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Starring:

Ian Holm

Ian Holm
  • First Movie - Roberts Wife 1957
  • Last Movie - Alien: Romulus 2024
  • Total Movies - 88
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - £61,618,595
    • US: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - $377,845,905
    • World: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - $1,146,030,912
  • Combined grosses
    • UK - £329.9 Million
    • US - $2.4 Billion
    • Global - $6.6 Billion
  • Highest Rated Movie - The Hour of the Pig (1993) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - () - 0%

Acting credits By Year of release

Alien: Romulus

(Ian Holm plays Rook)

Director(s):
2024

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(Ian Holm plays Old Bilbo)

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian McKellenMartin Freeman • Richard Armitage • Evangeline LillyLee Pace
2014

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

(Ian Holm plays Old Bilbo)

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian McKellenMartin Freeman • Richard Armitage • James Nesbitt • Ken Stott
2012

Ratatouille

(Ian Holm plays Skinner)

Director(s):
Starring:
Patton Oswalt • Ian Holm • Lou Romano • Brian Dennehy • Peter Sohn
2007

Renaissance

(Ian Holm plays Jonas Muller)

Director(s):
Christian Volckman

Starring:
Daniel Craig • Romola Garai • Ian Holm • Kevork Malikyan • Catherine McCormack

2006

The Treatment

(Ian Holm plays Dr. Ernesto Morales)

Director(s):
Oren Rudavsky

Starring:
Chris Eigeman • Stephanie March • Ian HolmFamke Janssen • Peter Vack

2006

O Jerusalem

(Ian Holm plays Ben Gurion)

Director(s):
Elie Chouraqui

Starring:
JJ Feild • Saïd Taghmaoui • Maria Papas • Patrick Bruel • Ian Holm

2006

Chromophobia

(Ian Holm plays Edward Aylesbury)

Director(s):
Martha Fiennes

Starring:

2005

Lord of War

Director(s):
Andrew Niccol

Starring:
Nicolas Cage • Bridget Moynahan • Jared Leto • Shake Tukhmanyan • Jean-Pierre Nshanian

2005

Strangers With Candy

(Ian Holm plays Dr. Putney)

Director(s):
Paul Dinello

Starring:
Amy Sedaris • Paul Sedaris • Chandra Wilson • Kristy Thomas • Dee Finley

2005

The Last Dragon

(Ian Holm plays Narrator)

Director(s):
Justin Hardy

Starring:
Paul Hilton • Katrine Bach • Aidan Woodward • Tom Chadbon • Niccolo Cioni

2004

The Aviator

(Ian Holm plays Professor Fitz)

Director(s):
Starring:
2004

Garden State

Director(s):
Zach Braff

Starring:
Zach BraffIan HolmPeter Sarsgaard • Alex Burns • Jackie Hoffman

2004

The Day After Tomorrow

(Ian Holm plays Terry Rapson)

Director(s):
Starring:
Dennis QuaidJake Gyllenhaal • Emmy Rossum • Dash Mihok • Jay O. Sanders
2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(Ian Holm plays Bilbo)

Director(s):
Starring:
2003

Waterbaby

(Ian Holm plays God)

Director(s):
Roger EatonAlan Fleming

Starring:
Bryony Elliot • Ian Holm

2002

From Hell

Director(s):
Albert HughesAllen Hughes

Starring:
Johnny DeppHeather GrahamIan HolmRobbie Coltrane • Ian Richardson

2002

The Emperors New Clothes

(Ian Holm plays Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand)

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian Holm • Iben Hjejle • Tim McInnerny • Tom Watson • Nigel Terry

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

(Ian Holm plays Bilbo)

Director(s):
Starring:
2001

Bless the Child

Director(s):
Chuck Russell

Starring:
Kim Basinger • Jimmy Smits • Holliston Coleman • Rufus Sewell • Angela Bettis

2001

Esther Kahn

(Ian Holm plays Nathan Quellen)

Director(s):
Arnaud Desplechin

Starring:
Summer Phoenix • Ian Holm • Fabrice Desplechin • Akbar Kurtha • Frances Barber

2000

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

(Ian Holm plays Patrick)

Director(s):
Starring:
Judi DenchIan Holm • Leslie Caron • Olympia Dukakis • Cleo Laine

2000

The Miracle Maker

Director(s):
Derek W. HayesStanislav Sokolov

Starring:
Ralph Fiennes • Michael Bryant • Julie Christie • Rebecca Callard • James Frain
2000

