Bernard Hill
Acting
Born December 17, 1944 · Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
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.
Films (108)
The Moor
2024
Forever Young
2024
Segunda oportunidad
2018
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
2017
Inside CERN
2016
Golden Years
2016
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
2016
North v South
2015
The Sorrows
2013
Reflections on Titanic
2012
Outpost 11
2012
ParaNorman
2012
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
2012
Titanic: Case Closed
2012
The Kid
2010
Canoe Man
2010
Valkyrie
2008
Franklyn
2008
Exodus
2008
Titus: The Gorilla King
2008
Bombay Railway
2008
Save Angel Hope
2007
Exodus
2007
The Heart of the Earth
2007
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
2006
Joy Division
2006
No Go: The Free Derry Story
2006
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
2006
Ocean Odyssey
2006
The Last Tommy
2005
A Very Social Secretary
2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Heatwave
2005
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
2005
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
Wimbledon
2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Gothika
2003
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
The Scorpion King
2002
Going Off Big Time
2000
Eisenstein
2000
A Question of Faith
2000
The Criminal
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
Great Expectations
1999
True Crime
1999
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
1998
Titanic
1997
The Mill on the Floss
1997
The Wind in the Willows
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
First Knight
1995
Madagascar Skin
1995
Speaking In Tongues
1994
Dirtysomething
1994
Skallagrigg
1994
Olly's Prison
1993
The Art of Tripping
1993
Shepherd on the Rock
1993
A Question of Identity
1992
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992
The Law Lord
1992
Shoot the Revolution
1990
From Moscow to Pietushki
1990
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Shirley Valentine
1989
Drowning by Numbers
1988
Bellman and True
1987
Boy Soldier
1987
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985
No Surrender
1985
Restless Natives
1985
The Burston Rebellion
1985
The Chain
1984
Squaring the Circle
1984
The Bounty
1984
Samson and Delilah
1984
Runners
1983
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
Henry VI Part 3
1983
Henry VI Part 2
1983
Henry VI Part 1
1983
Gandhi
1982
A Turn for the Worse
1981
Say No to Strangers
1981
Fox
1980
The Black Stuff
1980
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
She Fell Among Thieves
1978
The Spongers
1978
Pit Strike
1977
Professional Foul
1977
Daft Mam Blues
1977
Our Flesh and Blood
1977
It Could Happen to You
1976
Housewives' Choice
1976
Trial by Combat
1976
The Peddler
1976
Hard Labour
1973