
Ian Holm
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Biography
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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Known For

Hallmark Hall of Fame

BBC Play of the Month

Performance

Legends

Horizon

Tony Awards

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Days That Shook the World

Holocaust

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Alien: Romulus

Jesus of Nazareth

The Day After Tomorrow

Time Bandits

Oh! What a Lovely War

The Aviator

The Miracle Maker

Alien

Lord of War

Strangers with Candy

The Cherry Orchard

Chariots of Fire

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Hamlet

The Fifth Element

Brazil

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Deep Blue Sea

Blue Ice

Garden State

The Madness of King George

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

Ratatouille

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Night Falls on Manhattan

Uncle Vanya

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

Wisconsin Death Trip

Landscape

Soft Targets

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Browning Version

The Cost of Treachery

The Misanthrope

Prisoner of Paradise

The Wood Demon

The Queen of Trees

D-Day 6.6.1944

The Lost Boys
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