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Acting
Ciarán Hinds
Also known as: Ciaran Hinds, Ciarin Hinds, Киран Хайндс, Ciaràn 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1953
Age
73 years old
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Popularity Score
4.3
Filmography
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
2027Movie
Midwinter Break
Gerry
2026Movie
The Three Urns
Mr O'Connor
2026Movie
East of Eden
Samuel Hamilton
2026TV
Words of War
Dmitry Muratov
2025Movie
A Bear Remembers
Voice of the Bear
2025Movie
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
Narrator
2025Movie
Is This Thing On?
Jan
2025Movie
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland
Narrator
2025Movie
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Dorrigo Evans 1980s
2025TV
Cottontail
John
2024Movie
Ireland's Coast
Narrator
2024TV
Three Keenings
Executive Producer
2024Movie
The Family Plan
McCaffrey
2023Movie
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Vincent O'Shea
2023Movie
Untameable
Narrator (voice)
2023Movie
The Wonder
Father Thaddeus
2022Movie
The Dry
Tom Sheridan
2022TV
Treason
Sir Martin Angelis
2022TV
The English
Richard M Watts
2022TV
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Dark Wizard
2022TV
Belfast
Pop
2021Movie
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Steppenwolf (voice)
2021Movie
Kin
Eamon Cunningham
2021TV
The Hour
Himself
2020Movie
The Man in the Hat
The Man In The Hat
2020Movie
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
2019Movie
Frozen II
Pabbie (voice)
2019Movie
Grace and Goliath
Surgeon
2018Movie
Woman Walks Ahead
James McLaughlin
2018Movie
Red Sparrow
Alexei Zyuganov
2018Movie
Elizabeth Harvest
Henry
2018Movie
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Stinger (voice)
2018Movie
First Man
Robert R. Gilruth
2018Movie
National Theatre Collection: Translations
Hugh
2018Movie
The Terror
Sir John Franklin
2018TV
Justice League
Steppenwolf (voice)
2017Movie
Axis
Jim (voice)
2017Movie
Last Days in the Desert
Father
2016Movie
Bleed for This
Angelo Pazienza
2016Movie
Silence
Father Valignano
2016Movie
The Hope Rooms
Eamonn
2016Movie
My Mother and Other Strangers
Older Francis
2016TV
Hitman: Agent 47
Litvenko
2015Movie
The Driftless Area
Ned
2015Movie
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Mance Rayder
2015Movie
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Claudius
2015Movie
Love is a Sting
Narrator (voice)
2015Movie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Spencer Ludlow
2014Movie
McCanick
Quinn
2014Movie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Spencer Ludlow
2014Movie
Delirium
2014TV
Frozen
Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
2013Movie
Closed Circuit
Devlin
2013Movie
The Sea
Max Morden
2013Movie
Shetland
Michael Maguire
2013TV
The Woman in Black
Mr. Daily
2012Movie
John Carter
Tardos Mors
2012Movie
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
Self
2012Movie
Political Animals
Bud Hammond
2012TV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Aberforth Dumbledore
2011Movie
The Rite
Father Xavier
2011Movie
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Roy Bland
2011Movie
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Roarke
2011Movie
The Shore
Joe
2011Movie
Salvation Boulevard
Jim Hunt
2011Movie
Game of Thrones
Mance Rayder
2011TV
The Debt
David Peretz
2010Movie
Life During Wartime
Bill Maplewood
2010Movie
Race to Witch Mountain
Burke
2009Movie
The Eclipse
Michael Farr
2009Movie
Glock
Luger
2009Movie
Above Suspicion
James Langton
2009TV
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Joe Blomfield
2008Movie
Ca$h
Barnes
2008Movie
The Tale of Despereaux
Botticelli (voice)
2008Movie
Stop-Loss
Roy King
2008Movie
In Bruges
Priest (uncredited)
2008Movie
Hallam Foe
Julius Foe
2007Movie
There Will Be Blood
Fletcher Hamilton
2007Movie
Margot at the Wedding
Dick Koosman
2007Movie
Miami Vice
FBI Agent John Fujima
2006Movie
The Nativity Story
Herod
2006Movie
The Tiger's Tail
Father Andy
2006Movie
Amazing Grace
Lord Tarleton
2006Movie
Munich
Carl
2005Movie
Mickybo and Me
Jonjo's Da
2005Movie
Rome
Julius Caesar
2005TV
The Phantom of the Opera
Firmin
2004Movie
Veronica Guerin
John Traynor
2003Movie
Calendar Girls
Rod Harper
2003Movie
The Statement
Pochon
2003Movie
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard
2003Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Jonathan Reiss
2003Movie
Thursday the 12th
Marius Bannister
2003Movie
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard
2003TV
Road to Perdition
Finn McGovern
2002Movie
The Sum of All Fears
President Nemerov
2002Movie
The Weight of Water
Louis Wagner
2001Movie
The Sleeper
Fergus Moon
2000Movie
Jason and the Argonauts
King Aeson
2000TV
The Lost Son
Carlos
1999Movie
A Time to Love
Peter
1999Movie
The Lost Lover
Adam
1999Movie
Titanic Town
Aidan McPhelimy
1998Movie
Getting Hurt
Charlie Cross
1998Movie
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
1997Movie
Oscar and Lucinda
Reverend Dennis Hasset
1997Movie
The Life of Stuff
David Arbogast
1997Movie
Ivanhoe
Brian de Bois-Guilbert
1997TV
Some Mother's Son
Danny Boyle
1996Movie
Mary Reilly
Sir Danvers Carew
1996Movie
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Lucifer (voice)
1996TV
Cold Lazarus
Fyodor
1996TV
Persuasion
Captain Frederick Wentworth
1995Movie
Circle of Friends
Professor Flynn
1995Movie
The Affair
Edward Leyland
1995Movie
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Jim Browner
1994TV
The Man Who Cried
Abel Mason
1993Movie
Hostages
Brian Keenan
1992Movie
Between the Lines
Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
1992TV
Prime Suspect
Edward Parker-Jones
1991TV
Soldier Soldier
Clive Hickey
1991TV
Yellowbacks
Martin Pitt
1990Movie
December Bride
Frank Echlin
1990Movie
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Richard McIlkenny
1990Movie
Perfect Scoundrels
Jack Vosper
1990TV
The Mahabharata
Ashwatthaman
1990TV
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Cory
1989Movie
Tales from the Crypt
Jack Lynch
1989TV
The Play on One
Martin Pitt
1988TV
Sherlock Holmes
Jim Browner
1984TV
Our Boys
Brother
1981Movie
Excalibur
Lot
1981Movie
The Long March
Michael Canning
1980Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Cry to Heaven
—Movie
Walk the Blue Fields
—Movie
Ceasefire
Bill Flynn
—Movie
Isle of Man
—Movie