Ciarán Hinds
Known For
Acting
Born
1953-02-09 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
Most Known For
Game of Thrones
as Mance Rayder
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
as Dark Wizard
Shetland
as Michael Maguire
Rome
as Julius Caesar
Tales from the Crypt
as Jack Lynch
Sherlock Holmes
as Jim Browner
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Aberforth Dumbledore
Frozen
as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
Is This Thing On?
as Jan
The Oscars
as Self
The Terror
as Sir John Franklin
Prime Suspect
as Edward Parker-Jones
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Steppenwolf (voice)
Justice League
as Steppenwolf (voice)
The Family Plan
as McCaffrey
Frozen II
as Pabbie (voice)
There Will Be Blood
as Fletcher Hamilton
John Carter
as Tardos Mors
Excalibur
as Lot
Red Sparrow
as Alexei Zyuganov