Bernard Hill

Born in 1944, Bernard Hill is a British actor. 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). Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King.

Known For

Birth Location Manchester, England, UK
Born 1944-12-17

Movies

The Moor as Thornley
2023
Forever Young as Oscar Smith
2023
2018
Inside CERN as Narrator
2016
Golden Years as Arthur
2016
North v South as John Claridge
2015
2012
Outpost 11 as Cranleigh
2012
ParaNorman as Judge Hopkins (voice)
2012
The Kid as Uncle David
2010
Canoe Man as John Darwin
2010
Valkyrie as General - Desert Sequence
2008
Franklyn as Esser
2008
Exodus as Narrator (voice)
2008
Bombay Railway as Narrator
2008
2008
Save Angel Hope as Oscar Kurz
2007
Exodus as Pharoah Mann
2007
The Heart of the Earth as Sr. Crown
2007
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Joy Division as Dennis
2006
No Go: The Free Derry Story as Narrator (voice)
2006
2006
Ocean Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
2006
The Last Tommy as Narrator
2005
A Very Social Secretary as David Blunkett
2005
2005
2004
Wimbledon as Edward Colt
2004
Gothika as Phil Parsons
2003
The Scorpion King as Philos
2002
Going Off Big Time as Murray
2000
Eisenstein as The voice of Stalin
2000
A Question of Faith as Frederick
2000
The Criminal as Det. Insp. Walker
1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Susan's Father
1999
Great Expectations as Abel Magwitch
1999
True Crime as Warden Luther Plunkitt
1999
Titanic as Edward Smith
1997
The Mill on the Floss as Edward Tulliver
1997
The Wind in the Willows as The Engine Driver
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness as Dr. David Hawthorne
1996
Madagascar Skin as Flint
1995
Dirtysomething as Larry
1994
Skallagrigg as John
1994
Olly's Prison as Mike
1993
Shepherd on the Rock as Tam Ferrier
1993
Double X: The Name of the Game as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
1992
The Law Lord as Martin Allport
1992
Shoot the Revolution as Octavian Barbu
1990
From Moscow to Pietushki as Readings (voice)
1990
Mountains of the Moon as Dr. Livingstone
1990
Shirley Valentine as Joe Bradshaw
1989
Drowning by Numbers as Madgett
1988
Bellman and True as Hiller
1987
Boy Soldier as Officer
1987
Theban Plays: Antigone as Messenger
1986
No Surrender as Bernard
1985
Restless Natives as Will's father
1985
The Burston Rebellion as Tom Higdon
1985
Squaring the Circle as Lech Walesa
1984
The Bounty as William Cole
1984
The Chain as Nick
1984
Runners as Trevor Field
1983
The Tragedy of Richard III as First Murderer
1983
Henry VI Part 3 as Duke of York
1983
Henry VI Part 2 as Duke of York
1983
Henry VI Part 1 as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
1983
Gandhi as Sergeant Putnam
1982
A Turn for the Worse as Simon Simpson
1981
Fox as Vin Fox
1980
The Black Stuff as Yosser Hughes
1980
1978
The Spongers as Sullivan
1978
Professional Foul as Broadbent
1977
Daft Mam Blues as Billy
1977
Our Flesh and Blood as Bernard Blincoe
1977
1976
1976
Trial by Combat as Blind Freddie
1976
Hard Labour as Edward Thornley
1973
The Crumblegiant as Narrator
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Bernard Hill hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows