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Ciarán Hinds

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Biography

Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut. His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV. As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Notable films

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First Man

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There Will Be Blood

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Frozen II

As Pabbie (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

As Aberforth Dumbledore

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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Frozen

As Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)

Zack Snyder's Justice League

As Steppenwolf (voice)

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KinoChain journeys

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The Reckless Edge - Talent as a Double-Edged Sword

Forty years after Top Gun roared into cinemas, Maverick's need for speed still feels as exhilarating as ever. But Pete Mitchell is part of a much bigger movie t...

7 films

The Price of Devotion

From the riverbank to the desert, a journey through American cinema's darkest portraits of faith, charisma, and the corruption that follows.

8 films

Rewinding the Reel: How VHS Championed British Independents

From Thatcher's Britain to the video shop era, discover how VHS gave gritty, daring British films a second life and a devoted audience.

9 films

Love in the Time of Espionage

From Berlin to Buenos Aires, a journey through films where romance and espionage entwine, revealing the human cost of secrets.

7 films

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