Cast & creator
Bernard Hill
Best known for Play for Today, Play for Today, Play for Today
Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill is the only actor to have appeared in more than one of the three films awarded 11 Oscars, and one of only three actors to have starred in more than one film grossing more than $1 billion USD, namely: Titanic and The Return of the King (the others being Orlando Bloom who also starred in The Return of the King, as well as Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp who also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Alice in Wonderland). Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King. Hill died on 5th May 2024 at the age of 79.
Also known as: برنارد هیل
115
film credits
51
television credits
165
1964–2024 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (166)
Showing 166 of 166 credits
Play for Today
Edward
1970Play for Today
Graham
1970Play for Today
Eric
1970Play for Today
Bernard Blincoe
1970Play for Today
Sullivan
1970Play for Today
Mick
1970Play for Today
Simon Simpson
1970
Horizon
Narrator
1964
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Théoden
2003
Screen Two
John
1985Screen Two
Tom Higdon
1985Screen Two
Captain Larry
1985
Natural World
1983
Titanic
Captain Smith
1997
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Théoden
2002
ScreenPlay
Octavian Barbu
1986
Unforgotten
Father Robert Greaves
2015
The Responder
Tom Carson
2022
BBC2 Play of the Week
Carson
1977BBC2 Play of the Week
Broadbent
1977
Wolf Hall
Duke of Norfolk
2015
Between the Lines
Chief Constable Harmsworth
1992
HBO First Look
Self
1992
I, Claudius
Gratus
1976
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
In Memory Of
2024
The Scorpion King
Philos
2002
Remembers…
2022
Wild China
Himself - Narrator
2008
ParaNorman
Judge Hopkins (voice)
2012
The Tragedy of Richard III
First Murderer
1983
Five Days
Gerard Hopkirk
2007
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Bottom (voice)
1992
Fairy Tales
Grettongrat
2008
Valkyrie
General - Desert Sequence
2008
Boys from the Blackstuff
Yosser Hughes
1982
Gandhi
Sergeant Putnam
1982Second City Firsts
Billy
1973
First Knight
Knight (uncredited)
1995Premiere
Tom
1977
True Crime
Warden Luther Plunkitt
1999
The Ghost and the Darkness
Dr. David Hawthorne
1996
Gothika
Phil Parsons
2003Once Upon A Time In The North
Len Tollit
1994
Pickersgill People
Harry 'Sharky' Finn
1978One Life
2003
The Bounty
William Cole
1984
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
1999
Joy Division
Dennis
2006
Fox
Vin Fox
1980
The Grid
2004
Franklyn
Esser
2008
Wimbledon
Edward Colt
2004
From There to Here
Samuel
2014
Lipstick on Your Collar
Uncle Fred
1993
Village Hall
Policeman
1974
Reflections on Titanic
Self
2012Childhood
Janey's father
1977
Sunshine
George Crosby
2008
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
1999
The Wind in the Willows
The Engine Driver
1996
Mountains of the Moon
Dr. Livingstone
1990Stages
Joe
1994
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
2006
Shirley Valentine
Joe Bradshaw
1989
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Susan's Father
1999
The Glamour Girls
Boris
1980
Drowning by Numbers
Henry Madgett
1988
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
2006
Shrinks
Frank Beasley
1991
Hope and Wire
Len Russell
2014
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
King William III
2005
Ocean Odyssey
Narrator (voice)
2006
Heatwave
Narrator (voice)
2005
A Very Social Secretary
David Blunkett
2005
Henry VI Part 2
Duke of York
1983
The Heart of the Earth
Sr. Crown
2007
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Self
2004
Collectormania 7
Self
2005
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
1999
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
John Joe
2003
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Self
2004
Surviving Disaster
Himself - Narrator
2006Surviving Disaster
2006
The Black Stuff
Yosser Hughes
1980
Bellman and True
Hiller
1987
The Gambling Man
Frank nickle
1995
Henry VI Part 3
Duke of York
1983
The Mill on the Floss
Edward Tulliver
1997
Our Flesh and Blood
Bernard Blincoe
1977
The Moor
Thornley
2024
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
1983
Runners
Trevor Field
1983
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
Captain EJ Smith
2012The Crumblegiant
Narrator
2007
A Question of Faith
Frederick
2000
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bottom (voice)
1992
Segunda oportunidad
Peter
2018Trade Unions: Seven Days that Shook Young Jim
Bernie
1976
The Kid
Uncle David
2010
Golden Years
Arthur
2016Fox
Vin Fox
1980
Forever Young
Oscar Smith
2024
She Fell Among Thieves
Carson
1978
Housewives' Choice
Eric
1976
Double X: The Name of the Game
Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
1992
Save Angel Hope
Oscar Kurz
2007
Trial by Combat
Blind Freddie
1976
Restless Natives
Will's father
1985
A Turn for the Worse
Simon Simpson
1981
Dirtysomething
Larry
1994
The Law Lord
Martin Allport
1992
Indian Hill Railways
Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
Squaring the Circle
Lech Walesa
1984
The Peddler
Graham
1976
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Narrator (voice)
2000
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
John Lennon
1985
It Could Happen to You
Syph
1976
Theban Plays: Antigone
Messenger
1986
Bombay Railway
Self - Narrator (voice)
2007Exodus
Narrator (voice)
2008
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Mick
1978
A Question of Identity
Erwin van Haarlem
1992
The Chain
Nick
1984
Shepherd on the Rock
Tam Ferrier
1993
India's Frontier Railways
Narrator - (Voice)
2015
Professional Foul
Broadbent
1977Say No to Strangers
Teresa's Dad
1981
The Criminal
Det. Insp. Walker
1999
Going Off Big Time
Murray
2000
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
1999
The Art of Tripping
1993Samson and Delilah
Willie
1984
No Surrender
Bernard
1985
Madagascar Skin
Flint
1995
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Narrator
2016
Eisenstein
The voice of Stalin
2000
Exodus
Pharoah Mann
2007
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Narrator
2004
Shoot the Revolution
Octavian Barbu
1990
North v South
John Claridge
2015
Bombay Railway
Narrator
2008
From Moscow to Pietushki
Readings (voice)
1990
Speaking In Tongues
Joe
1994
The Burston Rebellion
Tom Higdon
1985
Hard Labour
Edward Thornley
1973
Daft Mam Blues
Billy
1977
Titanic: Case Closed
2012
No Go: The Free Derry Story
Narrator (voice)
2006
The Spongers
Sullivan
1978
Canoe Man
John Darwin
2010
Skallagrigg
John
1994
Pit Strike
Tom
1977
Boy Soldier
Officer
1987
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
Richard
2017
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
Erzähler
2006
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012
The Sorrows
2013
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Titus: The Gorilla King
Narrator
2008
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
Narrator (voice)
2006
Inside CERN
Narrator
2016Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
2005Olly's Prison
Mike
1993
Outpost 11
Cranleigh
2012Titanic: Secrets Revealed
Host
1998The Last Tommy
Narrator
2005