DreamBottom (voice)
- 1992The Law LordMartin Allport
- 1990Shoot the RevolutionOctavian Barbu
- 1990From Moscow to PietushkiReadings (voice)
- 1990Mountains of the MoonDr. Livingstone
- 1989Shirley ValentineJoe Bradshaw
- 1988Drowning by NumbersHenry Madgett
- 1987Bellman and TrueHiller
- 1987Boy SoldierOfficer
- 1986Theban Plays: AntigoneMessenger
- 1985John Lennon: A Journey in the LifeJohn Lennon
- 1985No SurrenderBernard
- 1985Restless NativesWill's father
- 1985The Burston RebellionTom Higdon
- 1984The ChainNick
- 1984Squaring the CircleLech Walesa
- 1984The BountyWilliam Cole
- 1984Samson and DelilahWillie
- 1983RunnersTrevor Field
- 1983The Tragedy of Richard IIIFirst Murderer
- 1983Henry VI Part 3Duke of York
- 1983Henry VI Part 2Duke of York
- 1983Henry VI Part 1Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
- 1982GandhiSergeant Putnam
- 1981A Turn for the WorseSimon Simpson
- 1981Say No to StrangersTeresa's Dad
- 1980FoxVin Fox
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