Ciarán Hinds
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.
Born: 09 February 1953
Played In
Movie
Feb 2027
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
Movie
Apr 2026
The Three Urns
Mr O'Connor
Movie
Feb 2026
Midwinter Break
Gerry
Movie
Dec 2025
Is This Thing On?
Jan
Movie
May 2025
Words of War
Dmitry Muratov
TV Show
Apr 2025
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Dorrigo Evans 1980s
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Mar 2025
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
Narrator
Movie
Mar 2025
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland
Narrator
Movie
Feb 2025
A Bear Remembers
Voice of the Bear
TV Show
Sep 2024
Ireland's Coast
Narrator
Movie
Feb 2024
Cottontail
John
Movie
Dec 2023
The Family Plan
McCaffrey
Movie
Oct 2023
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Vincent O'Shea
Movie
Jan 2023
Untameable
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Dec 2022
Treason
Sir Martin Angelis
TV Show
Nov 2022
The English
Richard M Watts
Movie
Nov 2022
The Wonder
Father Thaddeus
TV Show
Sep 2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Dark Wizard
TV Show
May 2022
The Dry
Tom Sheridan
Movie
Nov 2021
Belfast
Pop
TV Show
Sep 2021
Kin
Eamon Cunningham
Movie
Mar 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Steppenwolf (voice)
Movie
Sep 2020
The Man in the Hat
The Man In The Hat
Movie
Aug 2020
The Hour
Himself
Movie
Nov 2019
Frozen II
Pabbie (voice)
Movie
Oct 2019
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
Movie
Oct 2018
First Man
Robert R. Gilruth
Movie
Oct 2018
Grace and Goliath
Surgeon
Movie
Aug 2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Stinger (voice)
Movie
Aug 2018
Elizabeth Harvest
Henry
Movie
Jul 2018
National Theatre Collection: Translations
Hugh
Movie
Jun 2018
Woman Walks Ahead
James McLaughlin
TV Show
Mar 2018
The Terror
Sir John Franklin
Movie
Feb 2018
Red Sparrow
Alexei Zyuganov
Movie
Nov 2017
Justice League
Steppenwolf (voice)
Movie
Apr 2017
Axis
Jim (voice)
Movie
Dec 2016
Silence
Father Valignano
TV Show
Nov 2016
My Mother and Other Strangers
Older Francis
Movie
Nov 2016
Bleed for This
Angelo Pazienza
Movie
Aug 2016
The Hope Rooms
Eamonn
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May 2016
Last Days in the Desert
Father
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Oct 2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Claudius
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Aug 2015
Hitman: Agent 47
Litvenko
Movie
Jul 2015
Love is a Sting
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Apr 2015
The Driftless Area
Ned
Movie
Jan 2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Mance Rayder
Movie
Oct 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Spencer Ludlow
TV Show
Jun 2014
Delirium
Movie
May 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Spencer Ludlow
Movie
Feb 2014
McCanick
Quinn
Movie
Nov 2013
Frozen
Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
Movie
Aug 2013
Closed Circuit
Devlin
Movie
Jun 2013
The Sea
Max Morden
TV Show
Mar 2013
Shetland
Michael Maguire
TV Show
Jul 2012
Political Animals
Bud Hammond
Movie
Jun 2012
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
Self
Movie
Mar 2012
John Carter
Tardos Mors
Movie
Feb 2012
The Woman in Black
Mr. Daily
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Dec 2011
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Roarke
Movie
Sep 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Roy Bland
Movie
Jul 2011
Salvation Boulevard
Jim Hunt
Movie
Jul 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Aberforth Dumbledore
TV Show
Apr 2011
Game of Thrones
Mance Rayder
Movie
Feb 2011
The Shore
