Bernard Hill
Born in 1944, Bernard Hill is a British actor of film, stage and television. 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.
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- Born:
- Dec 17, 1944 In Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 103
- First Appeared:
- In the series Play for Today 1970-10-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie Segunda oportunidad 2018-11-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Segunda oportunidad | Peter | 2018-11-03 |
| Movie | Interlude: City of a Dead Woman | Richard | 2017-04-06 |
| Movie | Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary | Narrator | 2016-02-01 |
| Movie | Golden Years | Arthur | 2016-04-29 |
| Series | Unforgotten | Father Robert Greaves | 2015-10-08 |
| Series | Wolf Hall | Duke of Norfolk | 2015-01-21 |
| Movie | North v South | John Claridge | 2015-10-16 |
| Series | From There to Here | Samuel | 2014-05-22 |
| Series | Hope and Wire | Len Russell | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron | Captain EJ Smith | 2012-04-08 |
| Movie | ParaNorman | Judge Hopkins (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
| Movie | Reflections on Titanic | Self | 2012-09-10 |
| Movie | Outpost 11 | Cranleigh | 2012-09-01 |
| Movie | Canoe Man | John Darwin | 2010-03-30 |
| Movie | The Kid | Uncle David | 2010-04-22 |
| Series | Fairy Tales | Unknown | 2008-01-10 |
| Movie | Valkyrie | General - Desert Sequence | 2008-12-25 |
| Series | Wild China | Himself - Narrator | 2008-05-11 |
| Movie | Exodus | Narrator (voice) | 2008-01-09 |
| Series | Sunshine | George Crosby | 2008-10-07 |
| Movie | Franklyn | Esser | 2008-10-16 |
| Movie | The Heart of the Earth | Sr. Crown | 2007-03-17 |
| Series | Five Days | Gerard Hopkirk | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | Exodus | Pharoah Mann | 2007-09-04 |
| Movie | Save Angel Hope | Oscar Kurz | 2007-10-20 |
| Series | Surviving Disaster | Himself - Narrator | 2006-01-10 |
| Movie | Ocean Odyssey | Narrator (voice) | 2006-05-24 |
| Movie | Joy Division | Dennis | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | No Go: The Free Derry Story | Narrator (voice) | 2006-09-06 |
| Movie | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | King William III | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | A Very Social Secretary | David Blunkett | 2005-10-10 |
| Series | The Grid | 2004-07-19 | |
| Movie | Wimbledon | Edward Colt | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Beatles Biggest Secrets | Narrator | 2004-12-02 |
| Series | Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief | Self | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | The Boys & Girl from County Clare | John Joe | 2003-09-12 |
| Series | One Life | Unknown | 2003-09-24 |
| Movie | Gothika | Phil Parsons | 2003-11-21 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Théoden | 2003-12-01 |
| Movie | The Scorpion King | Philos | 2002-04-18 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Théoden | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | Going Off Big Time | Murray | 2000-09-21 |
| Movie | A Question of Faith | Frederick | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Eisenstein | The voice of Stalin | 2000-09-08 |
| Movie | Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | 1999-04-12 |
| Movie | True Crime | Warden Luther Plunkitt | 1999-03-19 |
| Movie | The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Susan's Father | 1999-04-29 |
| Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Egeus | 1999-05-14 |
| Movie | The Criminal | Det. Insp. Walker | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | The Mill on the Floss | Edward Tulliver | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | Titanic | Edward Smith | 1997-11-18 |
| Movie | The Ghost and the Darkness | Dr. David Hawthorne | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | The Wind in the Willows | The Engine Driver | 1996-10-16 |
| Series | The Gambling Man | Frank nickle | 1995-02-26 |
| Movie | Madagascar Skin | Flint | 1995-01-26 |
| Movie | Dirtysomething | Larry | 1994-04-06 |
| Movie | Skallagrigg | John | 1994-03-09 |
| Series | Once Upon A Time In The North | Len Tollit | 1994-05-03 |
| Movie | Speaking In Tongues | 1994-07-27 | |
| Series | Lipstick on Your Collar | Uncle Fred | 1993-02-21 |
| Movie | Shepherd on the Rock | Tam Ferrier | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | The Art of Tripping | 1993-02-23 | |
| Movie | Olly's Prison | Mike | 1993-05-01 |
| Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom (voice) | 1992-02-11 |
| Movie | The Law Lord | Martin Allport | 1992-03-22 |
| Movie | Double X: The Name of the Game | Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith | 1992-06-05 |
| Series | Between the Lines | Unknown | 1992-09-04 |
| Movie | Mountains of the Moon | Dr. Livingstone | 1990-02-16 |
| Movie | Shirley Valentine | Joe Bradshaw | 1989-08-30 |
| Movie | Drowning by Numbers | Madgett | 1988-09-10 |
| Movie | Boy Soldier | Officer | 1987-01-30 |
| Movie | Bellman and True | Hiller | 1987-11-12 |
| Movie | Theban Plays: Antigone | Messenger | 1986-09-19 |
| Series | Screen Two | John | 1985-01-06 |
| Movie | The Burston Rebellion | Tom Higdon | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Restless Natives | Will's father | 1985-06-01 |
| Movie | No Surrender | Bernard | 1985-09-11 |
| Movie | The Chain | Nick | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Squaring the Circle | Lech Walesa | 1984-05-23 |
| Movie | The Bounty | William Cole | 1984-05-04 |
| Movie | Henry VI Part 1 | Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans | 1983-01-02 |
| Movie | Henry VI Part 3 | Duke of York | 1983-01-16 |
| Movie | Henry VI Part 2 | Duke of York | 1983-01-09 |
| Movie | The Tragedy of Richard III | First Murderer | 1983-01-23 |
| Series | Natural World | Unknown | 1983-10-30 |
| Movie | Runners | Trevor Field | 1983-08-18 |
| Series | Boys from the Blackstuff | Yosser Hughes | 1982-10-10 |
| Movie | Gandhi | Sergeant Putnam | 1982-12-01 |
| Movie | Say No to Strangers | 1981-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Black Stuff | Yosser Hughes | 1980-01-02 |
| Series | Fox | 1980-03-10 | |
| Movie | Fox | Vin Fox | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | The Spongers | Sullivan | 1978-01-24 |
| Movie | She Fell Among Thieves | Carson | 1978-03-01 |
| Series | BBC Television Shakespeare | Unknown | 1978-12-03 |
| Movie | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Mick | 1978-12-05 |
| Movie | Daft Mam Blues | Billy | 1977-05-17 |
| Movie | Professional Foul | Broadbent | 1977-09-21 |
| Movie | It Could Happen to You | Syph | 1976-11-11 |
| Movie | Trial by Combat | Blind Freddie | 1976-04-01 |
| Series | I, Claudius | Gratus | 1976-09-20 |
| Movie | Hard Labour | Edward Thornley | 1973-03-12 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |