Bernard Hill
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.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(Théoden)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(Théoden)
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
(John Joe)
The Ghost and the Darkness
(Dr. David Hawthorne)
Joy Division
(Dennis)
The Heart of the Earth
(Sr. Crown)
The Bounty
(William Cole)
Gothika
(Phil Parsons)
Daft Mam Blues
(Billy)
Ocean Odyssey
(Narrator (voice))
Wimbledon
(Edward Colt)
Franklyn
(Esser)
Going Off Big Time
(Murray)
Great Expectations
(Abel Magwitch)
The Scorpion King
(Philos)
Mountains of the Moon
(Dr. Livingstone)
Drowning by Numbers
(Madgett)
The Kid
(Uncle David)
Restless Natives
(Will's father)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
(Susan's Father)
Titus: The Gorilla King
(Narrator)
The Wind in the Willows
(The Engine Driver)
Shoot the Revolution
(Octavian Barbu)
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Shirley Valentine
(Joe Bradshaw)
The Crumblegiant
(Narrator)
Exodus
(Pharoah Mann)
Segunda oportunidad
(Peter)
ParaNorman
(Judge Hopkins (voice))
Trial by Combat
(Blind Freddie)
Save Angel Hope
(Oscar Kurz)
No Surrender
(Bernard)
The Criminal
(Det. Insp. Walker)
The Moor
(Thornley)
Bellman and True
(Hiller)
The Chain
(Nick)
Madagascar Skin
(Flint)
Canoe Man
(John Darwin)
Forever Young
(Oscar Smith)
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
(Narrator)
The Tragedy of Richard III
(First Murderer)
Henry VI Part 3
(Duke of York)
Henry VI Part 1
(Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans)
Henry VI Part 2
(Duke of York)
Shepherd on the Rock
(Tam Ferrier)
Titanic: Case Closed
The Spongers
(Sullivan)
A Very Social Secretary
(David Blunkett)
Outpost 11
(Cranleigh)
True Crime
(Warden Luther Plunkitt)
The Last Tommy
(Narrator)
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
(Captain EJ Smith)
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Say No to Strangers
The Black Stuff
(Yosser Hughes)
Professional Foul
(Broadbent)
Dirtysomething
(Larry)
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
(Host)
From Moscow to Pietushki
(Readings (voice))
Double X: The Name of the Game
(Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith)
North v South
(John Claridge)
Bombay Railway
(Narrator)
Gandhi
(Sergeant Putnam)
Olly's Prison
(Mike)
Speaking In Tongues
(Joe)
Pit Strike
(Tom)
The Sorrows
The Art of Tripping
First Knight
(Knight (uncredited))
Squaring the Circle
(Lech Walesa)
A Question of Identity
(Erwin van Haarlem)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Egeus)
Golden Years
(Arthur)
The Law Lord
(Martin Allport)
Runners
(Trevor Field)
Fox
(Vin Fox)
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
(Richard)
Valkyrie
(General - Desert Sequence)
Hard Labour
(Edward Thornley)
The Mill on the Floss
(Edward Tulliver)
It Could Happen to You
(Syph)
Eisenstein
(The voice of Stalin)
Boy Soldier
(Officer)
A Question of Faith
(Frederick)
No Go: The Free Derry Story
(Narrator (voice))
Exodus
(Narrator (voice))
Skallagrigg
(John)
Theban Plays: Antigone
(Messenger)
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
(Narrator (voice))
Our Flesh and Blood
(Bernard Blincoe)
She Fell Among Thieves
(Carson)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
(Narrator)
Housewives' Choice
(Eric)
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
(Mick)
A Turn for the Worse
(Simon Simpson)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
(King William III)
The Burston Rebellion
(Tom Higdon)
Reflections on Titanic
(Self)
Inside CERN
(Narrator)
The Peddler
(Graham)
The Titanic Chronicles
((voice))
Titanic
(Edward Smith)
Boys from the Blackstuff
(Yosser Hughes)
Five Days
(Gerard Hopkirk)
I, Claudius
(Gratus)
Sunshine
(George Crosby)
Fox
(Vin Fox)
The Grid
Fairy Tales
One Life
Natural World
BBC Television Shakespeare
Surviving Disaster
(Himself - Narrator)
Bombay Railway
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
(Self)
Wild China
(Himself - Narrator)
From There to Here
(Samuel)
Unforgotten
(Father Robert Greaves)
HBO First Look
(Self)
Village Hall
(Policeman)
Once Upon A Time In The North
(Len Tollit)
Indian Hill Railways
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Screen Two
(John)
The Gambling Man
(Frank nickle)
Surviving Disaster
India's Frontier Railways
(Narrator - (Voice))
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
(Bottom (voice))
Between the Lines
(Chief Constable Harmsworth)
Play for Today
(Graham)
Play for Today
(Bernard Blincoe)
Play for Today
(Edward)
Play for Today
(Eric)
Play for Today
(Sullivan)
Play for Today
(Mick)
Play for Today
(Simon Simpson)
Hope and Wire
(Len Russell)
BBC2 Play of the Week
(Carson)
The Responder
(Tom Carson)
Lipstick on Your Collar
(Uncle Fred)
Horizon
(Narrator)
Wolf Hall
(Duke of Norfolk)