Beautiful Joe

(Ian Holm plays George The Geek)

Director(s):
Stephen Metcalfe

Starring:
Sharon StoneBilly Connolly • Gil Bellows • Jurnee Smollett • Dillon Moen

2000

Joe Goulds Secret

Director(s):
Stanley Tucci

Starring:
Ian HolmStanley Tucci • Hope Davis • Sarah Hyland • Hallee Hirsh

2000

Simon Magus

(Ian Holm plays Sirius / Boris / Head)

Director(s):
Ben Hopkins

Starring:
Noah Taylor • Stuart Townsend • Embeth Davidtz • Rutger Hauer • Ian Holm

1999

The Match

(Ian Holm plays Big Tam)

Director(s):
Mick Davis

Starring:
Max Beesley • Isla Blair • James Cosmo • Laura Fraser • Richard E. Grant

1999

eXistenZ

(Ian Holm plays Kiri Vinokur)

Director(s):
Starring:
Jennifer Jason Leigh • Jude LawIan HolmWillem Dafoe • Don McKellar

1999

Animal Farm

(Ian Holm plays Squealer)

Director(s):
John Stephenson

Starring:
Kelsey Grammer • Ian HolmJulia Louis-Dreyfus • Julia Ormond • Pete Postlethwaite

1999

Wisconsin Death Trip

(Ian Holm plays Narrator)

Director(s):
James Marsh

Starring:
Ian Holm • Jeffrey Golden • Jo Vukelich • Marcus Monroe • Marilyn White

1999

Shergar

(Ian Holm plays Joseph Maguire)

Director(s):
Dennis C. Lewiston

Starring:
Alan Barker • Billy Boyle • Stephen Brennan • Gary Cady • Denny Cain

1999

Alice Through the Looking Glass

(Ian Holm plays White Knight)

Director(s):
Starring:
Kate Beckinsale • Charlotte Curley • Penelope Wilton • Geoffrey Palmer • Louise J. Taylor

1998

Incognito

(Ian Holm plays John)

Director(s):
John Badham

Starring:
Jason Patric • Irene Jacob • Thomas Lockyer • Ian Richardson • Simon Chandler

1997

A Life Less Ordinary

Director(s):
Starring:
Ewan McGregorCameron Diaz • Holly Hunter • Delroy Lindo • Dan Hedaya
1997

The Sweet Hereafter

(Ian Holm plays Mitchell)

Director(s):
Atom Egoyan

Starring:
Ian Holm • Caerthan Banks • Sarah Polley • Tom McCamus • Gabrielle Rose

1997

Night Falls On Manhattan

(Ian Holm plays Liam Casey)

Director(s):
Sidney Lumet

Starring:
Andy Garcia • Ian Holm • James Gandolfini • Lena Olin • Shiek Mahmud-Bey

1997

The Fifth Element

Director(s):
1997

Big Night

(Ian Holm plays Pascal)

Director(s):
Campbell ScottStanley Tucci

Starring:
Marc Anthony • Tony Shalhoub • Stanley Tucci • Larry Block • Caroline Aaron

1996

Loch Ness

Director(s):
Starring:
Ted DansonJoely RichardsonIan Holm • Harris Yulin • James Frain

1996

Little Red Riding Hood

(Ian Holm plays Don Mini the Narrator)

Director(s):
Donald Sturrock

Starring:
Scott Ambler • Danny DeVito • Maxine Dubois • Peter Elliott • Jessica Fox

1995

The Madness of King George

(Ian Holm plays Willis)

Director(s):
Starring:
Nigel Hawthorne • Helen MirrenIan Holm • Rupert Graves • Amanda Donohoe

1994

Mary Shelleys Frankenstein

(Ian Holm plays Victor's Father)

Director(s):
1994

The Hour of the Pig

(Ian Holm plays Albertus)

Director(s):
Leslie Megahey

Starring:
Colin FirthIan Holm • Donald Pleasence • Amina Annabi • Nicol Williamson
1993

Naked Lunch

(Ian Holm plays Tom Frost)

Director(s):
Starring:
Peter Weller • Judy Davis • Ian Holm • Julian Sands • Roy Scheider
1992

Blue Ice

Director(s):
Starring:
Michael Caine • Sean Young • Ian Holm • Bobby Short • Alun Armstrong

1992

Kafka

Director(s):
Starring:
Jeremy Irons • Theresa Russell • Joel Grey • Ian HolmAlec Guinness

