Bernard Hill
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-12-17
Day of Death
2024-05-05 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Bernard Hill
Biography
Bernard Hill 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
Acting
The Crumblegiant
as Narrator
(2024)
The Moor
as Thornley
(2024)
Forever Young
as Oscar Smith
(2018)
Segunda oportunidad
as Peter
(2017)
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
as Richard
(2016)
Golden Years
as Arthur
(2016)
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
as Narrator
(2016)
Inside CERN
as Narrator
(2015)
North v South
as John Claridge
(2013)
(2012)
ParaNorman
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
(2012)
Outpost 11
as Cranleigh
(2012)
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
(2012)
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
as Captain EJ Smith
(2012)
(2012)
(2010)
The Kid
as Uncle David
(2010)
Canoe Man
as John Darwin
(2008)
Valkyrie
as General - Desert Sequence
(2008)
Franklyn
as Esser
(2008)
Exodus
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Titus: The Gorilla King
as Narrator
(2008)
Bombay Railway
as Narrator
(2007)
Exodus
as Pharoah Mann
(2007)
The Heart of the Earth
as Sr. Crown
(2007)
Save Angel Hope
as Oscar Kurz
(2006)
Joy Division
as Dennis
(2006)
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2006)
Ocean Odyssey
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
No Go: The Free Derry Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as King William III
(2005)
A Very Social Secretary
as David Blunkett
(2005)
Titanic: Behind The Scenes
as Self / Edward Smith (archive footage)
(2005)
The Last Tommy
as Narrator
(2005)
$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)
as Self / Edward Smith (archive footage)
(2005)
(2004)
Wimbledon
as Edward Colt
(2004)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Narrator
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
Gothika
as Phil Parsons
(2003)
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as John Joe
(2003)
(2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Théoden
(2002)
The Scorpion King
as Philos
(2000)
Going Off Big Time
as Murray
(2000)
Eisenstein
as The voice of Stalin
(2000)
A Question of Faith
as Frederick
(1999)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
(1999)
True Crime
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
(1999)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Susan's Father
(1999)
The Criminal
as Det. Insp. Walker
(1999)
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
(1999)
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
(1998)
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
as Host
(1997)
Titanic
as Captain Smith
(1997)
The Mill on the Floss
as Edward Tulliver
(1996)
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Dr. David Hawthorne
(1996)
The Wind in the Willows
as The Engine Driver
(1995)
First Knight
as Knight (uncredited)
(1995)
Madagascar Skin
as Flint
(1994)
Skallagrigg
as John
(1994)
Dirtysomething
as Larry
(1994)
Speaking In Tongues
as Joe
(1993)
Olly's Prison
as Mike
(1993)
Shepherd on the Rock
as Tam Ferrier
(1993)
(1992)
The Law Lord
as Martin Allport
(1992)
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
(1992)
A Question of Identity
as Erwin van Haarlem
(1990)
Mountains of the Moon
as Dr. Livingstone
(1990)
Shoot the Revolution
as Octavian Barbu
(1990)
From Moscow to Pietushki
as Readings (voice)
(1989)
Shirley Valentine
as Joe Bradshaw
(1988)
Drowning by Numbers
as Madgett
(1987)
Bellman and True
as Hiller
(1987)
Boy Soldier
as Officer
(1986)
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Messenger
(1985)
Restless Natives
as Will's father
(1985)
No Surrender
as Bernard
(1985)
The Burston Rebellion
as Tom Higdon
(1984)
The Bounty
as William Cole
(1984)
The Chain
as Nick
(1984)
Squaring the Circle
as Lech Walesa
(1983)
The Tragedy of Richard III
as First Murderer
(1983)
Runners
as Trevor Field
(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
(1982)
Gandhi
as Sergeant Putnam
(1981)
Say No to Strangers
as Teresa's Dad
(1981)
A Turn for the Worse
as Simon Simpson
(1980)
The Black Stuff
as Yosser Hughes
(1980)
Fox
as Vin Fox
(1978)
She Fell Among Thieves
as Carson
(1978)
The Spongers
as Sullivan
(1978)
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Mick
(1977)
Our Flesh and Blood
as Bernard Blincoe
(1977)
Professional Foul
as Broadbent
(1977)
Daft Mam Blues
as Billy
(1977)
Pit Strike
as Tom
(1976)
It Could Happen to You
as Syph
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Blind Freddie
(1976)
Housewives' Choice
as Eric
(1976)
The Peddler
as Graham
(1973)
Hard Labour
as Edward Thornley
Crew
(2024)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
In Memory Of