Ian Holm

Acting

Born 1931-09-12 Died 2020-06-19 Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK 187 credits BAFTA Awards 2 Tony Awards 1 Laurence Olivier Awards 1 Annie Award 1 Knight Bachelor 1 Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

1982 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Chariots of Fire

BAFTA Awards 2 won

1982 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Won Chariots of Fire
1969 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Won The Bofors Gun

Tony Awards 1 won

1967 Best Featured Actor in a Play Won

Laurence Olivier Awards 1 won

— Laurence Olivier Awards Won

Annie Award 1 won

— Annie Award Won

Knight Bachelor 1 won

1998 Knight Bachelor Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

1989 Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won

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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 notable films he appeared in include Alien (1979), Brazil (1985), Henry V (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and The Aviator (2004). He gained wider appreciation for his role as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He also voiced Chef Skinner in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.