Ian Holm

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Date of birth (location) 12 September 1931 Goodmayes, England, UK Trivia Has two roles in common with Orson Bean. Bean was the voice of Bilbo Baggins... (show more) Sometimes Credited As: Sir Ian Holm

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Filmography as: Actor, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s)

1. Aviator, The (2004) (post-production) .... Professor Fitz
   
   
2. D-Day (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
3. Day After Tomorrow, The (2004) .... Terry Rapson
4. Garden State (2004) .... Gideon Largeman
5. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) .... Bilbo
   ... aka Return of the King, The (2003) (USA: short title)
6. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) .... Bilbo Baggins
   ... aka Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) (USA: short title)
   ... aka Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture, The (2001) (USA: promotional title)
7. From Hell (2001) .... Sir William Gull
8. Emperor's New Clothes, The (2001) .... Napoleon Bonaparte/Sgt. Eugene Lenormand
   ... aka Vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore, I (2001) (Italy)
9. Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV) .... Patrick
10. Bless the Child (2000) .... Reverend Grissom
    ... aka Prophezeiung, Die (2000) (Germany)
11. Beautiful Joe (2000) .... George The Geek
12. Esther Kahn (2000) .... Nathan Quellen
    ... aka eSTheR KaHN (2000) (France: poster title)
13. Miracle Maker, The (2000) (TV) (voice) .... Pontius Pilate
14. Joe Gould's Secret (2000) .... Joe Gould
    
    
15. Shergar (1999) .... Joseph Maguire
16. Animal Farm (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Squealer
17. Match, The (1999) .... Big Tam
    ... aka Beautiful Game, The (1999) (UK)
18. Simon Magus (1999/I) .... Sirius/Boris/The Devil
19. eXistenZ (1999) .... Kiri Vinokur
    ... aka eXistenZ (1999) (France)
20. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV) .... White Knight
21. Fifth Element, The (1998) (VG) .... Priest Vito Cornelius
    ... aka Cinquième élément, Le (1998) (VG) (France)
22. King Lear (1997) (TV) .... Lear
23. Incognito (1997) (uncredited) .... John
24. Life Less Ordinary, A (1997) .... Naville
25. Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) .... Mitchell
    ... aka De beaux lendemains (1997) (Canada: French title)
26. Fifth Element, The (1997) .... Priest Vito Cornelius
    ... aka Cinquième élément, Le (1997) (France)
27. Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) .... Liam Casey
28. "Churchills, The" (1996) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... Narrator
29. Loch Ness (1996) .... Water Bailiff and Loch Keeper
30. Big Night (1996) .... Pascal
31. Deep Blue Sea, The (1994) (TV) .... Sir William Collyer
32. Madness of King George, The (1994) .... Dr. Willis
    ... aka Madness of George III, The (1995) (Australia)
    ... aka Madness of King George III, The (1995) (Australia)
33. Frankenstein (1994) .... Baron Frankenstein
    ... aka Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
34. Return of the Borrowers, The (1993) (TV) .... Pod
35. Hour of the Pig, The (1993) .... Albertus
    ... aka Advocate, The (1993)
36. Borrowers, The (1992) (TV) .... Pod
37. Blue Ice (1992) .... Sir Hector
38. Last Romantics, The (1991) (TV) .... F.R. Leavis
39. Naked Lunch (1991) .... Tom Frost
40. Kafka (1991) .... Doctor Murnau
    ... aka Kafka (1991) (France)
41. Season of Giants, A (1991) (TV)
    ... aka Michelangelo: The Last Giant (1991) (TV)
42. Uncle Vanya (1991) (TV) .... Astrov
43. "Stalin" (1990) (mini) TV Series .... Narrator
44. Stuff of Madness, The (1990) (TV)
45. Hamlet (1990/I) .... Polonius
46. Endless Game, The (1990) (TV) .... Control
    
    
47. Tailor of Gloucester, The (1989) (TV) .... The Tailor
48. Henry V (1989) .... Fluellen
49. "Wars of the Roses, The" (1989) TV Series .... Richard III
50. Another Woman (1988) .... Ken
51. "Game, Set, and Match" (1988) TV Series .... Bernard Samson
52. Murder by the Book (1986) (TV) .... Hercule Poirot
53. Browning Version, The (1985) (TV) .... Andrew Crocker-Harris
54. Dreamchild (1985) .... Reverend Charles L. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll)
55. Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985) (TV) .... Eustace Edgehill
    ... aka Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985) (TV) (UK)
56. "Television" (1985) TV Series .... Narrator
57. Dance with a Stranger (1985) .... Desmond Cussen
58. Wetherby (1985) .... Stanley Pilborough
59. Brazil (1985) .... Mr. M. Kurtzmann
60. Laughterhouse (1984) .... Ben Singleton
    ... aka Singleton's Pluck (1984)
61. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) .... Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
62. Return of the Soldier, The (1982) .... Doctor Anderson
63. Soft Targets (1982) (TV) .... Alexei
    ... aka Play for Today: Soft Targets (1982) (TV) (UK: series title)
64. Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Goebbels
65. "Bell, The" (1982) TV Series .... Michael Meade
66. Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981) (TV) .... Lech Walesa
67. Time Bandits (1981) .... Napoleon
68. Chariots of Fire (1981) .... Sam Mussabini
69. "We, the Accused" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Paul Pressett
    
