About
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...
Known for
HorizonSeries • 1964
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingMovie • 2003
TitanicMovie • 1997
Natural WorldSeries • 1983
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersMovie • 2002
UnforgottenSeries • 2015
The Scorpion KingMovie • 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimMovie • 2024
ScreenPlaySeries • 1986
Wolf HallSeries • 2015
Between the LinesSeries • 1992
BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries • 1977
The ResponderSeries • 2022
ValkyrieMovie • 2008
ParaNormanMovie • 2012
I, ClaudiusSeries • 1976
Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSeries • 1992
GothikaMovie • 2003
Five DaysSeries • 2007
First KnightMovie • 1995
GandhiMovie • 1982
The Ghost and the DarknessMovie • 1996