Acting
Bernard Hill
EN, ES, EL, RU cinema · 117 credits
Born
17 December 1944
Died
5 May 2024 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Also known as برنارد هیل
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
Filmography
The Moor
as Thornley
Forever Young
as Oscar Smith
Segunda oportunidad
as Peter
Golden Years
as Arthur
Inside CERN
as Narrator
North v South
as John Claridge
ParaNorman
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
Outpost 11
as Cranleigh
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
as Captain EJ Smith
The Kid
as Uncle David
Canoe Man
as John Darwin
Franklyn
as Esser
Titus: The Gorilla King
as Narrator
Bombay Railway
as Narrator
Valkyrie
as General - Desert Sequence
Exodus
2008
Exodus
as Narrator (voice)
The Heart of the Earth
as Sr. Crown
Exodus
as Pharoah Mann
Save Angel Hope
as Oscar Kurz
Joy Division
as Dennis
Ocean Odyssey
as Narrator (voice)
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
No Go: The Free Derry Story
as Narrator (voice)
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
as Narrator (voice)
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
as Erzähler
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
2005
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Actor
A Very Social Secretary
as David Blunkett
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as King William III
Heatwave
as Narrator (voice)
Wimbledon
as Edward Colt
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Narrator
Gothika
as Phil Parsons
The Scorpion King
as Philos
Going Off Big Time
as Murray
Eisenstein
as The voice of Stalin
A Question of Faith
as Frederick
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as Narrator (voice)
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Susan's Father
The Criminal
as Det. Insp. Walker
True Crime
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
The Mill on the Floss
as Edward Tulliver
Titanic
as Captain Smith
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Dr. David Hawthorne
The Wind in the Willows
as The Engine Driver
Madagascar Skin
as Flint
First Knight
as Knight (uncredited)
Dirtysomething
as Larry
Skallagrigg
as John
Shepherd on the Rock
as Tam Ferrier
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
A Question of Identity
as Erwin van Haarlem
The Law Lord
as Martin Allport
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Bottom (voice)
Mountains of the Moon
as Dr. Livingstone
Shoot the Revolution
as Octavian Barbu
From Moscow to Pietushki
as Readings (voice)
Shirley Valentine
as Joe Bradshaw
Drowning by Numbers
as Henry Madgett
Bellman and True
as Hiller
Boy Soldier
as Officer
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Messenger
Restless Natives
as Will's father
No Surrender
as Bernard
The Burston Rebellion
as Tom Higdon
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
as John Lennon
The Bounty
as William Cole
The Chain
as Nick
Squaring the Circle
as Lech Walesa
Henry VI Part 1
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
Henry VI Part 2
as Duke of York
Henry VI Part 3
as Duke of York
The Tragedy of Richard III
as First Murderer
Runners
as Trevor Field
Gandhi
as Sergeant Putnam
Say No to Strangers
1981
Say No to Strangers
as Teresa's Dad
A Turn for the Worse
as Simon Simpson
The Black Stuff
as Yosser Hughes
Fox
1980
Fox
as Vin Fox
The Spongers
as Sullivan
She Fell Among Thieves
as Carson
Daft Mam Blues
as Billy
Professional Foul
as Broadbent
Our Flesh and Blood
as Bernard Blincoe
Trial by Combat
as Blind Freddie
The Peddler
as Graham
Hard Labour
as Edward Thornley