    
70. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV) .... Himmelstoss
71. S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV) .... Joseph Bruce Ismay
72. Alien (1979) .... Ash
    ... aka Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) (USA: director's cut)
73. "Lost Boys, The" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... J.M. Barrie
    ... aka "J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys" (1978) (mini)
74. Miserables, Les (1978) (TV) .... Thenardier
75. Thief of Baghdad, The (1978) (TV) .... The Gatekeeper
    ... aka Voleur de Bagdad, Le (1978) (TV) (France: theatrical title)
76. "Holocaust" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Heinrich Himmler
77. Flayed (1978) (TV)
    ... aka BBC2 Play of the Week: Flayed (1978) (TV) (UK: series title)
78. March or Die (1977) .... El Krim
79. "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Zerah
    ... aka "Gesù di Nazareth" (1977) (mini) (Italy)
80. Man in the Iron Mask, The (1977) (TV) .... Duval
81. Shout at the Devil (1976) .... Mohammed, O'Flynn's Mute Servant
82. Robin and Marian (1976) .... King John
83. "Napoleon and Love" (1974) (mini) TV Series .... Napoleon
84. Wood Demon, The (1974) (TV)
    ... aka Play of the Month: The Wood Demon (1974) (TV) (UK)
85. Juggernaut (1974) .... Nicholas Porter
    ... aka Terror On the Britannic (1974) (USA)
86. May We Come In? (1974) (TV)
    ... aka Masquerade: May We Come In? (1974) (TV) (UK: series title)
87. Homecoming, The (1973) .... Lenny
88. "Man from Haven, The" (1972) TV Series .... Jack Byron Lever
89. King Oedipus (1972) (TV)
    ... aka Play of the Month: King Oedipus (1972) (TV) (UK)
90. Young Winston (1972) .... George E. Buckle
91. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) .... David Rizzio
92. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) .... Yakovslev
93. Severed Head, A (1970) .... Martin Lynch-Gibbon
94. Emma's Time (1970) (TV)
    ... aka Wednesday Play: Emma's Time (1970) (TV) (UK: series title)
    
    
95. Moonlight on the Highway (1969) (TV) .... David Peters
    ... aka ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Moonlight on the Highway (1969) (TV) (UK: series title)
96. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... President Poincare
97. Fixer, The (1968) .... Grubeshov
98. Frankenstein (1968) (TV) .... Frankenstein/the monster
    ... aka Mystery and Imagination: Frankenstein (1968) (TV) (UK: series title)
99. Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1968) .... Puck
100. Bofors Gun, The (1968) .... Flynn
101. Body Snatcher, The (1966) (TV)
     ... aka Mystery and Imagination: The Body Snatcher (1966) (TV) (UK: series title)
102. "War of the Roses" (1965) (mini) TV Series .... Richard Duke of Gloucester (latterly Richard III)
103. "Wars of the Roses, The" (1963) TV Series
     
     
104. Girls at Sea (1958) (uncredited)
     
     

Filmography as: Actor, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Himself - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

1. Making of 'The Lord of the Rings', The (2002) (V) .... Himself/Bilbo Baggins
2. Prisoner of Paradise (2002) (voice) .... Narrator
3. Quest for the Ring (2001) (TV) .... Bilbo Baggins
   
   
4. 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, The (1999) (TV) .... Himself
5. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) .... Narrator
6. Hiroshima: The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
7. Seas of Zanzibar, The (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
8. Fever, The (1991/II) (voice) .... Narrator
   
   
9. Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983) (TV) .... Narrator
10. Strike! (1980) (TV)
    
    

Filmography as: Actor, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Archive Footage

1. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The (2003/II) (VG) .... Bilbo
2. Unforgettable Joan Sims, The (2002) (TV)

Filmography as: Actor, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Notable TV Guest Appearances

1. "World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, The" (1993) playing "The Tailor" (voice) in episode: "The Tailor of Gloucester" (episode # 1.6)
2. "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979) playing "Alan Corwin" in episode: "Death Can Add" (episode # 5.10) 27 June 1982
3. "Great Mysteries" (1973) playing "Charles Stubbs" in episode: "Trial for Murder"
4. "Mystery and Imagination" (1966) playing "Baron Victor Frankenstein/The Monster" in episode: "Frankenstein" (episode # 4.2) 11 November 1968
5. "Mystery and Imagination" (1966) in episode: "The Body Snatcher" (episode # 1.2) 5 February 1966

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