Bernard Hill
Acting
Born: December 17, 1944 · Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Died: May 5, 2024 (aged 79)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Titanic
1997
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Valkyrie
2008
The Scorpion King
2002
ParaNorman
2012
Gothika
2003
Gandhi
1982
First Knight
1995
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Wimbledon
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
Photos (2)
Movies (98)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Théoden
Titanic
Captain Smith
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Théoden
ParaNorman
Judge Hopkins (voice)
Valkyrie
General - Desert Sequence
The Scorpion King
Philos
The Ghost and the Darkness
Dr. David Hawthorne
First Knight
Knight (uncredited)
True Crime
Warden Luther Plunkitt
Gandhi
Sergeant Putnam
Gothika
Phil Parsons
The Bounty
William Cole
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
Wimbledon
Edward Colt
Joy Division
Dennis
Franklyn
Esser
The Wind in the Willows
The Engine Driver
Mountains of the Moon
Dr. Livingstone
Drowning by Numbers
Henry Madgett
Shirley Valentine
Joe Bradshaw
Segunda oportunidad
Peter
The Moor
Thornley
Ocean Odyssey
Narrator (voice)
Housewives' Choice
Eric
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
King William III
Bellman and True
Hiller
Forever Young
Oscar Smith
Restless Natives
Will's father
The Sorrows
2013
Heatwave
Narrator (voice)
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
Golden Years
Arthur
Save Angel Hope
Oscar Kurz
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
Captain EJ Smith
The Kid
Uncle David
Dirtysomething
Larry
The Peddler
Graham
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
Hard Labour
Edward Thornley
North v South
John Claridge
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Susan's Father
Trial by Combat
Blind Freddie
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
John Joe
The Mill on the Floss
Edward Tulliver
Henry VI Part 2
Duke of York
The Chain
Nick
Titanic: Case Closed
2012
No Surrender
Bernard
The Tragedy of Richard III
First Murderer
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Mick
A Very Social Secretary
David Blunkett
The Black Stuff
Yosser Hughes
Runners
Trevor Field
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Narrator
The Law Lord
Martin Allport
Speaking In Tongues
Joe
The Criminal
Det. Insp. Walker
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Narrator (voice)
Exodus
Pharoah Mann
The Spongers
Sullivan
Shoot the Revolution
Octavian Barbu
Theban Plays: Antigone
Messenger
Boy Soldier
Officer
The Heart of the Earth
Sr. Crown
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
Madagascar Skin
Flint
Daft Mam Blues
Billy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bottom (voice)
A Turn for the Worse
Simon Simpson
Bombay Railway
Narrator
Squaring the Circle
Lech Walesa
A Question of Identity
Erwin van Haarlem
A Question of Faith
Frederick
Shepherd on the Rock
Tam Ferrier
She Fell Among Thieves
Carson
Skallagrigg
John
Going Off Big Time
Murray
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Narrator
Our Flesh and Blood
Bernard Blincoe
Canoe Man
John Darwin
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
John Lennon
Outpost 11
Cranleigh
The Burston Rebellion
Tom Higdon
Double X: The Name of the Game
Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
Narrator (voice)
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012
Eisenstein
The voice of Stalin
Pit Strike
Tom
The Art of Tripping
1993
Professional Foul
Broadbent
Inside CERN
Narrator
Henry VI Part 3
Duke of York
From Moscow to Pietushki
Readings (voice)
It Could Happen to You
Syph
Titus: The Gorilla King
Narrator
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
Erzähler
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
Richard
No Go: The Free Derry Story
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (38)
Play for Today
Graham · 1 eps
Play for Today
Bernard Blincoe · 1 eps
Play for Today
Edward · 1 eps
Play for Today
Eric · 1 eps
Play for Today
Sullivan · 1 eps
Play for Today
Mick · 1 eps
Play for Today
Simon Simpson · 1 eps
Horizon
Narrator · 1 eps
Natural World
1 eps
Screen Two
John · 1 eps
Screen Two
Tom Higdon · 1 eps
Screen Two
Captain Larry · 1 eps
Unforgotten
Father Robert Greaves · 6 eps
Remembers…
1 eps
ScreenPlay
Octavian Barbu · 1 eps
Between the Lines
Chief Constable Harmsworth · 2 eps
Wolf Hall
Duke of Norfolk · 6 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Carson · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Broadbent · 1 eps
I, Claudius
Gratus · 2 eps
The Responder
Tom Carson · 5 eps
Five Days
Gerard Hopkirk · 10 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Bottom (voice) · 1 eps
Pickersgill People
Harry 'Sharky' Finn · 1 eps
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch · 2 eps
Boys from the Blackstuff
Yosser Hughes · 5 eps
Fox
Vin Fox · 13 eps
Village Hall
Policeman · 1 eps
The Grid
6 eps
From There to Here
Samuel · 3 eps
Fairy Tales
Grettongrat · 1 eps
Lipstick on Your Collar
Uncle Fred · 6 eps
Sunshine
George Crosby · 3 eps
Surviving Disaster
1 eps
Shrinks
Frank Beasley · 1 eps
Hope and Wire
Len Russell · 3 eps
The Gambling Man
Frank nickle · 3 eps
India's Frontier Railways
Narrator - (Voice) · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
HBO First Look
Self · 1 eps
Wild China
Himself - Narrator · 6 eps
Collectormania 7
Self
Surviving Disaster
Himself - Narrator · 7 eps
Reflections on Titanic
Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
Bombay Railway
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Indian Hill Railways
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Self · 3 eps
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Self
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
Self - Narrator (voice)