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Ciarán Hinds

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1953-02-09 (Age: 73)

Place of Birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Ciarán Hinds

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.

Filmography (103)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

2027
⭐ 0 Role: Mr O'Connor

The Three Urns

2026
⭐ 6.6 Role: Gerry

Midwinter Break

2026
⭐ 6.6 Role: Jan

Is This Thing On?

2025
⭐ 6.6 Role: Dmitry Muratov

Words of War

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland

2025
⭐ 7.0 Role: Voice of the Bear

A Bear Remembers

2025
⭐ 6.3 Role: John

Cottontail

2024
⭐ 7.2 Role: McCaffrey

The Family Plan

2023
⭐ 6.5 Role: Vincent O'Shea

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator (voice)

Untameable

2023
⭐ 6.6 Role: Father Thaddeus

The Wonder

2022
⭐ 7.0 Role: Pop

Belfast

2021
⭐ 8.1 Role: Steppenwolf (voice)

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021
⭐ 6.0 Role: The Man In The Hat

The Man in the Hat

2020