Actor
· Acting
Bernard Hill
Born 1944-12-17
Died 2024-05-05
📍 Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
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 142
The Moor
as Thornley
2024
Forever Young
as Oscar Smith
2024
Remembers…
2022
The Responder
as Tom Carson
2022
Segunda oportunidad
as Peter
2018
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
as Richard
2017
Inside CERN
as Narrator
2016
Golden Years
as Arthur
2016
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
as Narrator
2016
North v South
as John Claridge
2015
Unforgotten
as Father Robert Greaves
2015
India's Frontier Railways
as Narrator - (Voice)
2015
Wolf Hall
as Duke of Norfolk
2015
Hope and Wire
as Len Russell
2014
From There to Here
as Samuel
2014
The Sorrows
2013
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
2012
Outpost 11
as Cranleigh
2012
ParaNorman
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
2012
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
as Captain EJ Smith
2012
Titanic: Case Closed
2012
The Kid
as Uncle David
2010
Canoe Man
as John Darwin
2010
Indian Hill Railways
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
Valkyrie
as General - Desert Sequence
2008
Franklyn
as Esser
2008
Sunshine
as George Crosby
2008
Wild China
as Himself - Narrator
2008
Fairy Tales
as Grettongrat
2008
Titus: The Gorilla King
as Narrator
2008
Bombay Railway
as Narrator
2008
Save Angel Hope
as Oscar Kurz
2007
Exodus
as Pharoah Mann
2007
Bombay Railway
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
The Heart of the Earth
as Sr. Crown
2007
Five Days
as Gerard Hopkirk
2007
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Joy Division
as Dennis
2006
No Go: The Free Derry Story
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Ocean Odyssey
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Surviving Disaster
as Himself - Narrator
2006
Surviving Disaster
2006
A Very Social Secretary
as David Blunkett
2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as King William III
2005
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Narrator
2004
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
as Self
2004
Wimbledon
as Edward Colt
2004
The Grid
2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
2004
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Théoden
2003
Gothika
as Phil Parsons
2003
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as John Joe
2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Théoden
2002
The Scorpion King
as Philos
2002
Going Off Big Time
as Murray
2000
Eisenstein
as The voice of Stalin
2000
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as Narrator (voice)
2000
A Question of Faith
as Frederick
2000
The Criminal
as Det. Insp. Walker
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Susan's Father
1999
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
1999
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
1999
True Crime
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
1999
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
1999
Titanic
as Captain Smith
1997
The Mill on the Floss
as Edward Tulliver
1997
The Wind in the Willows
as The Engine Driver
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Dr. David Hawthorne
1996
First Knight
as Knight (uncredited)
1995
The Gambling Man
as Frank nickle
1995
Madagascar Skin
as Flint
1995
Speaking In Tongues
as Joe
1994
Dirtysomething
as Larry
1994
Skallagrigg
as John
1994
The Art of Tripping
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar
as Uncle Fred
1993
Shepherd on the Rock
as Tam Ferrier
1993
A Question of Identity
as Erwin van Haarlem
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Bottom (voice)
1992
Between the Lines
as Chief Constable Harmsworth
1992
HBO First Look
as Self
1992
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
1992
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Bottom (voice)
1992
The Law Lord
as Martin Allport
1992
Shoot the Revolution
as Octavian Barbu
1990
From Moscow to Pietushki
as Readings (voice)
1990
Mountains of the Moon
as Dr. Livingstone
1990
Shirley Valentine
as Joe Bradshaw
1989
Drowning by Numbers
as Henry Madgett
1988
Bellman and True
as Hiller
1987
Boy Soldier
as Officer
1987
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Messenger
1986
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
as John Lennon
1985
No Surrender
as Bernard
1985
Restless Natives
as Will's father
1985
The Burston Rebellion
as Tom Higdon
1985
Screen Two
as John
1985
Screen Two
as Tom Higdon
1985
Screen Two
as Captain Larry
1985
The Chain
as Nick
1984
Squaring the Circle
as Lech Walesa
1984
The Bounty
as William Cole
1984
Natural World
1983
Runners
as Trevor Field
1983
The Tragedy of Richard III
as First Murderer
1983
Henry VI Part 3
as Duke of York
1983
Henry VI Part 2
as Duke of York
1983
Henry VI Part 1
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
1983
Gandhi
as Sergeant Putnam
1982
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Yosser Hughes
1982
A Turn for the Worse
as Simon Simpson
1981
Fox
as Vin Fox
1980
The Black Stuff
as Yosser Hughes
1980
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Mick
1978
She Fell Among Thieves
as Carson
1978
The Spongers
as Sullivan
1978
Pit Strike
as Tom
1977
Professional Foul
as Broadbent
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Carson
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Broadbent
1977
Daft Mam Blues
as Billy
1977
Our Flesh and Blood
as Bernard Blincoe
1977
It Could Happen to You
as Syph
1976
Housewives' Choice
as Eric
1976
I, Claudius
as Gratus
1976
Trial by Combat
as Blind Freddie
1976
The Peddler
as Graham
1976
Village Hall
as Policeman
1974
Hard Labour
as Edward Thornley
1973
Play for Today
as Graham
1970
Play for Today
as Edward
1970
Play for Today
as Eric
1970
Play for Today
as Bernard Blincoe
1970
Play for Today
as Mick
1970
Play for Today
as Sullivan
1970
Play for Today
as Simon Simpson
1970
Horizon
as Narrator
1964