1991

Hamlet

(Ian Holm plays Polonius)

Director(s):
Franco Zeffirelli

Starring:
Mel Gibson • Glenn Close • Alan Bates • Paul Scofield • Ian Holm
1990

The Tailor of Gloucester

(Ian Holm plays The Tailor)

Director(s):
John Michael Phillips

Starring:
Ian Holm • Thora Hird • Barrie Ingham • Jude Law • Benjamin Luxon

1989

Henry V

(Ian Holm plays Captain Fluellen)

Director(s):
Starring:
Derek JacobiKenneth Branagh • Simon Shepherd • James Larkin • Brian Blessed
1989

Another Woman

(Ian Holm plays Ken)

Director(s):
Starring:
Gena Rowlands • Mia Farrow • Ian Holm • Blythe Danner • Gene Hackman

1988

The Browning Version

(Ian Holm plays Andrew Crocker-Harris)

Director(s):
Michael A. Simpson

Starring:
Ian HolmJudi Dench • Michael Kitchen • John Woodvine • Steven Mackintosh

1985

Star Quality: Mr. & Mrs. Edgehill

(Ian Holm plays Eustace Edgehill)

Director(s):
Gavin Millar

Starring:
Judi DenchIan Holm • Rachel Gurney • Alan MacNaughtan • Robert Blythe
1985

Dance With a Stranger

(Ian Holm plays Desmond Cussen)

Director(s):
Mike Newell

Starring:
Miranda Richardson • Rupert EverettIan Holm • Matthew Carroll • Tom Chadbon

1985

Brazil

(Ian Holm plays Mr. Kurtzmann)

Director(s):
Starring:
Jonathan PryceRobert De Niro • Katherine Helmond • Ian Holm • Bob Hoskins

1985

Wetherby

(Ian Holm plays Stanley Pilborough)

Director(s):
David Hare

Starring:
Vanessa RedgraveIan HolmJudi Dench • Marjorie Yates • Tom Wilkinson

1985

Dreamchild

(Ian Holm plays Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll)

Director(s):
Gavin Millar

Starring:
Coral Browne • Ian Holm • Peter Gallagher • Caris Corfman • Nicola Cowper

1985

Laughterhouse

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian HolmPenelope Wilton • Bill Owen • Richard Hope • Stephen Moore

1985

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan - Lord of the Apes

(Ian Holm plays Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot)

Director(s):
Hugh Hudson

Starring:
Ralph Richardson • Ian Holm • James Fox • Christopher Lambert • Andie MacDowell
1984

Singletons Pluck

(Ian Holm plays Ben Singleton)

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian HolmPenelope Wilton • Bill Owen • Richard Hope • Stephen Moore

1984

The Return of the Soldier

(Ian Holm plays Doctor Anderson)

Director(s):
Alan Bridges

Starring:
Julie Christie • Glenda Jackson • Ann-Margret • Alan Bates • Ian Holm

1982

Inside the Third Reich

(Ian Holm plays Dr. Joseph Goebbels)

Director(s):
Marvin J. Chomsky

Starring:
Rutger Hauer • John Gielgud • Maria Schell • Blythe Danner • Trevor Howard

1982

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

(Ian Holm plays Lech Walesa)

Director(s):
Leslie Woodhead

Starring:
Ian Holm • Frances Cox • Jonathan Adams • Tommy Boyle • Jon Laurimore

1981

Time Bandits

(Ian Holm plays Napoleon)

Director(s):
Starring:
John CleeseSean Connery • Shelley Duvall • Katherine Helmond • Ian Holm
1981

Chariots of Fire

(Ian Holm plays Sam Mussabini)

Director(s):
Hugh Hudson

Starring:
Nicholas Farrell • Nigel Havers • Ian Charleson • Ben Cross • Daniel Gerroll

1981

Festival: The Misanthrope

(Ian Holm plays Alceste)

Director(s):
Michael Simpson

Starring:
Ian Holm • Cherie Lunghi • Nigel Hawthorne • Annette Crosbie • Michael Kitchen

1980

Alien

(Ian Holm plays Ash)

Director(s):
Starring:
Tom Skerritt • Sigourney Weaver • Veronica Cartwright • Harry Dean Stanton • John Hurt
1979

All Quiet On the Western Front

(Ian Holm plays Himmelstoss)

