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Ian Holm

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Overview

Mini Biography:
Sir Ian Holm is an Academy Award-nominated British film and stage actor... more
Trivia:
Treated for prostate cancer in 2001. more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins & 12 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
McAvoy Denies Hobbit Role (From WENN. 18 June 2008, 5:04 AM, PDT)
McAvoy Tipped For Hobbit Role (From WENN. 29 May 2008, 12:09 AM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Sir Ian Holm

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
  1. This Side of the Looking Glass (2009) (pre-production) .... Charlie

  2. Ratatouille (2007) (voice) .... Skinner
  3. O Jerusalem (2006) .... Ben Gurion
    ... aka O' Jerusalem (Italy)
  4. The Treatment (2006) .... Dr. Ernesto Morales
  5. Renaissance (2006) (voice) .... Jonas Muller
  6. Lord of War (2005) .... Simeon Weisz
  7. Chromophobia (2005) .... Edward Aylesbury
  8. Strangers with Candy (2005) .... Dr. Putney
  9. The Aviator (2004) .... Professor Fitz
    ... aka Aviator (Germany)
  10. The Last Dragon (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator (UK version)
    ... aka Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real (USA: DVD title)
    ... aka Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (USA)
  11. D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
    ... aka D-Day (UK)
    ... aka D-Day: 6.6.44 (UK: DVD title)
  12. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) .... Terry Rapson
  13. Garden State (2004) .... Gideon Largeman
  14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .... Bilbo
    ... aka Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs, Der (Germany)
    ... aka The Return of the King (USA: short title)
  15. Spinning Wheels (2002) .... Hood thief
  16. Waterbaby (2002) (TV) (voice) .... God
  17. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) .... Bilbo Baggins
    ... aka The Fellowship of the Ring (USA: short title)
    ... aka The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture (USA: promotional title)
  18. From Hell (2001) .... Sir William Gull
  19. The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) .... Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
    ... aka Vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore, I (Italy)
  20. Field of Fish (2000) .... Narrator/Old Tom Maynard
  21. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) (TV) .... Patrick
  22. Bless the Child (2000) .... Reverend Grissom
    ... aka Prophezeiung, Die (Germany)
  23. Beautiful Joe (2000) .... George The Geek
  24. Esther Kahn (2000) .... Nathan Quellen
    ... aka eSTheR KaHN (France: poster title)
  25. The Miracle Maker (2000) (voice) .... Pontius Pilate
  26. Joe Gould's Secret (2000) .... Joe Gould

  27. Animal Farm (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Squealer
  28. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) (voice) .... Narrator
  29. The Match (1999) .... Big Tam
    ... aka The Beautiful Game (UK)
  30. Shergar (1999) .... Joseph Maguire
  31. Simon Magus (1999) .... Sirius / Boris / The Devil
    ... aka Simon Magus: A Tale from a Vanished World (UK: closing credits title)
    ... aka Simon le magicien (France)
  32. eXistenZ (1999) .... Kiri Vinokur
  33. Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999)
  34. "Shanghai Vice" (1999) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
  35. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV) .... White Knight
  36. "Performance" .... Lear / ... (2 episodes, 1994-1998)
        - King Lear (1998) TV episode .... Lear
        - The Deep Blue Sea (1994) TV episode .... Sir William Collyer
  37. The Fifth Element (1998) (VG) (voice) .... Priest Vito Cornelius
    ... aka Cinquième élément, Le (France)
  38. Frog (1998)
  39. Incognito (1997) (uncredited) .... John
  40. A Life Less Ordinary (1997) .... Naville
  41. The Sweet Hereafter (1997) .... Mitchell Stevens
    ... aka De beaux lendemains (Canada: French title)
  42. The Fifth Element (1997) .... Father Vito Cornelius
    ... aka Cinquième élément, Le (France)
  43. Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) .... Liam Casey
  44. Loch Ness (1996) .... Water Bailiff
  45. Big Night (1996) .... Pascal
  46. The Madness of King George (1994) .... Dr. Willis
    ... aka The Madness of George III (Australia)
    ... aka The Madness of King George III (Australia)
  47. Frankenstein (1994) .... Baron Frankenstein
    ... aka Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (USA: complete title)
  48. "The Return of the Borrowers" (1993) TV series .... Pod
  49. "Timewatch" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1993)
    ... aka BBC History: Timewatch (UK)
        - Hunger Strike: A Hidden History (1993) TV episode .... Narrator
  50. The Hour of the Pig (1993) .... Albertus
    ... aka The Advocate
  51. "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends" .... The Tailor (1 episode, 1993)
        - The Tailor of Gloucester (1993) TV episode (voice) .... The Tailor
  52. "The Borrowers" (1992) TV series .... Pod
  53. Blue Ice (1992) .... Sir Hector
  54. Naked Lunch (1991) .... Tom Frost
    ... aka Festin nu, Le (Canada: French title)
  55. Kafka (1991) .... Doctor Murnau
    ... aka Kafka (France)
  56. A Season of Giants (1991) (TV) .... Lorenzo De Medici
    ... aka Michelangelo: The Last Giant
    ... aka Primavera di Michelangelo, La (Italy)
  57. Uncle Vanya (1991) (TV) .... Astrov
  58. The Last Romantics (1991) (TV) .... F.R. Leavis
  59. Hamlet (1990/I) .... Polonius
  60. The Endless Game (1990) (TV) .... Control
  61. The Stuff of Madness (1990) (TV)

