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Ian Holm
Actor· Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Ian Holm, an English actor renowned for his versatility and precision, ascended from the Royal Shakespeare Company to become a prolific figure in film and television. His performances in Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming” and Shakespeare’s “King Lear” earned him prestigious awards, including a Tony and Laurence Olivier Award. Adept at both stage and screen, Holm’s accolades also include two BAFTA wins and nominations for an Academy Award and Emmy Awards. With a career spanning decades, he starred in notable films like “Alien,” “Brazil,” and “Chariots of Fire,” while also captivating audiences as Bilbo Baggins in the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Bilbo · 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bilbo · 2003
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Old Bilbo Baggins · 2012
Ratatouille
Skinner (voice) · 2007
Alien
Ash · 1979
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Old Bilbo Baggins · 2014
The Fifth Element
Cornelius · 1997
The Day After Tomorrow
Terry Rapson · 2004
Filmography
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference) | Film |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Old Bilbo Baggins | Film |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Old Bilbo Baggins | Film |
| 2007 | The Treatment | Dr. Ernesto Morales | Film |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Skinner (voice) | Film |
| 2006 | O Jerusalem | Ben Gurion | Film |
| 2006 | Strangers with Candy | Dr. Putney | Film |
| 2006 | Chromophobia | Edward Aylesbury | Film |
| 2006 | The Making of 'The Return of the King' | Self | Film |
| 2005 | The Queen of Trees | Narrator | Film |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | Lord of War | Simeon Weisz | Film |
| 2004 | Garden State | Gideon Largeman | Film |
| 2004 | Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real | Narrator | Film |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Professor Fitz | Film |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Terry Rapson | Film |
| 2004 | D-Day 6.6.1944 | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Monsters We Met | Narrator | TV |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Bilbo | Film |
| 2003 | Prisoner of Paradise | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2002 | The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast | Self | Film |
| 2001 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand | Film |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Bilbo | Film |
| 2001 | From Hell | Sir William Gull | Film |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Patrick | Film |
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker | Pontius Pilate (voice) | Film |
| 2000 | Bless the Child | Reverend Grissom | Film |
| 2000 | Beautiful Joe | George The Geek | Film |
| 2000 | Joe Gould's Secret | Joe Gould | Film |
| 2000 | Esther Kahn | Nathan Quellen | Film |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Kiri Vinokur | Film |
| 1999 | Wisconsin Death Trip | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1999 | Shergar | Joseph Maguire | Film |
| 1999 | The Match | Big Tam | Film |
| 1999 | Simon Magus | Sirius / Boris / The Devil | Film |
| 1999 | Animal Farm | Squealer (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | White Knight | Film |
| 1997 | Incognito | John (uncredited) | Film |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Mr. Naville | Film |
| 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Mitchell Stephens | Film |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Cornelius | Film |
| 1997 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Liam Casey | Film |
| 1996 | Loch Ness | Water Bailiff | Film |
| 1996 | A Little Fish in Deep Water | Narrator | Film |
| 1996 | Big Night | Pascal | Film |
| 1995 | Landscape | Duff | Film |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | Willis | Film |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | Film |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | Albertus | Film |
| 1993 | The Return of the Borrowers | Pod | TV |
| 1992 | Blue Ice | Sir Hector | Film |
| 1991 | Uncle Vanya | Astrov | Film |
| 1991 | Kafka | Dr. Murnau | Film |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Tom Frost | Film |
| 1990 | Hamlet | Polonius | Film |
| 1989 | Henry V | Captain Fluellen | Film |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Ken | Film |
| 1986 | Murder by the Book | Hercule Poirot | Film |
| 1985 | Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill | Eustace Edgehill | Film |
| 1985 | Wetherby | Stanley Pilborough | Film |
| 1985 | Dance with a Stranger | Desmond Cussen | Film |
| 1985 | Dreamchild | Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll | Film |
| 1985 | Television | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 1985 | Brazil | Mr. Kurtzmann | Film |
| 1984 | Laughterhouse | Ben Singleton | Film |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot | Film |
| 1983 | The Return of the Soldier | Doctor Anderson | Film |
| 1982 | The Bell | Michael Meade | TV |
| 1981 | Strike: The Birth of Solidarity | Lech Walesa | Film |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Napoleon | Film |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Sam Mussabini | Film |
| 1980 | We, the Accused | Paul Presset | TV |
| 1980 | S.O.S. Titanic | J. Bruce Ismay | Film |
| 1979 | Alien | Ash | Film |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Himmelstoss | Film |
| 1978 | The Thief of Baghdad | The Gatekeeper | Film |
| 1978 | Les Misérables | Thénardier | Film |
| 1977 | March or Die | El Krim | Film |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Zerah | TV |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Duval | Film |
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