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Bernard Hill was a British actor whose career spanned from 1975 to 2024. He worked in film, stage, and television, with notable roles in *The Lord of the Rings* film series and *Titanic* (1997 film). Hill was educated at Manchester Metropolitan University and spoke English.
Born in Blackley, Manchester, England, in 1944, he was married to Marianna Hill and had two children. He died in Reydon in 2024.
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Film & TV
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
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…
Known for
- The Moor — Thornley2024
- Forever Young — Oscar Smith2024
- The Responder — Tom Carson2022
- Remembers…2022
- Segunda oportunidad — Peter2018
- Interlude: City of a Dead Woman — Richard2017
- Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary — Narrator2016
- Golden Years — Arthur2016
- Inside CERN — Narrator2016
- North v South — John Claridge2015
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1944-12-17 ) 17 December 1944, Blackley , Manchester , England
- Died
- 5 May 2024 (2024-05-05) (aged 79), Reydon , Suffolk , England
- Education
- Xaverian College
- Alma mater
- Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1970–2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Blackley
- Place of death
- Reydon
- Spouse
- Marianna Hill
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Titanic (1997 film)
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Bernard Hill2 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Bernard Hill
- date of birth
- 1944-12-17
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- name in native language
- Bernard Hill
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-05-05
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known for his versatile performances in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years.
Hill first gained prominence as the troubled hard man Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Play for Today drama The Black Stuff (1980) and its sequel serial Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), the latter earning him a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He received an additional nomination for his role as David Blunkett in the drama A Very Social Secretary (2005), for which he was also nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor. He also appeared on television in I, Claudius (1976), the BBC Television Shakespeare productions of Henry VI, Part 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III (all 1983), Great Expectations (1999), and Wolf Hall (2015).
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