Joe
Movie
Jan 2011
The Rite
Father Xavier
Movie
Sep 2010
The Debt
David Peretz
Movie
Apr 2010
Life During Wartime
Bill Maplewood
Movie
Dec 2009
Glock
Luger
Movie
Apr 2009
The Eclipse
Michael Farr
Movie
Mar 2009
Race to Witch Mountain
Burke
TV Show
Jan 2009
Above Suspicion
James Langton
Movie
Dec 2008
The Tale of Despereaux
Botticelli (voice)
Movie
Apr 2008
Ca$h
Barnes
Movie
Mar 2008
Stop-Loss
Roy King
Movie
Mar 2008
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Joe Blomfield
Movie
Feb 2008
In Bruges
Priest (uncredited)
Movie
Dec 2007
There Will Be Blood
Fletcher Hamilton
Movie
Nov 2007
Margot at the Wedding
Dick Koosman
Movie
Aug 2007
Hallam Foe
Julius Foe
Movie
Nov 2006
The Nativity Story
Herod
Movie
Sep 2006
The Tiger's Tail
Father Andy
Movie
Sep 2006
Amazing Grace
Lord Tarleton
Movie
Jul 2006
Miami Vice
FBI Agent John Fujima
Movie
Dec 2005
Munich
Carl
TV Show
Aug 2005
Rome
Julius Caesar
Movie
Mar 2005
Mickybo and Me
Jonjo's Da
Movie
Dec 2004
The Phantom of the Opera
Firmin
Movie
Dec 2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard
TV Show
Dec 2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard
Movie
Dec 2003
The Statement
Pochon
Movie
Sep 2003
Calendar Girls
Rod Harper
Movie
Jul 2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Jonathan Reiss
Movie
Jul 2003
Veronica Guerin
John Traynor
Movie
Apr 2003
Thursday the 12th
Marius Bannister
Movie
Jul 2002
Road to Perdition
Finn McGovern
Movie
May 2002
The Sum of All Fears
President Nemerov
Movie
Mar 2001
The Weight of Water
Louis Wagner
Movie
Dec 2000
The Sleeper
Fergus Moon
TV Show
May 2000
Jason and the Argonauts
King Aeson
Movie
Oct 1999
The Lost Lover
Adam
Movie
Sep 1999
A Time to Love
Peter
Movie
Jun 1999
The Lost Son
Carlos
Movie
Aug 1998
Titanic Town
Aidan McPhelimy
Movie
Mar 1998
Getting Hurt
Charlie Cross
Movie
Dec 1997
Oscar and Lucinda
Reverend Dennis Hasset
Movie
Oct 1997
The Life of Stuff
David Arbogast
Movie
Mar 1997
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
TV Show
Jan 1997
Ivanhoe
Brian de Bois-Guilbert
TV Show
Oct 1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Lucifer (voice)
Movie
Sep 1996
Some Mother's Son
Danny Boyle
TV Show
May 1996
Cold Lazarus
Fyodor
Movie
Feb 1996
Mary Reilly
Sir Danvers Carew
Movie
Oct 1995
The Affair
Edward Leyland
Movie
May 1995
Persuasion
Captain Frederick Wentworth
Movie
Apr 1995
Circle of Friends
Professor Flynn
TV Show
Mar 1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Jim Browner
Movie
May 1993
The Man Who Cried
Abel Mason
Movie
Sep 1992
Hostages
Brian Keenan
TV Show
Sep 1992
Between the Lines
Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
TV Show
Jun 1991
Soldier Soldier
Clive Hickey
TV Show
Apr 1991
Prime Suspect
Edward Parker-Jones
Movie
Aug 1990
Yellowbacks
Martin Pitt
Movie
May 1990
December Bride
Frank Echlin
Movie
Apr 1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Richard McIlkenny
TV Show
Apr 1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Jack Vosper
TV Show
Mar 1990
The Mahabharata
Ashwatthaman
Movie
Oct 1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Cory
TV Show
Jun 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Jack Lynch
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Play on One
Martin Pitt
TV Show
Apr 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Jim Browner
Movie
Apr 1981
Excalibur
Lot
Movie
Jan 1981
Our Boys
Brother
Movie
Jan 1980
The Long March
Michael Canning
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
Movie
Cry to Heaven
Andrea
Movie
Walk the Blue Fields
Movie
Ceasefire
Bill Flynn
Movie
Isle of Man
Movie
The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race
TV Show
East of Eden
Samuel Hamilton