Sir Ian Holm CuthbertCBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in film. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II.[1][2]
Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role in the 1998 West End production of King Lear. For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Awards for King Lear (1998), and the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2003).
He gained acclaim for his role in The Bofors Gun (1968) winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and won a second BAFTA Award for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981). Other notable films he appeared in include Alien (1979), Brazil (1985), Henry V (1989), Naked Lunch (1991), The Madness of King George (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and The Aviator (2004). He played Napoleon in three different films. He gained wider appreciation for his role as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.
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Sir IanHolm Cuthbert CBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal...
to overcome prejudice. Ben Cross and Ian Charleson star as Abrahams and Liddell, alongside Nigel Havers, IanHolm, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Cheryl...
Eddie Murphy was nominated for a voice-only performance. Holm, Ian; Jacobi, Steven (2004). "IanHolm: A Select CV". Acting My Life. Bantam Books. p. 327....
and starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and IanHolm. The film depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption...
Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, IanHolm, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan and David Warner. The film tells the story...
between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, IanHolm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston...
including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, IanHolm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh...
gain greater exposure. The film's supporting cast includes Minnie Driver, IanHolm, Isabella Rossellini, and Allison Janney. Produced by David Kirkpatrick...
co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, IanHolm, Milla Jovovich, and Chris Tucker. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the...
IanHolm was an acclaimed actor of the stage and screen. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award along with nominations...
a follow-up The Return of the Borrowers. In 1998, IanHolm was knighted and Wilton became Lady Holm. They divorced in 2001. Wilton was appointed an Officer...
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