Line #5 Creator/IanHolm


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3	Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, CBE (12 September 1931 - 19 June 2020) was a prolific and versatile Academy Award-nominated English actor.
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5	He began his career as very well-regarded stage actor, before a crippling attack of [[PerformanceAnxiety stage fright]] in the 1970s caused him to switch to TV and film work for many years (although he quite frequently appeared in film adaptations of stage plays, such as his performances in Creator/KennethBranagh's ''Film/HenryV1989'', Creator/FrancoZeffirelli's ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', and a widely-praised performance in the title role of Richard Eyre's ''Theatre/KingLear'').
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7	Among Holm's best-known film roles are ''Film/{{Alien}}'', ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. As to the latter, he's probably unique in being the only person to play both Frodo (in the 80s BBC radio adaptation) and Bilbo (in the Peter Jackson film series).
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9	Ian Holm largely retired from acting in 2007 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but despite his failing physical health and memory, he was coaxed out of retirement a few years later by Creator/PeterJackson to give cameo appearances as Old Bilbo in ''Film/TheHobbit''.
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11	!Roles
12	* 1968 ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' as Puck
13	* 1972 ''Film/NicholasAndAlexandra'' as Yakovlev
14	* 1976 ''Film/ShoutAtTheDevil'' as Mohammed
15	* 1976 ''Film/RobinAndMarian'' as King John
16	* 1977 ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask'' as Duval
17	* 1977 ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' as Zerah
18	* 1978 ''Literature/LesMiserables'' as Thénardier
19	* 1979 ''Film/{{Alien}}'' as Ash
20	* 1979 S.O.S. ''UsefulNotes/Titanic'' as Bruce Ismay
21	* 1979 ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront'' (TV) as Himmelstoss
22	* 1981 ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' as Sam Mussabini
23	* 1981 ''Film/TimeBandits'' as UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
24	* 1984 ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes'' as Capitain Philippe D'Arnot
25	* 1985 ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' as Mr. Kurtzmann
26	* 1985 ''Theatre/TheBrowningVersion'' as Andrew Crocker-Harris
27	* 1989 ''Film/{{Henry V\|1989}}'' as Fluellen
28	* 1990 ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' as Polonius
29	* 1991 ''Film/NakedLunch'' as Tom Frost
30	* 1991 ''Film/{{Kafka}}'' as Doctor Murnau
31	* 1992 ''Series/TheBorrowers'' as Pod Clock
32	* 1993 ''Film/TheHourOfThePig'' as Albertus
33	* 1994 ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' as Baron Frankenstein
34	* 1994 ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'' as Francis Willis
35	* 1996 ''Film/LochNess'' as Water Baliff
36	* 1997 ''Film/ALifeLessOrdinary'' as Naville
37	* 1997 ''Film/TheSweetHereafter'' as Mitchell Stephens
38	* 1997 ''Film/TheFifthElement'' as Vito Cornelius
39	* 1997 ''Film/{{Incognito}}'' as John
40	* 1998 ''Theatre/KingLear'' as Lear
41	* 1999 ''Film/{{Animal Farm\|1999}}'' as Squealer
42	* 1999 ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}'' as Kiri Vinokur
43	* 2000 ''WesternAnimation/TheMiracleMaker'' as Pontius Pilate
44	* 2001 ''Film/FromHell'' as Sir William Gull
45	* 2001 ''Film/TheEmperorsNewClothes'' as UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
46	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'' as old Bilbo Baggins
47	** 2001 ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''
48	** 2003 ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing''
49	** 2012 ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney''
50	** 2014 ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies''
51	* 2004 ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' as Professor Terry Rapson
52	* 2004 ''Film/GardenState'' as Gideon Largeman
53	* 2004 ''Film/TheAviator'' as Professor Fitz
54	* 2005 ''Film/StrangersWithCandy'' as Dr. Putney
55	* 2005 ''Film/LordOfWar'' as Simeon Weisz
56	* 2006 ''WesternAnimation/{{Renaissance}}'' as Jonas Muller
57	* 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' as Skinner

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