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Bernard Hill
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Biography
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.
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The Bounty
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
As Théoden
Titanic
As Captain Smith
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
As Théoden
The Scorpion King
As Philos
ParaNorman
As Judge Hopkins (voice)
The Ghost and the Darkness
As Dr. David Hawthorne
Gothika
As Phil Parsons
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Small Craft Warnings
From the open sea to a leaky skiff, these eight films use small boats as vessels for self-discovery, each one a different kind of voyage.
8 films
Moana and the Sea as Mirror and Crucible
Taking the core premise of Moana (the ocean as a living force that tests, transforms, and reveals who you are) and steering it into far darker territory, this c...
8 films
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ParaNorman
2012 · Judge Hopkins (voice)
Wimbledon
2004 · Edward Colt
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Théoden
Gothika
2003 · Phil Parsons
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Théoden
The Scorpion King
2002 · Philos
Titanic
1997 · Captain Smith
The Wind in the Willows
1996 · The Engine Driver
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Dr. David Hawthorne
The Bounty
1984 · William Cole