Bernard Hill
b. 1944 — d. 2024 (aged 80)
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Actor
Soundtrack
Born in 1944, Bernard Hill is a British actor of film, stage and television. 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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.2
The Moor
2023 Actor
Thornley
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★ 5.7
Forever Young
2023 Actor
Oscar Smith
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★ 6.2
Golden Years
2016 Actor
Arthur
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★ 6.0
Interlude City
2016 Actor
Richard
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★ 4.1
North v South
2015 Actor
John Claridge
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★ 8.0
India's Frontier Railways
2015 Self
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★ 7.1
From There to Here
2014 Actor
Samuel
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★ 5.9
Shepherd on the Rock
2014 Actor
Tam Ferrier
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★ 6.4
Hope and Wire
2014 Actor
Len Russell
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★ 5.7
The Breaker
2014 Actor
Man
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★ 3.8
OutPost 11
2013 Actor
Cranleigh
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The Sorrows
2013 Actor
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★ 7.0
ParaNorman
2012 Actor
The Judge
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★ 7.4
Titanic's Final Mystery
2012 Self
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★ 8.5
How Britain Worked
2012 Self
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Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012 Self
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★ 7.3
The Long March to Freedom
2011 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
The King's Speech: Revealed
2011 Actor
Narration
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★ 7.0
The Wraith
2011 Actor
The Narrator
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★ 8.5
Analogue Love
2011 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.8
The Kid
2010 Actor
Uncle David
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★ 5.9
Canoe Man
2010 Actor
John Darwin
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★ 8.0
Indian Hill Railways
2010 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.0
Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard
2010 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.5
Folk America
2009 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.0
Franklyn
2008 Actor
Peter Esser
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★ 8.4
Wild China
2008 Self
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★ 8.1
Sunshine
2008 Actor
George Crosby
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★ 6.7
Fairy Tales
2008 Actor
Grettongrat
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★ 8.0
Titus: The Gorilla King
2008 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.5
Five Days
2007 Actor
Gerard Hopkirk
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★ 5.5
The Heart of the Earth
2007 Actor
Mr. Crown
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★ 4.3
Save Angel Hope
2007 Actor
Oscar Kurz
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★ 7.3
Bombay Railway
2007 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.0
The Crumblegiant
2007 Actor
Narrator
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Mania
2007 Self
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★ 6.0
Joy Division
2006 Actor
Dennis
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★ 7.4
Surviving Disaster
2006 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.9
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Disaster
2006 Self
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★ 8.5
No Go: The Free Derry Story
2006 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
A Very Social Secretary
2005 Actor
David Blunkett
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★ 8.8
The Last Tommy
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.1
Heatwave
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.4
Wimbledon
2004 Actor
Edward Colt
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★ 8.2
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004 Self
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★ 6.4
Ringens disipler
2004 Actor
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★ 8.1
Double Helix: The DNA Years
2004 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.2
Raphael: A Mortal God
2004 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.6
See You in the Future...
2004 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.4
The Deal
2004 Actor
Victor
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★ 5.8
Gothika
2003 Actor
Phil Parsons
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★ 6.5
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003 Actor
John Joe
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★ 7.8
Ancient Egyptians
2003 Actor
Narrator
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The Hunt for Jill Dando's Killer
2003 Self
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★ 5.5
The Scorpion King
2002 Actor
Philos
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★ 7.2
Ken Dodd in the Dock
2002 Self
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★ 6.1
Going Off Big Time
2000 Actor
Murray
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★ 6.6
Blessed Art Thou
2000 Actor
Abbott Frederick
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★ 7.6
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000 Actor
Narrator
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Love Is Not Enough: The Journey to Adoption
2000 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.6
True Crime
1999 Actor
Warden Luther Plunkitt
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★ 5.5
The Criminal
1999 Actor
Det. Insp. Walker
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★ 6.3
The Titanic Chronicles
1999 Actor
Captain S. Lord
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
1999 Self
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★ 5.3
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1998 Actor
Susan's Father
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★ 7.6
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
1998 Self
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★ 7.1
The Death Train
1998 Self
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The Devil: An Unauthorised Biography
1998 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.0
Titanic
1997 Actor
Captain Smith
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★ 6.0
The Mill on the Floss
1997 Actor
Edward Tulliver
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★ 6.8
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 Actor
Dr. David Hawthorne
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★ 6.3
The Wind in the Willows
1996 Actor
The Engine Driver
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★ 6.0
Madagascar Skin
1995 Actor
Flint
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★ 7.0
The Gambling Man
1995 Actor
Frank Nickle
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★ 7.6
Once Upon a Time in the North
1994 Actor
Len Tollit
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Stages
1994 Actor
Joe
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★ 7.7
Drug-Taking and the Arts
1993 Actor
The Presenter
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★ 8.3
Olly's Prison
1993 Actor
Mike
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Telltale
1993 Actor
Det. Sgt. Gavin Douglas
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★ 4.1
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992 Actor
Iggy Smith
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★ 6.6
Crime Story
1992 Actor
Erwin van Haarlem
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Europe, a Modern Profile
1992 Self
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★ 7.1
Mountains of the Moon
1990 Actor
Dr. Livingstone
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★ 7.3
Shirley Valentine
1989 Actor
Joe
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★ 7.1
Drowning by Numbers
1988 Actor
Madgett
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★ 8.9
The Fremantle Conspiracy
1988 Actor
Breslin
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★ 6.7
Bellman and True
1987 Actor
Hiller
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★ 6.7
Milwr Bychan
1987 Actor
Officer
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The Great White Mountain
1986 Actor
Jacques Balmat
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★ 6.8
Restless Natives
1985 Actor
Will's Father
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★ 7.1
No Surrender
1985 Actor
Bernard
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★ 5.6
Samson and Delilah
1985 Actor
Willie Naknervis
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★ 8.1
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985 Actor
John Lennon
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The Children's Rebellion
1985 Actor
Tom
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★ 7.1
The Bounty
1984 Actor
Cole
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★ 6.7
Screen Two
1984 Actor
Martin Allport
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★ 5.2
The Making of 'the Bounty'
1984 Self
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★ 7.4
Squaring the Circle
1984 Actor
Lech Walesa
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Still Life
1984 Actor
Frank
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★ 8.5
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982 Actor
Yosser Hughes