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.
Filmography
all 144
Movies 108
TV Shows 36
Narrator 16
self 14
Voice 4
The Moor (2024)
Forever Young (2023)
Inside CERN (2016)
Golden Years (2016)
North v South (2015)
Unforgotten (2015)
India's Frontier Railways (2015)
Wolf Hall (2015)
Hope and Wire (2014)
How Britain Worked (2012)
Outpost 11 (2012)
ParaNorman (2012)
Titanic's Final Mystery (2012)
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (2012)
The Kid (2010)
Canoe Man (2010)
Indian Hill Railways (2010)
Valkyrie (2008)
Franklyn (2008)
Sunshine (2008)
Wild China (2008)
Fairy Tales (2008)
Exodus (2008)
Bombay Railway (2008)
Save Angel Hope (2007)
Exodus (2007)
Bombay Railway (2007)
The Heart of the Earth (2007)
Five Days (2007)
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed (2006)
Joy Division (2006)
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster (2006)
Ocean Odyssey (2006)
Surviving Disaster (2006)
The Last Tommy (2005)
A Very Social Secretary (2005)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony (2005)
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief (2004)
Wimbledon (2004)
Gothika (2003)
Ancient Egyptians (2003)
Eisenstein (2000)
A Question of Faith (2000)
The Criminal (1999)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
Great Expectations (1999)
True Crime (1999)
Titanic: Secrets Revealed (1998)
Titanic (1997)
The Mill on the Floss (1997)
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
First Knight (1995)
The Gambling Man (1995)
Once Upon A Time In The North (1994)
Telltale (1993)
The Art of Tripping (1993)
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993)
Shepherd on the Rock (1993)
A Question of Identity (1992)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
Between the Lines (1992)
The Law Lord (1992)
Shoot the Revolution (1990)
From Moscow to Pietushki (1990)
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Boy Soldier (1987)
Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)
No Surrender (1985)
Restless Natives (1985)
The Burston Rebellion (1985)
Squaring the Circle (1984)
Runners (1983)
The Tragedy of Richard III (1983)
Henry VI Part 3 (1983)
Henry VI Part 2 (1983)
Henry VI Part 1 (1983)
Gandhi (1982)
Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
A Turn for the Worse (1981)
Say No to Strangers (1981)
Fox (1980)
Fox (1980)
The Black Stuff (1980)
The Spongers (1978)
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
Professional Foul (1977)
Our Flesh and Blood (1977)
I, Claudius (1976)
Trial by Combat (1976)
Village Hall (1974)
Hard Labour (1973)
Play for Today (1970)
Horizon (1964)
Ocean Odyssey
Heatwave
The Crumblegiant
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1944-12-17
Deathday2024-05-05 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceManchester, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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