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.

Фільмографія

• 2024Forever Young — Oscar Smith
• 2024The Moor — Thornley
• 2024Володар перснів: Війна рогіримів — In Memory Of
• Remembers…
• Екстрене реагування — Tom Carson
• 2018Segunda oportunidad — Peter
• 2017Interlude: City of a Dead Woman — Richard
• 2016Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary — Narrator
• 2016Golden Years — Arthur
• 2016Inside CERN — Narrator
• India's Frontier Railways — Narrator - (Voice)
• 2015North v South — John Claridge
• Unforgotten — Father Robert Greaves
• Вовчий зал — Duke of Norfolk
• From There to Here — Samuel
• Hope and Wire — Len Russell
• 2013The Sorrows
• 2012Outpost 11 — Cranleigh
• 2012Titanic: Case Closed
• 2012Titanic: Southampton Remembers
• 2012Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron — Captain EJ Smith
• 2012Паранорман — Judge Hopkins (voice)
• 2010Canoe Man — John Darwin
• 2010The Kid — Uncle David
• 2008Bombay Railway — Narrator
• 2008Exodus — Narrator (voice)
• Fairy Tales — Grettongrat
• Sunshine — George Crosby
• 2008Titus: The Gorilla King — Narrator
• 2008Операція Валькірія — General - Desert Sequence
• 2008Франклін — Esser
• 2007Exodus — Pharoah Mann
• Five Days — Gerard Hopkirk
• 2007Save Angel Hope — Oscar Kurz
• 2007The Crumblegiant — Narrator
• 2007The Heart of the Earth — Sr. Crown
• 2006Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster — Narrator (voice)
• 2006Joy Division — Dennis
• 2006No Go: The Free Derry Story — Narrator (voice)
• 2006Ocean Odyssey — Narrator (voice)
• 2006Tim Haines Deep Ocean — Erzähler
• 2005A Very Social Secretary — David Blunkett
• 2005Heatwave — Narrator (voice)
• 2005Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
• 2005The Last Tommy — Narrator
• 2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse — King William III
• 2004Beatles Biggest Secrets — Narrator
• The Grid
• 2004Вімблдон — Edward Colt
• One Life
• 2003The Boys & Girl from County Clare — John Joe
• 2003Володар перснів: Повернення короля — Théoden
• 2003Готика — Phil Parsons
• 2002Володар перснів: Дві вежі — Théoden
• 2002Цар скорпіонів — Philos
• 2000A Question of Faith — Frederick
• 2000Eisenstein — The voice of Stalin
• 2000Going Off Big Time — Murray
• 2000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano — Narrator (voice)
• 1999Great Expectations — Abel Magwitch
• Great Expectations — Abel Magwitch
• 1999The Criminal — Det. Insp. Walker
• 1999The Loss of Sexual Innocence — Susan's Father
• 1999The Titanic Chronicles — (voice)
• 1999Сон літньої ночі — Egeus
• 1999Справжній злочин — Warden Luther Plunkitt
• 1998Titanic: Secrets Revealed — Host
• 1997The Mill on the Floss — Edward Tulliver
• 1997Титанік — Captain Smith
• 1996The Wind in the Willows — The Engine Driver
• 1996Привид і Пітьма — Dr. David Hawthorne
• 1995Madagascar Skin — Flint
• The Gambling Man — Frank nickle
• 1995Перший лицар — Knight (uncredited)
• 1994Dirtysomething — Larry
• Once Upon A Time In The North — Len Tollit
• 1994Skallagrigg — John
• 1994Speaking In Tongues — Joe
• Stages — Joe
• Lipstick on Your Collar — Uncle Fred
• 1993Olly's Prison — Mike
• 1993Shepherd on the Rock — Tam Ferrier
• 1993The Art of Tripping
• 1992A Midsummer Night's Dream — Bottom (voice)
• 1992A Question of Identity — Erwin van Haarlem
• Between the Lines — Chief Constable Harmsworth
• 1992Double X: The Name of the Game — Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales — Bottom (voice)
• 1992The Law Lord — Martin Allport
• Shrinks — Frank Beasley
• 1990From Moscow to Pietushki — Readings (voice)
• 1990Mountains of the Moon — Dr. Livingstone
• 1990Shoot the Revolution — Octavian Barbu
• 1989Shirley Valentine — Joe Bradshaw
• 1988Drowning by Numbers — Henry Madgett
• 1987Bellman and True — Hiller
• 1987Boy Soldier — Officer
• ScreenPlay — Octavian Barbu
• 1986Theban Plays: Antigone — Messenger
• 1985John Lennon: A Journey in the Life — John Lennon
• 1985No Surrender — Bernard
• 1985Restless Natives — Will's father
• Screen Two — John, Tom Higdon, Captain Larry
• 1985The Burston Rebellion — Tom Higdon
• 1984Samson and Delilah — Willie
• 1984Squaring the Circle — Lech Walesa
• 1984The Chain — Nick
• 1984Заколот на Баунті — William Cole
• 1983Henry VI Part 1 — Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
• 1983Henry VI Part 2 — Duke of York
• 1983Henry VI Part 3 — Duke of York
• 1983Runners — Trevor Field
• 1983The Tragedy of Richard III — First Murderer
• Світ природи
• Boys from the Blackstuff — Yosser Hughes
• 1982Ґанді — Sergeant Putnam
• 1981A Turn for the Worse — Simon Simpson
• 1981Say No to Strangers — Teresa's Dad
• 1980Fox — Vin Fox
• Fox — Vin Fox
• 1980The Black Stuff — Yosser Hughes
• The Glamour Girls — Boris
• Pickersgill People — Harry 'Sharky' Finn
• 1978She Fell Among Thieves — Carson
• 1978Soldiers Talking, Cleanly — Mick
• 1978The Spongers — Sullivan
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Carson, Broadbent
• Childhood — Janey's father
• 1977Daft Mam Blues — Billy
• 1977Our Flesh and Blood — Bernard Blincoe
• 1977Pit Strike — Tom
• Premiere — Tom
• 1977Professional Foul — Broadbent
• 1976Housewives' Choice — Eric
• I, Claudius — Gratus
• 1976It Could Happen to You — Syph
• 1976The Peddler — Graham
• 1976Trade Unions: Seven Days that Shook Young Jim — Bernie
• 1976Trial by Combat — Blind Freddie
• Village Hall — Policeman
• 1973Hard Labour — Edward Thornley
• Second City Firsts — Billy
• Play for Today — Edward, Graham, Eric, Bernard Blincoe, Sullivan, Mick, Simon Simpson
• Horizon — Narrator

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (12)

• 2012Reflections on Titanic — Self
• Indian Hill Railways — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Невідомий Китай — Himself - Narrator
• Bombay Railway — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2006JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Surviving Disaster — Himself - Narrator
• 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
• 2005Collectormania 7 — Self
• Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief — Self
• 2004On the Set of 'Gothika' — Self
• HBO First Look — Self