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Bernard Hill(1944-2024)

  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
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Bernard Hill at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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The Moor (2023)
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Bernard Hill was an English actor. He was well recognized for playing King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill was also known for playing roles in television dramas, including Yosser Hughes, the troubled "hard man" whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's groundbreaking Boys from the Blackstuff in the 1980s, and more recently, as the Duke of Norfolk in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.
BornDecember 17, 1944
DiedMay 5, 2024(79)
BornDecember 17, 1944
DiedMay 5, 2024(79)
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
    • 9 wins & 9 nominations total

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Known for

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
9.0
  • Theoden
  • 2003
Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
8.8
  • Theoden
  • 2002
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)
Titanic
8.0
  • Captain Smith
  • 1997
Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Steven Brand, and Dwayne Johnson in The Scorpion King (2002)
The Scorpion King
5.5
  • Philos
  • 2002

Credits

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Actor

  • Martin Freeman in The Responder (2022)
    The Responder
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Tom Carson
    • 2024
  • Bernard Hill, Mark Peachey, David Edward-Robertson, Chris Cronin, Sophia La Porta, Vicki Hackett, and Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips in The Moor (2023)
    The Moor
    5.2
    • Thornley
    • 2023
  • Diana Quick and Amy Tyger in Forever Young (2023)
    Forever Young
    5.7
    • Oscar Smith
    • 2023
  • Second Chance (2018)
    Second Chance
    6.0
    • Peter
    • 2018
  • Interlude City (2016)
    Interlude City
    6.0
    • Richard
    • 2016
  • Simon Callow, Alun Armstrong, Phil Davis, Bernard Hill, Sue Johnston, Virginia McKenna, and Una Stubbs in Golden Years (2016)
    Golden Years
    6.2
    • Arthur
    • 2016
  • Unforgotten (2015)
    Unforgotten
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Father Robert Greaves
    • 2015
  • North v South (2015)
    North v South
    4.1
    • John Claridge
    • 2015
  • Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall (2015)
    Wolf Hall
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Duke of Norfolk
    • 2015
  • The Breaker (2014)
    The Breaker
    5.7
    • Man
    • 2014
  • Hope and Wire (2014)
    Hope and Wire
    6.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Len Russell
    • 2014
  • Philip Glenister, Steven Mackintosh, Saskia Reeves, and Liz White in From There to Here (2014)
    From There to Here
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Samuel
    • 2014
  • OutPost 11 (2013)
    OutPost 11
    3.8
    • Cranleigh
    • 2013
  • Rose McIver in The Sorrows (2013)
    The Sorrows
    • 2013
  • Marton Csokas in Falcón (2012)
    Falcón
    6.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Ramón Salgado
    • 2012

Additional Crew

  • The 60s: The Beatles Decade (2006)
    The 60s: The Beatles Decade
    6.3
    TV Series
    • narrator
    • 2006

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Midsummer Dream (2005)
    Midsummer Dream
    4.7
    • Theseus (English)
    • 2005

Videos20

Clip: "I'm the King of the World!"
Clip 0:38
Clip: "I'm the King of the World!"
Drowning by Numbers
Clip 1:24
Drowning by Numbers
Drowning by Numbers
Clip 1:24
Drowning by Numbers
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:57
Official Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 2:52
Trailer
Series Trailer
Trailer 1:01
Series Trailer
Golden Years
Trailer 1:36
Golden Years

Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • December 17, 1944
    • Blackley, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    • May 5, 2024
    • London, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Marianna Hill(divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Gabriel Hill
  • Other works
    Voiceover for 2005 British TV advert for the Hyundai Getz car.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Believed while filming The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) that castmate Brad Dourif was actually English as Dourif never stopped using the accent. When Dourif finally began using his American accent Hill thought it was fake and accused Dourif of the worst fake accent he had ever heard.

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