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.
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Known For
Acting
2006
asFBI Agent John Fujima
2005
asCarl
2007
asJulius Foe
2006
asHerod
2003
asJohn Traynor
2006
asFather Andy
2002
asFinn McGovern
2002
asPresident Nemerov
1999
asCarlos
2007
asFletcher Hamilton
1989
asCory
2003
asRod Harper
2008
asJoe Blomfield
2011
asAberforth Dumbledore
2004
asFirmin
2008
asBarnes
2009
asBurke
2003
asPochon
2007
asDick Koosman
2020
asHimself
2006
asLord Tarleton
1997
asEdward Rochester
2023
asMcCaffrey
2009
asMichael Farr
2012
asMr. Daily
1995
asCaptain Frederick Wentworth
1997
asReverend Dennis Hasset
2011
asFather Xavier
2010
asDavid Peretz
1990
asMartin Pitt
2011
asRoy Bland
2012
asTardos Mors
2026
asGerry
2011
asRoarke
2005
asJonjo's Da
1998
asAidan McPhelimy
2011
asJoe
2018
asSurgeon
2013
asPabbie / Grandpa (voice)
2013
asDevlin
2014
asSpencer Ludlow
2013
asMax Morden
2014
asQuinn
2025
asDmitry Muratov
2003
asMichael Henchard
1981
asBrother
2015
asLitvenko
1990
asFrank Echlin
1999
asPeter
2014
asSpencer Ludlow
2015
asNed
2008
asBotticelli (voice)
2023
asVincent O'Shea
2016
asFather
2010
asBill Maplewood
1996
asDanny Boyle
2016
asAngelo Pazienza
2008
asRoy King
1996
asSir Danvers Carew
2012
asSelf
1990
asRichard McIlkenny
2015
asMance Rayder
2003
asJonathan Reiss
2008
asPriest (uncredited)
1995
asProfessor Flynn
2015
asClaudius
2001
asLouis Wagner
2016
asFather Valignano
2016
asEamonn
2023
asNarrator (voice)
2018
asJames McLaughlin
2017
asSteppenwolf (voice)
1995
asEdward Leyland
1981
asLot
1993
asAbel Mason
1997
asDavid Arbogast
2018
asAlexei Zyuganov
2018
asHenry
1992
asBrian Keenan
1980
asMichael Canning
1998
asCharlie Cross
2018
asCaptain Stinger (voice)
2018
asRobert R. Gilruth
2003
asMarius Bannister
1999
asAdam
2015
asNarrator (voice)
2000
asFergus Moon
2019
asSelf
2019
asPabbie (voice)
2009
asLuger
2017
asJim (voice)
2018
asHugh
2020
asThe Man In The Hat
2011
asJim Hunt
2021
asPop
2021
asSteppenwolf (voice)
2024
asJohn
2022
asFather Thaddeus
2025
asVoice of the Bear
2025
asNarrator
2025
asJan
as
asJulius Caesar
asJack Lynch
asFyodor
asEdward Parker-Jones
asDet. Insp. Micky Flynn
asJim Browner
asDCS James Langton
asKing Aeson
asJack Vosper
asBud Hammond
asBrian de Bois-Guilbert
asMance Rayder
asOlder Francis
asSelf
asTom Sheridan
asSir John Franklin
asDorrigo Evans 1980s
asMichael Henchard
as
asSir Martin Angelis
asMichael Maguire
asRichard M Watts
asClive Hickey
asLucifer (voice)
asMartin Pitt
asDark Wizard
asEamon Cunningham
asNarrator
asSamuel Hamilton
asAshwatthaman
Production
2024
asCrew
Directing
