Bernard Hill profile
Actor profile

Bernard Hill

17th December 1944 Blackley, Manchester, England, UK Acting

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.

111 Movies 33 TV Shows 144 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Kid poster
The Kid 22nd April 2010 as Uncle David
Valkyrie poster
Valkyrie 25th December 2008 as General - Desert Sequence
Exodus poster
Exodus 9th January 2008 as Narrator (voice)
Exodus poster
Exodus 4th September 2007 as Pharoah Mann
Gothika poster
Gothika 21st November 2003 as Phil Parsons
Titanic poster
Titanic 18th December 1997 as Captain Smith
Runners poster
Runners 18th August 1983 as Trevor Field
Gandhi poster
Gandhi 1st December 1982 as Sergeant Putnam
Fox poster
Fox 10th March 1980 as Vin Fox
Fox poster
Fox 10th March 1980 as Vin Fox