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.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Moor (2024) | Thornley | - | - |
| 2 | Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary (2016) | Narrator | - | - |
| 3 | Golden Years (2016) | Arthur | 6 | |
| 4 | North v South (2015) | John Claridge | 4 | |
| 5 | Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (2012) | Captain EJ Smith | - | - |
| 6 | Outpost 11 (2012) | Cranleigh | - | - |
| 7 | ParaNorman (2012) Oscars 2013 | Judge Hopkins (voice) | 7.2 | |
| 8 | The Kid (2010) | Uncle David | - | - |
| 9 | Franklyn (2008) | Esser | 6 | |
| 10 | Valkyrie (2008) | General - Desert Sequence | 7.3 | |
| 11 | Save Angel Hope (2007) | Oscar Kurz | - | - |
| 12 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005) | King William III | 6.8 | |
| 13 | Wimbledon (2004) | Edward Colt | 6.3 | |
| 14 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Top 100 by FilmGator | Théoden | 8.9 | |
| 15 | The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003) | John Joe | 7 | |
| 16 | Gothika (2003) | Phil Parsons | 6.1 | |
| 17 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Oscars 2003 | Théoden | 8.7 | |
| 18 | The Scorpion King (2002) | Philos | 5.6 | |
| 19 | A Question of Faith (2000) | Frederick | - | - |
| 20 | Going Off Big Time (2000) | Murray | 7 | |
| 21 | True Crime (1999) | Warden Luther Plunkitt | 5.8 | |
| 22 | A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) | Egeus | 6.2 | |
| 23 | The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999) | Susan's Father | - | - |
| 24 | Titanic (1997) Oscars 1998 | Captain Smith | 7.6 | |
| 25 | The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) | Dr. David Hawthorne | 7.5 | |
| 26 | The Wind in the Willows (1996) | The Engine Driver | 9 | |
| 27 | First Knight (1995) | Knight (uncredited) | 6.4 | |
| 28 | Dirtysomething (1994) | Larry | - | - |
| 29 | Mountains of the Moon (1990) | Dr. Livingstone | 6.7 | |
| 30 | Shirley Valentine (1989) | Joe Bradshaw | 7.5 | |
| 31 | Drowning by Numbers (1988) | Henry Madgett | 3 | |
| 32 | Restless Natives (1985) | Will's father | 6 | |
| 33 | The Bounty (1984) | William Cole | 6.4 | |
| 34 | Gandhi (1982) | Sergeant Putnam | 7.8 | |
| 35 | The Spongers (1978) | Sullivan | - | - |