Director(s):
Delbert Mann

Starring:
Richard Thomas • Ernest Borgnine • Donald Pleasence • Ian Holm • Patricia Neal

1979

S.O.S. Titanic

(Ian Holm plays J. Bruce Ismay)

Director(s):
William Hale

Starring:
Harry Andrews • David Battley • Ed Bishop • Tony Caunter • Nicholas Davies

1979

The Thief of Baghdad

(Ian Holm plays The Gatekeeper)

Director(s):
Clive Donner

Starring:
Roddy McDowall • Kabir Bedi • Frank Finlay • Marina Vlady • Pavla Ustinov

1978

Les Misérables

(Ian Holm plays Thenardier)

Director(s):
Glenn Jordan

Starring:
Richard Jordan • Anthony Perkins • Cyril Cusack • Claude Dauphin • John Gielgud

1978

March Or Die

(Ian Holm plays El Krim)

Director(s):
Dick Richards

Starring:
Gene Hackman • Terence Hill • Catherine Deneuve • Max von SydowIan Holm

1977

The Man In the Iron Mask

(Ian Holm plays Duval)

Director(s):
Mike Newell

Starring:
Richard Chamberlain • Patrick McGoohan • Louis Jourdan • Jenny AgutterIan Holm

1977

Robin and Marian

Director(s):
Richard Lester

Starring:
Sean Connery • Audrey Hepburn • Robert Shaw • Richard Harris • Nicol Williamson

1976

Shout At the Devil

Director(s):
Peter R. Hunt

Starring:
Lee Marvin • Roger Moore • Barbara Parkins • Ian Holm • Reinhard Kolldehoff

1976

Juggernaut

Director(s):
Richard Lester

Starring:
Richard Harris • Omar Sharif • David Hemmings • Anthony Hopkins • Shirley Knight

1974

The Homecoming

(Ian Holm plays Lenny)

Director(s):
Peter Hall

Starring:
Paul Rogers • Ian Holm • Cyril Cusack • Terence Rigby • Michael Jayston

1973

Young Winston

(Ian Holm plays George Buckle)

Starring:
Simon Ward • Peter Cellier • Ronald Hines • Dino Shafeek • John Mills

1972

Mary, Queen of Scots

(Ian Holm plays David Riccio)

Director(s):
Charles Jarrott

Starring:
Vanessa Redgrave • Glenda Jackson • Patrick McGoohan • Timothy Dalton • Nigel Davenport

1971

Nicholas and Alexandra

(Ian Holm plays Yakovlev)

Starring:
Michael Jayston • Janet Suzman • Roderic Noble • Ania Marson • Lynne Frederick

1971

A Severed Head

(Ian Holm plays Martin Lynch-Gibbon)

Director(s):
Dick Clement

Starring:
Lee Remick • Richard Attenborough • Ian Holm • Claire Bloom • Jennie Linden

1971

Oh! What a Lovely War

Starring:
Wendy Allnutt • Colin Farrell • Malcolm McFee • John Rae • Corin Redgrave

1969

The Fixer

(Ian Holm plays Grubeshov)

Director(s):
John Frankenheimer

Starring:
Alan Bates • Dirk Bogarde • Georgia Brown • Hugh Griffith • Elizabeth Hartman

1968

The Bofors Gun

(Ian Holm plays Flynn)

Director(s):
Jack Gold

Starring:
Nicol Williamson • Ian Holm • David Warner • Peter Vaughan • John Thaw

1968

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Director(s):
Peter Hall

Starring:
Derek Godfrey • Barbara Jefford • Nicholas Selby • Hugh Sullivan • David Warner

1968

The Cherry Orchard

(Ian Holm plays Piotr Sergeyevich Trofimov, a Student)

Director(s):
Michael Elliott

Starring:
Peggy Ashcroft • John Gielgud • Dorothy Tutin • Judi Dench • George Murcell

1962

A Midsummer Night's Dream

(Ian Holm plays Puck)

Director(s):
Peter Hall

Starring:
Georgine Anderson • Stephanie Bidmead • Michael Blakemore • David Buck • Zoe Caldwell

1959

Girls At Sea

Director(s):
Gilbert Gunn

Starring:
Guy Rolfe • Ronald Shiner • Michael Hordern • Anne Kimbell • Nadine Tallier
1958

Roberts Wife

(Ian Holm plays Bob)

Director(s):

Starring:
Anthony Bushell • Constance Chapman • Michael Hitchman • Ian Holm • Billy Poeton

1957