Cast
Bernard Hill
Acting
Cast
Bernard Hill
Known for
Acting
Born
1944-12-17
From
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Died
2024-05-05
Also known as برنارد هیل
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.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Théoden
Titanic
as Captain Smith
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Théoden
Valkyrie
as General - Desert Sequence
The Scorpion King
as Philos
Gothika
as Phil Parsons
ParaNorman
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
Gandhi
as Sergeant Putnam
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Dr. David Hawthorne
First Knight
as Knight (uncredited)
Joy Division
as Dennis
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
The Bounty
as William Cole
Wimbledon
as Edward Colt
True Crime
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
Fox
as Vin Fox
The Kid
as Uncle David
Franklyn
as Esser
Eisenstein
as The voice of Stalin
Mountains of the Moon
as Dr. Livingstone
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
Shirley Valentine
as Joe Bradshaw
The Chain
as Nick
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Susan's Father
The Wind in the Willows
as The Engine Driver
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
Golden Years
as Arthur
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Mick
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as King William III
The Black Stuff
as Yosser Hughes
The Moor
as Thornley
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Runners
as Trevor Field
Drowning by Numbers
as Henry Madgett
Restless Natives
as Will's father
Henry VI Part 1
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
North v South
as John Claridge
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as John Joe
Bellman and True
as Hiller
The Mill on the Floss
as Edward Tulliver
The Tragedy of Richard III
as First Murderer
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
as Captain EJ Smith
A Question of Faith
as Frederick
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as Narrator (voice)
The Criminal
as Det. Insp. Walker
The Law Lord
as Martin Allport
Exodus
as Pharoah Mann
Henry VI Part 2
as Duke of York
Squaring the Circle
as Lech Walesa
Going Off Big Time
as Murray
A Very Social Secretary
as David Blunkett
Dirtysomething
as Larry
Segunda oportunidad
as Peter
Henry VI Part 3
as Duke of York
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
Speaking In Tongues
as Joe
Canoe Man
as John Darwin
Professional Foul
as Broadbent
The Heart of the Earth
as Sr. Crown
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Bottom (voice)
Save Angel Hope
as Oscar Kurz
Shoot the Revolution
as Octavian Barbu
The Crumblegiant
as Narrator
Our Flesh and Blood
as Bernard Blincoe
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
as Host
Trial by Combat
as Blind Freddie
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
as Narrator (voice)
The Art of Tripping
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Messenger
Outpost 11
as Cranleigh
A Turn for the Worse
as Simon Simpson
Forever Young
as Oscar Smith
Madagascar Skin
as Flint
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
as John Lennon
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
as Richard
Bombay Railway
as Narrator
No Surrender
as Bernard
She Fell Among Thieves
as Carson
The Sorrows
Boy Soldier
as Officer
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Narrator
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
as Narrator
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
The Burston Rebellion
as Tom Higdon
Hard Labour
as Edward Thornley
Pit Strike
as Tom
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
Skallagrigg
as John
Say No to Strangers
as Teresa's Dad
It Could Happen to You
as Syph
The Peddler
as Graham
Housewives' Choice
as Eric
Inside CERN
as Narrator
Titus: The Gorilla King
as Narrator
Ocean Odyssey
as Narrator (voice)
The Spongers
as Sullivan
Shepherd on the Rock
as Tam Ferrier
Daft Mam Blues
as Billy
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
Exodus
as Narrator (voice)
Olly's Prison
as Mike
A Question of Identity
as Erwin van Haarlem
From Moscow to Pietushki
as Readings (voice)
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Samson and Delilah
as Willie
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
No Go: The Free Derry Story
as Narrator (voice)
Titanic: Case Closed
Heatwave
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Tommy
as Narrator
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
as Erzähler