1953-02-09 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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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A Bear Remembers | Voice of the Bear | 2025-02-01 |
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Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland | Narrator | 2025-03-17 |
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Is This Thing On? | Jan | 2025-12-19 |
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Words of War | Dmitry Muratov | 2025-05-02 |
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Cottontail | John | 2024-02-24 |
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The Family Plan | McCaffrey | 2023-12-14 |
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Untameable | Narrator (voice) | 2023-01-01 |
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Vincent O'Shea | 2023-10-06 |
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The Wonder | Father Thaddeus | 2022-11-02 |
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Belfast | Pop | 2021-11-12 |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Steppenwolf (voice) | 2021-03-18 |
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The Hour | Himself | 2020-08-19 |
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The Man in the Hat | The Man In The Hat | 2020-09-18 |
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Lost Lives | Self | 2019-10-10 |
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Frozen II | Pabbie (voice) | 2019-11-20 |
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Red Sparrow | Alexei Zyuganov | 2018-02-15 |
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Woman Walks Ahead | James McLaughlin | 2018-06-28 |
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Captain Morten and the Spider Queen | Captain Stinger (voice) | 2018-08-15 |
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National Theatre Collection: Translations | Hugh | 2018-07-31 |
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Grace and Goliath | Surgeon | 2018-10-05 |
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First Man | Robert R. Gilruth | 2018-10-10 |
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Elizabeth Harvest | Henry | 2018-08-10 |
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Justice League | Steppenwolf (voice) | 2017-11-15 |
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Axis | Jim (voice) | 2017-04-07 |
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Last Days in the Desert | Father | 2016-05-13 |
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Bleed for This | Angelo Pazienza | 2016-11-04 |
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Silence | Father Valignano | 2016-12-23 |
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The Hope Rooms | Eamonn | 2016-08-04 |
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Love is a Sting | Narrator (voice) | 2015-07-01 |
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Hitman: Agent 47 | Litvenko | 2015-08-20 |
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Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Mance Rayder | 2015-01-29 |
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Claudius | 2015-10-15 |
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The Driftless Area | Ned | 2015-04-18 |
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McCanick | Quinn | 2014-02-17 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Spencer Ludlow | 2014-10-10 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Spencer Ludlow | 2014-05-14 |
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Frozen | Pabbie / Grandpa (voice) | 2013-11-20 |
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The Sea | Max Morden | 2013-06-23 |
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Closed Circuit | Devlin | 2013-08-28 |
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John Carter | Tardos Mors | 2012-03-07 |
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The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Self | 2012-06-12 |
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The Woman in Black | Mr. Daily | 2012-02-03 |
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The Rite | Father Xavier | 2011-01-28 |
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Roarke | 2011-12-10 |
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Roy Bland | 2011-09-16 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Aberforth Dumbledore | 2011-07-12 |
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Salvation Boulevard | Jim Hunt | 2011-07-15 |
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The Shore | Joe | 2011-02-10 |
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Life During Wartime | Bill Maplewood | 2010-04-16 |
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The Debt | David Peretz | 2010-09-30 |
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Race to Witch Mountain | Burke | 2009-03-13 |
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The Eclipse | Michael Farr | 2009-04-24 |
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Glock | Luger | 2009-12-31 |
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Stop-Loss | Roy King | 2008-03-28 |
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Ca$h | Barnes | 2008-04-23 |
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Joe Blomfield | 2008-03-07 |
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The Tale of Despereaux | Botticelli (voice) | 2008-12-18 |
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In Bruges | Priest (uncredited) | 2008-02-08 |
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There Will Be Blood | Fletcher Hamilton | 2007-12-26 |
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Hallam Foe | Julius Foe | 2007-02-16 |
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Margot at the Wedding | Dick Koosman | 2007-11-16 |
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Amazing Grace | Lord Tarleton | 2006-09-16 |
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The Nativity Story | Herod | 2006-11-30 |
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Miami Vice | FBI Agent John Fujima | 2006-07-27 |
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The Tiger's Tail | Father Andy | 2006-09-26 |
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Mickybo and Me | Jonjo's Da | 2005-03-25 |
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Munich | Carl | 2005-12-23 |
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The Phantom of the Opera | Firmin | 2004-12-08 |
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Calendar Girls | Rod Harper | 2003-09-02 |
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Veronica Guerin | John Traynor | 2003-07-11 |
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Thursday the 12th | Marius Bannister | 2003-04-06 |
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The Statement | Pochon | 2003-12-12 |
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The Mayor of Casterbridge | Michael Henchard | 2003-12-28 |
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Jonathan Reiss | 2003-07-21 |
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Road to Perdition | Finn McGovern | 2002-07-12 |
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The Sum of All Fears | President Nemerov | 2002-05-31 |
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The Weight of Water | Louis Wagner | 2001-03-30 |
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The Sleeper | Fergus Moon | 2000-12-26 |
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Il tempo dell'amore | Peter | 1999-09-10 |
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The Lost Son | Carlos | 1999-06-25 |
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L'amante perduto | Adam | 1999-10-05 |
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Getting Hurt | Charlie Cross | 1998-03-08 |
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Titanic Town | Aidan McPhelimy | 1998-08-08 |
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Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | 1997-03-09 |
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The Life of Stuff | David Arbogast | 1997-10-14 |
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Oscar and Lucinda | Reverend Dennis Hasset | 1997-12-31 |
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Mary Reilly | Sir Danvers Carew | 1996-02-23 |
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Some Mother's Son | Danny Boyle | 1996-09-13 |
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Persuasion | Captain Frederick Wentworth | 1995-05-01 |
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The Affair | Edward Leyland | 1995-10-14 |
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Circle of Friends | Professor Flynn | 1995-04-07 |
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The Man Who Cried | Abel Mason | 1993-05-25 |
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Hostages | Brian Keenan | 1992-09-23 |
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Yellowbacks | Martin Pitt | 1990-08-30 |
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December Bride | Frank Echlin | 1990-05-17 |
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Who Bombed Birmingham? | Richard McIlkenny | 1990-04-22 |
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Cory | 1989-10-13 |
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Excalibur | Lot | 1981-04-10 |
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Our Boys | Brother | 1981-01-01 |
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The Long March | Michael Canning | 1980-01-01 |
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Midwinter Break | Gerry |