
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