  62. Henry V (1989) .... Fluellen
  63. The Tailor of Gloucester (1989) (TV) .... The Tailor
  64. Another Woman (1988) .... Ken
  65. "Game, Set, and Match" (1988) TV series .... Bernard Samson (unknown episodes)
  66. Murder by the Book (1986) (TV) .... Hercule Poirot
  67. Dreamchild (1985) .... Reverend Charles L. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll)
  68. Dance with a Stranger (1985) .... Desmond Cussen
  69. Wetherby (1985) .... Stanley Pilborough
  70. Brazil (1985) .... Mr. M. Kurtzmann
  71. The Browning Version (1985) (TV) .... Andrew Crocker-Harris
  72. Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985) (TV) .... Eustace Edgehill
    ... aka Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (UK)
  73. "Television" (1985) TV series .... Narrator
  74. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) .... Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
  75. Laughterhouse (1984) .... Ben Singleton
    ... aka Singleton's Pluck
  76. "Play for Today" .... Alexei (1 episode, 1982)
        - Soft Targets (1982) TV episode .... Alexei
  77. "Tales of the Unexpected" .... Alan Corwin (1 episode, 1982)
    ... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
        - Death Can Add (1982) TV episode .... Alan Corwin
  78. Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Goebbels
  79. "The Bell" (1982) TV series .... Michael Meade (unknown episodes)
  80. The Return of the Soldier (1982) .... Doctor Anderson
  81. Time Bandits (1981) .... Napoleon
  82. Chariots of Fire (1981) .... Sam Mussabini
  83. Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981) (TV) .... Lech Walesa
  84. "We, the Accused" (1980) TV mini-series .... Paul Pressett
    ... aka Mystery!: We, the Accused (USA: alternative title)

  85. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV) .... Himmelstoss
  86. S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV) .... Joseph Bruce Ismay
  87. Alien (1979) .... Ash
    ... aka Alien: The Director's Cut (USA: director's cut)
  88. Miserables, Les (1978) (TV) .... Thenardier
  89. The Thief of Baghdad (1978) (TV) .... The Gatekeeper
    ... aka Voleur de Bagdad, Le (France: theatrical title)
  90. "The Lost Boys" (1978) TV mini-series .... J.M. Barrie
    ... aka J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys
  91. "Holocaust" (1978) TV mini-series .... Heinrich Himmler
  92. "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1978)
        - Flayed (1978) TV episode
  93. March or Die (1977) .... El Krim
  94. "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) TV mini-series .... Zerah
    ... aka Gesù di Nazareth (Italy)
  95. The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV) .... Duval
  96. Shout at the Devil (1976) .... Mohammed, O'Flynn's Mute Servant
  97. Robin and Marian (1976) .... King John
  98. "Play of the Month" .... Khrushchov / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1974)
        - The Wood Demon (1974) TV episode .... Khrushchov
        - King Oedipus (1972) TV episode .... Oedipus
  99. Juggernaut (1974) .... Nicholas Porter
    ... aka Terror on the Britannic (UK: DVD title) (USA)
  100. May We Come In? (1974) (TV)
    ... aka Masquerade: May We Come In? (UK: series title)
  101. "Great Mysteries" .... Charles Stubbs (1 episode, 1974)
    ... aka Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
        - Trial for Murder (1974) TV episode .... Charles Stubbs
  102. The Homecoming (1973) .... Lenny
    ... aka Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (Australia: DVD box title) (USA: poster title)
  103. Young Winston (1972) .... George E. Buckle
  104. "Napoleon and Love" (1972) TV mini-series .... Napoleon
  105. "The Man from Haven" (1972) TV series .... Jack Byron Lever (unknown episodes)
  106. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) .... David Rizzio
  107. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) .... Yakovlev
  108. "ITV Playhouse" .... Huw (1 episode, 1971)
        - Funny (1971) TV episode .... Huw
  109. A Severed Head (1970) .... Martin Lynch-Gibbon
  110. "Armchair Theatre" .... Reverend P. Bagley (1 episode, 1970)
        - The End of the Line (1970) TV episode .... Reverend P. Bagley
  111. "The Wednesday Play" .... Mark Lang (1 episode, 1970)
        - Emma's Time (1970) TV episode .... Mark Lang

