Actor

Ciarán Hinds

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Acting credits

134

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

4.1

Moderate attention

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Movies: 104Series: 31Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 8785

IMDb ID: nm0001354

Known for: Acting

Born: February 9, 1953

Age: 73

Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2027

Years active: 75

Average TMDB rating: 6.69

Wikidata: Q314892

Also known as

Ciaran Hinds • Ciarin Hinds • Киран Хайндс • Ciaràn Hinds • Кіран Гайндс • کیران هایندز

Other jobs

Executive Producer (1)

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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.