Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
102
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 17, 1944 ( 80 years old )
Place of Birth
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
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.
Known For
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002-12-18The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003-09-12The Ghost and the Darkness
1996-10-11Joy Division
2006-11-17El corazón de la Tierra
2007-03-17The Bounty
1984-05-04Gothika
2003-11-21Daft Mam Blues
1977-05-17Ocean Odyssey
2006-05-24