Bernard Hill
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 17, 1944 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
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
| 2024 | The MoorThornley | |
| 2024 | Forever YoungOscar Smith | |
| 2022 | The ResponderTom Carson | |
| 2022 | Remembers… | |
| 2018 | Segunda oportunidadPeter | |
| 2017 | Interlude: City of a Dead WomanRichard | |
| 2016 | Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and MaryNarrator | |
| 2016 | Golden YearsArthur | |
| 2016 | Inside CERNNarrator | |
| 2015 | North v SouthJohn Claridge | |
| 2015 | UnforgottenFather Robert Greaves | |
| 2015 | India's Frontier RailwaysNarrator - (Voice) | |
| 2015 | Wolf HallDuke of Norfolk | |
| 2014 | From There to HereSamuel | |
| 2014 | Hope and WireLen Russell | |
| 2013 | The Sorrows | |
| 2012 | ParaNormanJudge Hopkins (voice) | |
| 2012 | Titanic: Case Closed | |
| 2012 | Outpost 11Cranleigh | |
| 2012 | Titanic: The Final Word with James CameronCaptain EJ Smith | |
| 2012 | Reflections on TitanicSelf | |
| 2012 | Titanic: Southampton Remembers | |
| 2010 | The KidUncle David | |
| 2010 | Canoe ManJohn Darwin | |
| 2010 | Indian Hill RailwaysSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | FranklynEsser | |
| 2008 | Titus: The Gorilla KingNarrator | |
| 2008 | Bombay RailwayNarrator | |
| 2008 | ValkyrieGeneral - Desert Sequence | |
| 2008 | ExodusNarrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | SunshineGeorge Crosby | |
| 2008 | Wild ChinaHimself - Narrator | |
| 2008 | Fairy TalesGrettongrat | |
| 2007 | The Heart of the EarthSr. Crown | |
| 2007 | The CrumblegiantNarrator | |
| 2007 | ExodusPharoah Mann | |
| 2007 | Save Angel HopeOscar Kurz | |
| 2007 | Five DaysGerard Hopkirk | |
| 2007 | Bombay RailwaySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Joy DivisionDennis | |
| 2006 | Ocean OdysseyNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | JFK's Women: The Scandals RevealedSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | No Go: The Free Derry StoryNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat DisasterNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Surviving DisasterHimself - Narrator | |
| 2006 | Surviving Disaster | |
| 2005 | Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony | |
| 2005 | A Very Social SecretaryDavid Blunkett | |
| 2005 | The Last TommyNarrator | |
| 2005 | The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseKing William III | |
| 2005 | HeatwaveNarrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | WimbledonEdward Colt | |
| 2004 | Beatles Biggest SecretsNarrator | |
| 2004 | The Making of 'The Return of the King'Self | |
| 2004 | On the Set of 'Gothika'Self | |
| 2004 | The Grid | |
| 2004 | Atheism: A Rough History of DisbeliefSelf | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThéoden | |
| 2003 | The Boys & Girl from County ClareJohn Joe | |
| 2003 | GothikaPhil Parsons | |
| 2003 | The Making of 'The Two Towers' | |
| 2003 | One Life | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersThéoden | |
| 2002 | The Scorpion KingPhilos | |
| 2000 | Going Off Big TimeMurray | |
| 2000 | EisensteinThe voice of Stalin | |
| 2000 | A Question of FaithFrederick | |
| 1999 | Great ExpectationsAbel Magwitch | |
| 1999 | The Loss of Sexual InnocenceSusan's Father | |
| 1999 | The CriminalDet. Insp. Walker | |
| 1999 | True CrimeWarden Luther Plunkitt | |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's DreamEgeus | |
| 1999 | The Titanic Chronicles(voice) | |
| 1999 | Great ExpectationsAbel Magwitch | |
| 1998 | Titanic: Secrets RevealedHost | |
| 1997 | The Mill on the FlossEdward Tulliver | |
| 1997 | TitanicCaptain Smith | |
| 1996 | The Ghost and the DarknessDr. David Hawthorne | |
| 1996 | The Wind in the WillowsThe Engine Driver | |
| 1995 | Madagascar SkinFlint | |
| 1995 | First KnightKnight (uncredited) | |
| 1995 | The Gambling ManFrank nickle | |
| 1994 | DirtysomethingLarry | |
| 1994 | Speaking In TonguesJoe | |
| 1994 | SkallagriggJohn | |
| 1994 | Once Upon A Time In The NorthLen Tollit | |
| 1993 | Shepherd on the RockTam Ferrier | |
| 1993 | Olly's PrisonMike | |
| 1993 | The Art of Tripping | |
| 1993 | Lipstick on Your CollarUncle Fred | |
| 1992 | Double X: The Name of the GameIgnatius 'Iggy' Smith | |
| 1992 | A Question of IdentityErwin van Haarlem | |
| 1992 | The Law LordMartin Allport | |
| 1992 | HBO First LookSelf | |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated TalesBottom (voice) | |
| 1992 | Between the LinesChief Constable Harmsworth | |
| 1990 | Mountains of the MoonDr. Livingstone | |
| 1990 | Shoot the RevolutionOctavian Barbu | |
| 1990 | From Moscow to PietushkiReadings (voice) | |
| 1989 | Shirley ValentineJoe Bradshaw | |
| 1988 | Drowning by NumbersHenry Madgett | |
| 1987 | Bellman and TrueHiller | |
| 1987 | Boy SoldierOfficer | |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: AntigoneMessenger | |
| 1985 | Restless NativesWill's father | |
| 1985 | No SurrenderBernard | |
| 1985 | The Burston RebellionTom Higdon | |
| 1985 | John Lennon: A Journey in the LifeJohn Lennon | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoJohn | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoTom Higdon | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoCaptain Larry | |
| 1984 | The BountyWilliam Cole | |
| 1984 | The ChainNick | |
| 1984 | Squaring the CircleLech Walesa | |
| 1984 | Samson and DelilahWillie | |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 1Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans | |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 2Duke of York | |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 3Duke of York | |
| 1983 | The Tragedy of Richard IIIFirst Murderer | |
| 1983 | RunnersTrevor Field | |
| 1983 | Natural World | |
| 1982 | GandhiSergeant Putnam | |
| 1982 | Boys from the BlackstuffYosser Hughes | |
| 1981 | Say No to StrangersTeresa's Dad | |
| 1981 | A Turn for the WorseSimon Simpson | |
| 1980 | The Black StuffYosser Hughes | |
| 1980 | FoxVin Fox | |
| 1980 | FoxVin Fox | |
| 1978 | The SpongersSullivan | |
| 1978 | She Fell Among ThievesCarson | |
| 1978 | Soldiers Talking, CleanlyMick | |
| 1977 | Daft Mam BluesBilly | |
| 1977 | Professional FoulBroadbent | |
| 1977 | Pit StrikeTom | |
| 1977 | Our Flesh and BloodBernard Blincoe | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the WeekCarson | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the WeekBroadbent | |
| 1976 | Trial by CombatBlind Freddie | |
| 1976 | It Could Happen to YouSyph | |
| 1976 | Housewives' ChoiceEric | |
| 1976 | The PeddlerGraham | |
| 1976 | I, ClaudiusGratus | |
| 1974 | Village HallPoliceman | |
| 1973 | Hard LabourEdward Thornley | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayGraham | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayEdward | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayEric | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayBernard Blincoe | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayMick | |
| 1970 | Play for TodaySullivan | |
| 1970 | Play for TodaySimon Simpson | |
| 1964 | HorizonNarrator |
| 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimIn Memory Of |