Ian Holm
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in films. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II. Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role in the 1998 West End production of King Lear. For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear (1998), and the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2003). He gained acclaim for his role in The Bofors Gun (1968) winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award win for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981). Other not…
Acting
- 20091066: The Battle for Middle EarthGeschichtenerzähler2 ep.
- 2006LegendsSelf - Narrator (voice)1 ep.
- 2003Monsters We MetNarrator3 ep.
- 2001Secret AgentNarrator4 ep.
- 1999Shanghai ViceHimself - Narrator7 ep.
- 1993The Return of the BorrowersPod6 ep.
- 1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsThe Tailor (voice)1 ep.
- 1992The BorrowersPod12 ep.
- 1991Secret HistoryNarrator1 ep.
- 1991PerformanceKing Lear4 ep.
- 1990A Season of GiantsLorenzo de' Medici3 ep.
- 1990StalinSelf - Narrator (voice)3 ep.
- 1990ChillersChristopher Waggoner1 ep.
- 1989The Endless GameControl2 ep.
- 1988Game, Set, and MatchBernard Samson13 ep.
- 1988Korea: The Unknown WarNarrator (voice)6 ep.
- 1985TelevisionSelf - Narrator (voice)13 ep.
- 1985Screen TwoF.R. Leavis2 ep.
- 1983Natural WorldNarrator7 ep.
- 1982Inside the Third ReichDr. Joseph Goebbels2 ep.
- 1982The BellMichael Meade4 ep.
- 198140 MinutesNarrator2 ep.
- 1980We, the AccusedPaul Presset5 ep.
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedAlan Corwin1 ep.
- 1978The Lost BoysJ.M. Barrie3 ep.
- 1978HolocaustHeinrich Himmler2 ep.
- 1978Do You Remember?Walter Street1 ep.
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekJ.M. Barrie4 ep.
- 1977Jesus of NazarethZerah4 ep.
- 1977Jubilee 1977Bill Ramsey1 ep.
- 1975Private AffairsDavid Garrick1 ep.
- 1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinWedderburn1 ep.
- 1974MasqueradeBlake1 ep.
- 1974Napoleon and LoveNapoleon Bonaparte9 ep.
- 1974NOVANarrator2 ep.
- 1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesCharles Stubbs1 ep.
- 1972The Man from HavenJack Byron Lever6 ep.
- 1972The FrightenersGordon1 ep.
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDavid Peters1 ep.
- 1966Mystery and ImaginationDr Frankenstein / The Being2 ep.
- 1965The Power GameSefton Kemp4 ep.
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthOedipus3 ep.
- 1965National Geographic SpecialsNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 1965The Wars of the RosesRichard III2 ep.
- 1964HorizonNarrator1 ep.
- 1961Survival1 ep.
- 1956Armchair TheatreJamie Norton3 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2007LegendsSelf - Narrator (voice)1 ep.
- 1995Natural WorldNarrator7 ep.
- 2003Days That Shook the WorldNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 1975NOVANarrator, Narrator (voice)2 ep.
- 1991PerformanceAstrov, Duff, King Lear, Sir William Collyer4 ep.
- 1992Screen TwoAlbertus, F.R. Leavis2 ep.
- 1993The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsThe Tailor (voice)1 ep.
- 1992HorizonNarrator1 ep.
- 1991Secret HistoryNarrator1 ep.
- 1990ChillersChristopher Waggoner1 ep.
- 198640 MinutesNarrator2 ep.
- 1985Film '72Self1 ep.
- 1972BBC Play of the MonthAlceste, Khrushchov, Oedipus3 ep.
- 1982Play for TodayAlexei1 ep.
- 1982Tales of the UnexpectedAlan Corwin1 ep.
- 1981National Geographic SpecialsNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 1979Hallmark Hall of FameHimmelstoss1 ep.
- 1978BBC2 Play of the WeekJ.M. Barrie, The Man4 ep.
- 1978Do You Remember?Walter Street1 ep.
- 1978HolocaustHeinrich Himmler2 ep.
- 1977Jubilee 1977Bill Ramsey1 ep.
- 1975Private AffairsDavid Garrick1 ep.
- 1975The Lives of Benjamin FranklinWedderburn1 ep.
- 1974MasqueradeBlake1 ep.
- 1974Orson Welles' Great MysteriesCharles Stubbs1 ep.
- 1972The FrightenersGordon1 ep.
- 1971ITV PlayhouseHuw1 ep.
- 1963Armchair TheatreEdward Gobey, Jamie Norton, Reverend P. Bagley3 ep.
- 1970The Wednesday PlayMark Lang1 ep.
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDavid Peters1 ep.
- 1966Mystery and ImaginationDr Frankenstein / The Being, Wolfe MacFarlane2 ep.
- 1966The Power GameSefton Kemp4 ep.
- 1965The Wars of the RosesRichard III2 ep.
- 1960Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee1 ep.
Also known as: Ian Holm Cuthbert · Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE · Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert · Sir Ian Holm