Acting
Bernard Hill
Born Dec 17, 1944 · Blackley, Manchester, England, UK · Died May 5, 2024
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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Acting
The Moor
2024
Horror · Mystery · Drama
Forever Young
2024
Science Fiction · Drama
Remembers…
2022
Documentary · Talk
The Responder
2022
Drama · Crime
Segunda oportunidad
2018
Comedy
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
2017
Drama
Inside CERN
2016
Documentary
Golden Years
2016
Crime · Comedy
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
2016
Documentary · History
North v South
2015
Crime · Thriller
Unforgotten
2015
Drama · Crime · Mystery
India's Frontier Railways
2015
Documentary
Wolf Hall
2015
Drama
Hope and Wire
2014
From There to Here
2014
Drama
The Sorrows
2013
Drama · Thriller
Reflections on Titanic
2012
Documentary
Outpost 11
2012
Science Fiction · Horror
ParaNorman
2012
Family · Animation · Adventure
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012
Documentary · TV Movie
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
2012
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Titanic: Case Closed
2012
Documentary
The Kid
2010
Drama
Canoe Man
2010
Drama · Crime
Valkyrie
2008
Drama · Thriller · War
Franklyn
2008
Fantasy · Thriller · Drama
Sunshine
2008
Comedy · Drama
Fairy Tales
2008
Drama · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Titus: The Gorilla King
2008
Documentary
Bombay Railway
2008
Save Angel Hope
2007
Comedy
Exodus
2007
Drama
The Heart of the Earth
2007
Drama
Five Days
2007
Crime · Drama
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
2006
Documentary
Joy Division
2006
Drama
No Go: The Free Derry Story
2006
Documentary · TV Movie
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006
Documentary
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006
Documentary
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
2006
Documentary
Ocean Odyssey
2006
Documentary · TV Movie · Drama
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
2006
Documentary · Drama
Surviving Disaster
2006
Documentary · Drama
A Very Social Secretary
2005
Drama · TV Movie · Comedy
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Horror · Comedy
Collectormania 7
2005
Documentary
Heatwave
2005
Documentary
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
Documentary · Music · History
Wimbledon
2004
Comedy · Romance
The Grid
2004
Action & Adventure · Drama
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004
Documentary
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
Gothika
2003
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth
2003
Documentary
The Two Towers: Weta workshop
2003
Documentary
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
Romance · Comedy · Music
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
The Scorpion King
2002
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
Going Off Big Time
2000
Comedy · Thriller · Action
Eisenstein
2000
Drama
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
Documentary · TV Movie
A Question of Faith
2000
Drama
The Criminal
1999
Thriller
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
Fantasy · Comedy · Romance
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
Drama
Great Expectations
1999
Drama · Romance
Great Expectations
1999
Drama
True Crime
1999
Crime · Thriller · Mystery
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
Documentary · TV Movie
Titanic
1997
Drama · Romance
The Mill on the Floss
1997
Drama · Romance
The Wind in the Willows
1996
Fantasy · Comedy · Family
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Adventure · Thriller · History
First Knight
1995
Action · Adventure · Drama
The Gambling Man
1995
Drama
Madagascar Skin
1995
Romance
Speaking In Tongues
1994
TV Movie · Drama
Dirtysomething
1994
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Skallagrigg
1994
Drama · TV Movie · Fantasy
The Art of Tripping
1993
Comedy · Documentary · TV Movie
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
Comedy · Drama · War & Politics
Shepherd on the Rock
1993
Drama
A Question of Identity
1992
Drama · Crime
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Animation
Between the Lines
1992
Drama
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992
Thriller · Crime
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992
Animation
The Law Lord
1992
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
Shrinks
1991
Drama
Shoot the Revolution
1990
Drama · TV Movie
From Moscow to Pietushki
1990
Documentary
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Adventure · Drama · History
Shirley Valentine
1989
Romance · Comedy
Drowning by Numbers
1988
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Bellman and True
1987
Drama · Action · Thriller
Boy Soldier
1987
Drama
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
Drama
ScreenPlay
1986
Drama
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985
Drama · Documentary · Music
No Surrender
1985
Comedy
Restless Natives
1985
Comedy · Crime
The Burston Rebellion
1985
Drama · History · TV Movie
Screen Two
1985
Drama
The Chain
1984
Comedy · Drama
Squaring the Circle
1984
Drama · TV Movie
The Bounty
1984
Action · Drama · History
Natural World
1983
Documentary
Runners
1983
Drama
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
Drama · History · TV Movie
Henry VI Part 3
1983
Drama · History · TV Movie
Henry VI Part 2
1983
Drama · History · TV Movie
Henry VI Part 1
1983
Drama · History · TV Movie
Gandhi
1982
Drama · History
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
Drama
A Turn for the Worse
1981
Comedy · TV Movie
The Glamour Girls
1980
Comedy
Fox
1980
Drama
The Black Stuff
1980
Drama · TV Movie
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
Drama · War · TV Movie
Pickersgill People
1978
Comedy
She Fell Among Thieves
1978
Drama · TV Movie
The Spongers
1978
Drama · TV Movie
Pit Strike
1977
Professional Foul
1977
Crime · Drama · Mystery
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Drama · Comedy
Daft Mam Blues
1977
TV Movie
Our Flesh and Blood
1977
Comedy · Drama · TV Movie
It Could Happen to You
1976
Documentary
Housewives' Choice
1976
Drama · TV Movie
I, Claudius
1976
Drama · War & Politics
Trial by Combat
1976
Action · Comedy · Adventure
The Peddler
1976
Drama · TV Movie
Village Hall
1974
Drama
Hard Labour
1973
Drama · TV Movie
Play for Today
1970
Drama
Horizon
1964
Documentary