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Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Birthday: 1944-12-17 | Place of Birth: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2016
Golden Years

as    Arthur

2015
North v South

as    John Claridge

2014
From There to Here

as    Samuel

2012
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

as    Captain EJ Smith

2010
The Kid

as    Uncle David

2008
Franklyn

as    Esser

2008
Sunshine

as    George Crosby

2008
Wild China

as    Himself - Narrator

2008
Wild China

as    Himself - Narrator

2007
Exodus

as    Pharoah Mann

2007
The Heart of the Earth

as    Sr. Crown

2006
Joy Division

as    Dennis

2006
Ocean Odyssey

as    Narrator

2005
2004
Wimbledon

as    Edward Colt

2003
Gothika

as    Phil Parsons

2002
The Scorpion King

as    Philos

2002
2000
Going Off Big Time

as    Murray

1999
The Criminal

as    Det. Insp. Walker

1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence

as    Susan's Father

1999
True Crime

as    Warden Luther Plunkitt