Ciarán Hinds
Born: 1953-02-09 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Midwinter Break as Gerry
2025
- Words of War as Dmitry Muratov
- Is This Thing On? as Jan
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North as Dorrigo Evans 1980s
- A Bear Remembers as Voice of the Bear
- Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland as Narrator
2024
- Three Keenings ... (Executive Producer)
- Cottontail as John
- Ireland's Coast as Narrator
2023
- The Family Plan as McCaffrey
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners as Vincent O'Shea
- Untameable as Narrator (voice)
2022
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Dark Wizard
- The Wonder as Father Thaddeus
- The English as Richard M Watts
- Treason as Sir Martin Angelis
- The Dry as Tom Sheridan
2021
- Zack Snyder's Justice League as Steppenwolf (voice)
- Kin as Eamon Cunningham
- Belfast as Pop
2020
- The Hour as Himself
- The Man in the Hat as The Man In The Hat
2019
- Frozen II as Pabbie (voice)
- Lost Lives as Self
2018
- Elizabeth Harvest as Henry
- The Terror as Sir John Franklin
- Red Sparrow as Alexei Zyuganov
- First Man as Robert R. Gilruth
- Captain Morten and the Spider Queen as Captain Stinger (voice)
- Woman Walks Ahead as James McLaughlin
- National Theatre Collection: Translations as Hugh
- Grace and Goliath as Surgeon
2017
- Justice League as Steppenwolf (voice)
- Axis as Jim (voice)
2016
- Silence as Father Valignano
- Last Days in the Desert as Father
- Bleed for This as Angelo Pazienza
- The Hope Rooms as Eamonn
- My Mother and Other Strangers as Older Francis
2015
- Hitman: Agent 47 as Litvenko
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Mance Rayder
- National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Claudius
- The Driftless Area as Ned
- Love is a Sting as Narrator (voice)
2014
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him as Spencer Ludlow
- McCanick as Quinn
- Delirium
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them as Spencer Ludlow
2013
- Shetland as Michael Maguire
- Frozen as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
- The Sea as Max Morden
- Closed Circuit as Devlin
2012
- John Carter as Tardos Mors
- The Woman in Black as Mr. Daily
- Political Animals as Bud Hammond
- The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self
2011
- Game of Thrones as Mance Rayder
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Aberforth Dumbledore
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Roarke
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Roy Bland
- The Shore as Joe
- The Rite as Father Xavier
- Salvation Boulevard as Jim Hunt
2010
- The Debt as David Peretz
- Life During Wartime as Bill Maplewood
2009
- The Eclipse as Michael Farr
- Race to Witch Mountain as Burke
- Above Suspicion as DCS James Langton
- Glock as Luger
2008
- In Bruges as Priest (uncredited)
- The Tale of Despereaux as Botticelli (voice)
- Ca$h as Barnes
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day as Joe Blomfield
- Stop-Loss as Roy King
2007
- There Will Be Blood as Fletcher Hamilton
- Hallam Foe as Julius Foe
- Margot at the Wedding as Dick Koosman
2006
- Amazing Grace as Lord Tarleton
- The Tiger's Tail as Father Andy
- Miami Vice as FBI Agent John Fujima
- The Nativity Story as Herod
2005
- Rome as Julius Caesar
- Munich as Carl
- Mickybo and Me as Jonjo's Da
2004
- The Phantom of the Opera as Firmin
2003
- The Statement as Pochon
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as Jonathan Reiss
- Veronica Guerin as John Traynor
- Calendar Girls as Rod Harper
- Thursday the 12th as Marius Bannister
- The Mayor of Casterbridge as Michael Henchard
- The Mayor of Casterbridge as Michael Henchard
2002
- Road to Perdition as Finn McGovern
- The Sum of All Fears as President Nemerov
2001
- The Weight of Water as Louis Wagner
2000
- Jason and the Argonauts as King Aeson
- The Sleeper as Fergus Moon
1999
- The Lost Son as Carlos
- The Lost Lover as Adam
- A Time to Love as Peter
1998
- Getting Hurt as Charlie Cross
- Titanic Town as Aidan McPhelimy
1997
- Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
- Oscar and Lucinda as Reverend Dennis Hasset
- The Life of Stuff as David Arbogast
- Ivanhoe as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
1996
- Mary Reilly as Sir Danvers Carew
- Some Mother's Son as Danny Boyle
- Cold Lazarus as Fyodor
- Testament: The Bible in Animation as Lucifer (voice)
1995
- Persuasion as Captain Frederick Wentworth
- The Affair as Edward Leyland
- Circle of Friends as Professor Flynn
1993
- The Man Who Cried as Abel Mason
1992
- Between the Lines as Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
- Hostages as Brian Keenan
1991
- Prime Suspect as Edward Parker-Jones
- Soldier Soldier as Clive Hickey
1990
- December Bride as Frank Echlin
- Who Bombed Birmingham? as Richard McIlkenny
- Perfect Scoundrels as Jack Vosper
- The Mahabharata as Ashwatthaman
- Yellowbacks as Martin Pitt
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Jack Lynch
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Cory
1988
- The Play on One as Martin Pitt
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Jim Browner
1980
- The Long March as Michael Canning
1953
- The Oscars as Self