  112. "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" .... David Peters (1 episode, 1969)
    ... aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title)
        - Moonlight on the Highway (1969) TV episode .... David Peters
  113. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... President Poincare
  114. The Fixer (1968) .... Grubeshov
  115. "Mystery and Imagination" .... Frankenstein / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1968)
        - Frankenstein (1968) TV episode .... Frankenstein / the monster
        - The Body Snatcher (1966) TV episode .... MacFarlane
  116. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) .... Puck
  117. The Bofors Gun (1968) .... Flynn
  118. "The Power Game" .... Sefton Kemp (4 episodes, 1966)
        - Confound Their Politics (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp
        - Trade Secret (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp
        - Persons and Papers (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp
        - Late Via Rome (1966) TV episode .... Sefton Kemp
  119. "War of the Roses" (1965) TV mini-series .... Richard Duke of Gloucester (latterly Richard III)

  120. Girls at Sea (1958) (uncredited)
  121. "ITV Play of the Week" .... Granillo (2 episodes, 1957)
    ... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
        - Rope (1957) TV episode .... Granillo
        - The Wooden Dish (1957) TV episode .... Granillo
Soundtrack:
  1. Joe Gould's Secret (2000) (performer: "Nobody Knows When You're Down")
Self:
  1. "Horizon" .... Himself - Narrator (6 episodes, 2005-2008)
        - Are We Alone in the Universe? (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
        - My Pet Dinosaur (2007) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
        - We Are the Aliens (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
        - Bye Bye Planet Pluto (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
        - Most of Our Universe Is Missing (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
          (1 more)
  2. "Legends" .... Himself - Narrator (1 episode, 2007)
        - Al Bowlly: The Very Thought of You (2007) TV episode (as Sir Ian Holm) .... Himself - Narrator
  3. The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005) (TV) .... Narrator
  4. "Breakfast" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
        - Episode dated 3 September 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  5. Prisoner of Paradise (2002) (voice) .... Narrator
  6. A Day in the Life of a Hobbit (2002) (V) .... Himself
  7. The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002) (V) .... Himself
  8. Quest for the Ring (2001) (TV) .... Bilbo Baggins

  9. "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode)
        - The Films of Atom Egoyan (????) TV episode .... Himself
  10. "Expedition Journal" .... Voice (1 episode, 1999)
        - Leading the Way (1999) TV episode .... Voice
  11. The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Himself
  12. Tale of the Tides: The Hyaena and the Mudskipper (1998) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
  13. "Nyhetsmorgon" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
        - Filmen 'Femte elementet'/Nyheter och väder (1997) TV episode .... Himself
  14. "The Churchills" (1996) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
  15. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1995) (TV) .... Narrator
  16. Hiroshima: The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
  17. The Seas of Zanzibar (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
  18. "Surprise Surprise!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1993)
        - Episode #10.1 (1993) TV episode .... Himself
  19. Elizabeth R (1992) (TV) .... Himself - Narrator
  20. The Fever (1991) (voice) .... Narrator
  21. Untitled 'Naked Lunch' Featurette (1991) .... Himself
  22. "Stalin" (1990) TV mini-series .... Narrator

  23. "Korea: The Unknown War" (1988) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
  24. Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983) (TV) .... Narrator
  25. Strike! (1980) (TV)
Archive Footage:
  1. "20 to 1"
        - Magnificent Movies (2006) TV episode (uncredited) .... Ash
  2. "80s"
        - Episode #1.5 (2005) TV episode .... Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004) (VG) .... Bilbo Baggins
  4. The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (2003) (V) .... Ash/Himself
  5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (VG) .... Bilbo Baggins
  6. The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002) (TV)
  7. Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000) (TV) .... Ash
  8. The Alien Legacy (1999) (V) .... Himself
  9. Clay Pigeons (1998) (uncredited) .... Ash - 'Alien'


Additional Details

Other Works:
Played Frodo Baggins in the 1981 BBC Radio production of The Lord of the Rings. more
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