Bernard Hill
Biography
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). 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.
Known For
Théoden
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Théoden
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
John Joe
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Dr. David Hawthorne
The Ghost and the Darkness
Dennis
Joy Division
Sr. Crown
El corazón de la Tierra
William Cole
The Bounty
Phil Parsons
Gothika
Billy
Daft Mam Blues
Narrator (voice)
Ocean Odyssey
Edward Colt
Wimbledon
Esser
Franklyn
Murray
Going Off Big Time
Abel Magwitch
Great Expectations
Philos
The Scorpion King
Dr. Livingstone
Mountains of the Moon
Madgett
Drowning by Numbers
Uncle David
The Kid
Will's father
Restless Natives
Susan's Father
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Narrator
Titus: The Gorilla King
The Engine Driver
The Wind in the Willows
Octavian Barbu
Shoot the Revolution
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Joe Bradshaw
Shirley Valentine
Narrator
The Crumblegiant
Pharoah Mann
Exodus
Peter
Segunda oportunidad
Judge Hopkins (voice)
ParaNorman
Blind Freddie
Trial by Combat
Oscar Kurz
Save Angel Hope
Bernard
No Surrender
Det. Insp. Walker
The Criminal
Thornley
The Moor
Hiller
Bellman and True
Nick
The Chain
Flint
Madagascar Skin
John Darwin
Canoe Man
Oscar Smith
Forever Young
Narrator
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
First Murderer
The Tragedy of Richard III
Duke of York
Henry VI Part 3
Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of York
Henry VI Part 2
Tam Ferrier
Shepherd on the Rock
Titanic: Case Closed
Sullivan
The Spongers
David Blunkett
A Very Social Secretary
Cranleigh
Outpost 11
Warden Luther Plunkitt
True Crime
Narrator
The Last Tommy
Captain EJ Smith
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
Self - Narrator (voice)
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
Teresa's Dad
Say No to Strangers
Yosser Hughes
The Black Stuff
Broadbent
Professional Foul
Larry
Dirtysomething
Host
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
Readings (voice)
From Moscow to Pietushki
Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
Double X: The Name of the Game
John Claridge
North v South
Narrator
Bombay Railway
Sergeant Putnam
Gandhi
Mike
Olly's Prison
Joe
Speaking In Tongues
Tom
Pit Strike
The Sorrows
The Art of Tripping
Knight (uncredited)
First Knight
Lech Walesa
Squaring the Circle
Erwin van Haarlem
A Question of Identity
Egeus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Arthur
Golden Years
Martin Allport
The Law Lord
Trevor Field
Runners
Vin Fox
Fox
Richard
Η Πόλη Της Σιωπής
General - Desert Sequence
Valkyrie
Edward Thornley
Hard Labour
Edward Tulliver
The Mill on the Floss
Syph
It Could Happen to You
The voice of Stalin
Eisenstein
Officer
Milwr Bychan
Frederick
A Question of Faith
Narrator (voice)
No Go: The Free Derry Story
Narrator (voice)
Exodus
John
Skallagrigg
Messenger
Theban Plays: Antigone
Narrator (voice)
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
Bernard Blincoe
Our Flesh and Blood
Carson
She Fell Among Thieves
Narrator
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Eric
Housewives' Choice
Mick
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Simon Simpson
A Turn for the Worse
King William III
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Tom Higdon
The Burston Rebellion
Self
Reflections on Titanic
Narrator
Inside CERN
Graham
The Peddler
(voice)
The Titanic Chronicles
Captain Smith
Titanic
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
John Lennon
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
Narrator (voice)
Heatwave
Self
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Willie
Samson and Delilah
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
109
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-12-17
Place of Birth
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Also Known As
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