Ciarán Hinds
Born February 09, 1953 (Age: 73)
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Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut. His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV. As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut.
His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV.
As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Midwinter Break
2026
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as Gerry
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Age: 73
Is This Thing On?
2025
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as Jan
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Age: 72
Belfast
2021
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as Pop
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Age: 68
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
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as Steppenwolf (voice)
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Age: 68
Frozen II
2019
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as Pabbie (voice)
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Age: 66
First Man
2018
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as Robert R. Gilruth
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Age: 65
Red Sparrow
2018
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as Alexei Zyuganov
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Age: 65
Justice League
2017
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as Steppenwolf (voice)
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Age: 64
Silence
2016
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as Father Valignano
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Age: 63
Bleed for This
2016
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as Angelo Pazienza
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Age: 63
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
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as Litvenko
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Age: 62
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
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as Spencer Ludlow
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Age: 61
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
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as Spencer Ludlow
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Age: 61
Frozen
2013
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as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
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Age: 60
Closed Circuit
2013
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as Devlin
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Age: 60
John Carter
2012
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as Tardos Mors
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Age: 59
The Woman in Black
2012
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as Mr. Daily
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Age: 58
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
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as Roarke
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Age: 58
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
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as Roy Bland
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Age: 58
Salvation Boulevard
2011
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as Jim Hunt
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Age: 58
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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as Aberforth Dumbledore
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Age: 58
The Rite
2011
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as Father Xavier
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Age: 57
The Debt
2010
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as David Peretz
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Age: 57
Life During Wartime
2010
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as Bill Maplewood
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Age: 57
Race to Witch Mountain
2009
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as Burke
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Age: 56
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
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as Botticelli (voice)
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Age: 55
Stop-Loss
2008
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as Roy King
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Age: 55
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
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as Joe Blomfield
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Age: 55
In Bruges
2008
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as Priest (uncredited)
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Age: 54
There Will Be Blood
2007
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as Fletcher Hamilton
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Age: 54
Margot at the Wedding
2007
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as Dick Koosman
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Age: 54
Hallam Foe
2007
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as Julius Foe
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Age: 54
The Nativity Story
2006
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as Herod
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Age: 53
Amazing Grace
2006
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as Lord Tarleton
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Age: 53
Miami Vice
2006
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as FBI Agent John Fujima
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Age: 53
Munich
2005
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as Carl
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Age: 52
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
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as Firmin
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Age: 51
Calendar Girls
2003
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as Rod Harper
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Age: 50
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
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as Jonathan Reiss
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Age: 50
Veronica Guerin
2003
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as John Traynor
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Age: 50
Road to Perdition
2002
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as Finn McGovern
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Age: 49
The Sum of All Fears
2002
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as President Nemerov
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Age: 49
The Weight of Water
2001
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as Louis Wagner
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Age: 48
The Sleeper
2000
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as Fergus Moon
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Age: 47
Titanic Town
1998
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as Aidan McPhelimy
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Age: 45
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
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as Reverend Dennis Hasset
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Age: 44
Persuasion
1995
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as Captain Frederick Wentworth
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Age: 42
Circle of Friends
1995
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as Professor Flynn
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Age: 42
Yellowbacks
1990
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as Martin Pitt
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Age: 37
December Bride
1990
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as Frank Echlin
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Age: 37
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
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as Cory
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Age: 36
Excalibur
1981
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as Lot
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Age: 28