Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in films. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II.
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 Award nominations 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 a BAFTA Award win 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), The Madness of King George (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and The Aviator (2004). 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. He also voiced Chef Skinner in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007).
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alien: Romulus (2024) | Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference) | 7.6 | |
| 2 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Oscars 2015 | Old Bilbo Baggins | 7.4 | |
| 3 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Top 100 by FilmGator | Old Bilbo Baggins | 8 | |
| 4 | The Treatment (2007) | Dr. Ernesto Morales | - | - |
| 5 | Ratatouille (2007) Oscars 2008 | Skinner (voice) | 7.8 | |
| 6 | Strangers with Candy (2006) | Dr. Putney | 5.5 | |
| 7 | Chromophobia (2006) | Edward Aylesbury | - | - |
| 8 | O Jerusalem (2006) | Ben Gurion | - | - |
| 9 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 10 | Lord of War (2005) | Simeon Weisz | 7.3 | |
| 11 | The Day After Tomorrow (2004) | Terry Rapson | 6.5 | |
| 12 | The Aviator (2004) Oscars 2005 | Professor Fitz | 7.1 | |
| 13 | Garden State (2004) | Gideon Largeman | 7.6 | |
| 14 | D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 15 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Top 100 by FilmGator | Bilbo | 8.9 | |
| 16 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Top 100 by FilmGator | Bilbo | 8.8 | |
| 17 | From Hell (2001) | Sir William Gull | 6.9 | |
| 18 | The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) | Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand | - | - |
| 19 | Bless the Child (2000) | Reverend Grissom | 4.8 | |
| 20 | Beautiful Joe (2000) | George The Geek | - | - |
| 21 | Esther Kahn (2000) | Nathan Quellen | 2 | |
| 22 | The Miracle Maker (2000) | Pontius Pilate (voice) | 2 | |
| 23 | Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 24 | The Match (1999) | Big Tam | - | - |
| 25 | eXistenZ (1999) | Kiri Vinokur | 7 | |
| 26 | Animal Farm (1999) | Squealer (voice) | 7 | |
| 27 | Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) | White Knight | 5.5 | |
| 28 | Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) | Liam Casey | 4 | |
| 29 | Incognito (1997) | John (uncredited) | 3 | |
| 30 | The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Oscars 1998 | Mitchell Stephens | 6 | |
| 31 | The Fifth Element (1997) Oscars 1998 | Cornelius | 8 | |
| 32 | A Life Less Ordinary (1997) | Mr. Naville | 6 | |
| 33 | Big Night (1996) | Pascal | 6.3 | |
| 34 | The Madness of King George (1994) | Willis | 6.5 | |
| 35 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) | Baron Frankenstein | 6.5 | |
| 36 | The Hour of the Pig (1993) | Albertus | 6 | |
| 37 | Blue Ice (1992) | Sir Hector | 8 | |
| 38 | Kafka (1991) | Dr. Murnau | - | - |
| 39 | Naked Lunch (1991) | Tom Frost | 7.4 | |
| 40 | Hamlet (1990) | Polonius | 5.8 | |
| 41 | Henry V (1989) | Captain Fluellen | 7 | |
| 42 | Another Woman (1988) | Ken | 8 | |
| 43 | Dreamchild (1985) | Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll | 4 | |
| 44 | Wetherby (1985) | Stanley Pilborough | 3 | |
| 45 | Dance with a Stranger (1985) | Desmond Cussen | 6 | |
| 46 | Brazil (1985) | Mr. Kurtzmann | 8.1 | |
| 47 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) | Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot | 7.2 | |
| 48 | Chariots of Fire (1981) | Sam Mussabini | 6.5 | |
| 49 | Time Bandits (1981) | Napoleon | 7 | |
| 50 | S.O.S. Titanic (1980) | J. Bruce Ismay | - | - |
| 51 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) | Himmelstoss | 6.5 | |
| 52 | Alien (1979) | Ash | 8.2 | |
| 53 | Les Misérables (1978) | Thénardier | 7.5 | |
| 54 | The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) | Duval | - | - |
| 55 | March or Die (1977) | El Krim | 6 | |
| 56 | Robin and Marian (1976) | King John | 7 | |
| 57 | Juggernaut (1974) | Nicholas Porter | 4.5 | |
| 58 | The Homecoming (1973) | Lenny | 3 | |
| 59 | Young Winston (1972) | George E. Buckle | - | - |
| 60 | Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) | Yakovlev | 8 | |
| 61 | Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) | David Riccio | - | - |
| 62 | Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) | President Poincare | 6.5 | |
| 63 | A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) | Puck | - | - |
