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.
112 movies · 39 shows
The Moor
2024·5.7
Forever Young
2024·5.4
Segunda oportunidad
2018·5.5
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
2017·3.0
Inside CERN
2016·8.0
Golden Years
2016·6.3
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
2016·6.8
North v South
2015·5.1
The Sorrows
2013·0.0
Reflections on Titanic
2012·7.2
Outpost 11
2012·4.2
ParaNorman
2012·7.0
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012·0.0
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
2012·7.4
Titanic: Case Closed
2012·5.0
The Kid
2010·6.4
Canoe Man
2010·4.0
Valkyrie
2008·7.0
Franklyn
2008·6.0
Exodus
2008·0.0
Titus: The Gorilla King
2008·8.0
Bombay Railway
2008·0.0
Save Angel Hope
2007·4.9
Exodus
2007·5.8
The Crumblegiant
2007·0.0
The Heart of the Earth
2007·4.9
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
2006·7.2
Joy Division
2006·5.2
No Go: The Free Derry Story
2006·0.0
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006·8.8
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006·8.9
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
2006·0.0
Ocean Odyssey
2006·7.4
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
2006·9.0
The Last Tommy
2005·10.0
A Very Social Secretary
2005·6.3
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005·6.2
Heatwave
2005·6.0
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
2005·0.0
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004·0.0
Wimbledon
2004·6.2
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004·0.0
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003·8.5
Gothika
2003·6.2
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003·6.0
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002·8.4
The Scorpion King
2002·5.6
Going Off Big Time
2000·6.4
Eisenstein
2000·6.2
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000·8.0
A Question of Faith
2000·6.5
The Criminal
1999·5.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999·6.4
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999·5.6
Great Expectations
1999·6.4
True Crime
1999·6.5
The Titanic Chronicles
1999·8.5
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
1998·9.0
Titanic
1997·7.9
The Mill on the Floss
1997·6.4
The Wind in the Willows
1996·5.8
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996·6.8
First Knight
1995·6.1
Madagascar Skin
1995·5.4
Speaking In Tongues
1994·0.0
Dirtysomething
1994·5.7
Skallagrigg
1994·4.0
Olly's Prison
1993·9.0
The Art of Tripping
1993·9.0
Shepherd on the Rock
1993·7.0
A Question of Identity
1992·7.0
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992·5.4
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992·0.0
The Law Lord
1992·9.0
Shoot the Revolution
1990·0.0
From Moscow to Pietushki
1990·8.0
Mountains of the Moon
1990·6.5
Shirley Valentine
1989·6.3
Drowning by Numbers
1988·7.0
Bellman and True
1987·6.5
Boy Soldier
1987·7.5
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986·9.0
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985·0.0
No Surrender
1985·6.7
Restless Natives
1985·6.8
The Burston Rebellion
1985·8.0
The Chain
1984·7.0
Squaring the Circle
1984·5.0
The Bounty
1984·6.8
Samson and Delilah
1984·0.0
Runners
1983·5.4
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983·8.0
Henry VI Part 3
1983·8.0
Henry VI Part 2
1983·7.5
Henry VI Part 1
1983·7.7
Gandhi
1982·7.6
A Turn for the Worse
1981·0.0
Say No to Strangers
1981·7.0
Fox
1980·1.0
The Black Stuff
1980·7.4
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978·0.0
She Fell Among Thieves
1978·5.3
The Spongers
1978·10.0
Pit Strike
1977·0.0
Professional Foul
1977·7.5
Daft Mam Blues
1977·0.0
Our Flesh and Blood
1977·0.0
It Could Happen to You
1976·4.0
Housewives' Choice
1976·0.0
Trial by Combat
1976·7.8
The Peddler
1976·0.0
Hard Labour
1973·6.7