Bernard Hill
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-12-17
Place of Birth
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Bernard Hill
Biography
Bernard Hill 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.
Also Known For
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Dec 18, 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Dec 17, 2003
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Sep 12, 2003
The Ghost and the Darkness
Oct 11, 1996
Joy Division
Nov 17, 2006
The Heart of the Earth
Mar 17, 2007
The Bounty
May 04, 1984
Gothika
Nov 21, 2003
Daft Mam Blues
May 17, 1977
Ocean Odyssey
May 24, 2006
Wimbledon
Sep 13, 2004
Franklyn
Oct 16, 2008
Going Off Big Time
Sep 21, 2000
Great Expectations
Apr 12, 1999
The Scorpion King
Apr 18, 2002
Mountains of the Moon
Feb 16, 1990
Drowning by Numbers
Sep 10, 1988
The Kid
Apr 22, 2010
Restless Natives
Jun 01, 1985
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Apr 29, 1999
Titus: The Gorilla King
Jan 01, 2008
The Wind in the Willows
Oct 16, 1996
Shoot the Revolution
Dec 16, 1990
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Jan 01, 2005
Shirley Valentine
Aug 30, 1989
The Crumblegiant
Exodus
Sep 04, 2007
Segunda oportunidad
Nov 03, 2018
ParaNorman
Aug 03, 2012
Trial by Combat
Apr 01, 1976
Save Angel Hope
Oct 20, 2007
No Surrender
Sep 11, 1985
The Criminal
Oct 01, 1999
The Moor
Jun 14, 2024
Bellman and True
Nov 12, 1987
The Chain
Jan 01, 1984
Madagascar Skin
Jan 26, 1995
Canoe Man
Mar 30, 2010
Forever Young
Jan 26, 2024
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Feb 01, 2016
Henry VI Part 1
Jan 02, 1983
Henry VI Part 2
Jan 09, 1983
Henry VI Part 3
Jan 16, 1983
The Tragedy of Richard III
Jan 23, 1983
Shepherd on the Rock
Jan 01, 1993
Titanic: Case Closed
Jan 01, 2012
The Spongers
Jan 24, 1978
A Very Social Secretary
Oct 10, 2005
Outpost 11
Sep 01, 2012
True Crime
Mar 19, 1999
The Last Tommy
Nov 07, 2005
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
Apr 08, 2012
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
Dec 12, 2006
Say No to Strangers
Jan 01, 1981
The Black Stuff
Jan 02, 1980
Professional Foul
Sep 21, 1977
Dirtysomething
Apr 06, 1994
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
Mar 30, 1998
From Moscow to Pietushki
Apr 04, 1990
Double X: The Name of the Game
Jun 05, 1992
North v South
Oct 16, 2015
Bombay Railway
Jan 01, 2008
Gandhi
Dec 01, 1982
Olly's Prison
May 01, 1993
Speaking In Tongues
Jul 27, 1994
Pit Strike
Sep 22, 1977
The Sorrows
Jan 19, 2013
The Art of Tripping
Feb 23, 1993
First Knight
Jul 07, 1995
Squaring the Circle
May 23, 1984
A Question of Identity
Nov 13, 1992
A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 20, 1999
Golden Years
Apr 29, 2016
The Law Lord
Mar 22, 1992
Runners
Aug 18, 1983
Fox
Mar 10, 1980
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
Apr 06, 2017
Valkyrie
Dec 25, 2008
Hard Labour
Mar 12, 1973
The Mill on the Floss
Oct 12, 1997
It Could Happen to You
Nov 11, 1976
Eisenstein
Sep 08, 2000
Boy Soldier
Jan 30, 1987
A Question of Faith
Jan 01, 2000
No Go: The Free Derry Story
Sep 06, 2006
Exodus
Jan 09, 2008
Skallagrigg
Mar 09, 1994
Theban Plays: Antigone
Sep 19, 1986
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
Aug 01, 2006
Our Flesh and Blood
Jan 18, 1977
She Fell Among Thieves
Mar 01, 1978
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Dec 02, 2004
Housewives' Choice
Oct 19, 1976
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Dec 05, 1978
A Turn for the Worse
Apr 28, 1981
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Jun 03, 2005
The Burston Rebellion
Feb 24, 1985
Reflections on Titanic
Sep 10, 2012
Inside CERN
Aug 10, 2016
The Peddler
Mar 23, 1976
The Titanic Chronicles
Jan 01, 1999
Titanic
Nov 18, 1997
The Making of The Two Towers
Apr 01, 2003
The Making of the Return of the King
Apr 01, 2004
$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)
Oct 25, 2005
Titanic: Behind The Scenes
Oct 24, 2005
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
Jul 13, 2012
Boys from the Blackstuff
Oct 10, 1982
Five Days
Jan 23, 2007
I, Claudius
Sep 20, 1976
Sunshine
Oct 07, 2008
Fox
Mar 10, 1980
The Grid
Jul 19, 2004
Fairy Tales
Jan 10, 2008
One Life
Sep 24, 2003
Natural World
Oct 30, 1983
Surviving Disaster
Jan 10, 2006
Bombay Railway
Jul 18, 2007
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Oct 11, 2004
Wild China
May 11, 2008
From There to Here
May 22, 2014
Unforgotten
Oct 08, 2015
HBO First Look
Jun 12, 1992
Village Hall
Jul 16, 1974
Once Upon A Time In The North
May 03, 1994
Indian Hill Railways
Feb 14, 2010
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
The Gambling Man
Feb 26, 1995
Surviving Disaster
Jan 10, 2006
India's Frontier Railways
Mar 12, 2015
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Nov 09, 1992
Between the Lines
Sep 04, 1992
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Hope and Wire
Jul 03, 2014
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sep 21, 1977
The Responder
Jan 24, 2022
Lipstick on Your Collar
Feb 21, 1993
Horizon
Feb 04, 1964
Wolf Hall
Jan 21, 2015
Great Expectations
Apr 12, 1999