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Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

Bernard Hill was an English actor whose stage and screen career lasted more than fifty years. Born in Blackley, Manchester, he trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama after a classmate, Mike Leigh, pushed him toward acting. He first drew notice as the embattled Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's The Black Stuff (1980) and its sequel Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), which brought him a BAFTA TV Award nomination; a second nomination followed for A Very Social Secretary (2005). International fame came with Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (1997) and King Theoden in the second and third Lord of the Rings films (2002 and 2003). His other films included Gandhi (1982), The Bounty (1984), Shirley Valentine (1989), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), True Crime (1999), Valkyrie (2008) and ParaNorman (2012). He also appeared in television dramas such as I, Claudius (1976) and Wolf Hall (2015), and won an Actor Award.

79years old at death

  • Born Blackley
  • Died Reydon
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
40 years1984 to 2024

Genres

First and latest

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  1. A first

    Hill had roles in Titanic and in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Those are two of just three films that won 11 Academy Awards, and he was the only actor in more than one of them.

  2. Early training

    Hill attended Xaverian College in Rusholme and began training as a teacher, but a classmate, Mike Leigh, who became a well known writer and director, convinced him to go into acting.

  3. Early training

    Hill and Richard Griffiths both enrolled at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama. Hill graduated with a Diploma in Theatre in 1970.

Bernard Hill movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 Adventure, Drama, Fantasyas Theoden

    IMDb rating 9.02.2M votes

  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002 Action, Adventure, Dramaas Theoden

    IMDb rating 8.82.0M votes

  3. Titanic1997as Captain Smith

    IMDb rating 8.01.4M votes

  4. The Scorpion King2002as Philos

    IMDb rating 5.5153K votes

  5. Gothika2003as Phil Parsons

    IMDb rating 5.9125K votes

  6. Wimbledon2004as Edward Colt

    IMDb rating 6.469K votes

  7. The Ghost and the Darkness1996as Dr. David Hawthorne

    IMDb rating 6.871K votes

  8. The Bounty1984as William Cole

    IMDb rating 7.135K votes

Most often with

Peter Jackson directed two of these films, Richard Loncraine two and Michael Hoffman two. Nineteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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David Warner, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with David WarnerSean Astin, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Sean AstinTom Wilkinson, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Tom WilkinsonCate Blanchett, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Cate BlanchettElijah Wood, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Elijah WoodFrances Fisher, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Frances FisherPeter JacksonDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Peter JacksonRichard LoncraineDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Richard LoncraineMichael HoffmanDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Michael Hoffman

Films together

Box office

What Bernard Hill's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$5.1 billion

19 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 19 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.

  • 19Worldwide figure
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 5Figure not found

Top grosser

Titanic1997as Captain Smith$2.3 billion

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Titanic1997as Captain Smith
    $2.3B44.5% of the total
  2. 2
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003as Theoden
    $1.1B22.0% of the total
  3. 3
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002as Theoden
    $926M18.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Valkyrie2008as General - Desert Sequence
    $200M3.9% of the total
  5. 5
    The Scorpion King2002as Philos
    $165M3.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Gothika2003as Phil Parsons
    $142M2.8% of the total
  7. 7
    ParaNorman2012as The Judge (voice)
    $107M2.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Wimbledon2004as Edward Colt
    $42M0.8% of the total
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), $38.6 millionShirley Valentine (1989), $38.0 millionTrue Crime (1999), $16.7 millionA Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), $16.1 millionThe Bounty (1984), $8.6 millionMountains of the Moon (1990), $4.0 millionThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005), $2.4 millionMr. Toad's Wild Ride (1996), $2.3 millionDrowning by Numbers (1988), $424,773Joy Division (2006), $283,599Bellman and True (1987), $226,944

$128 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total

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