Acting · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK · Born February 9, 1953
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.
MovieNarnia: The Magician's Nephew
2027
MovieThe Three Urns
2026
as Mr O'Connor
MovieMidwinter Break
2026
as Gerry
MovieIs This Thing On?
2025
as Jan
MovieWords of War
2025
as Dmitry Muratov
TVThe Narrow Road to the Deep North
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as Dorrigo Evans 1980s
MovieSaint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
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as Narrator
MoviePatrick: A Slave To Ireland
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as Narrator
MovieA Bear Remembers
2025
as Voice of the Bear
TVIreland's Coast
2024
as Narrator
MovieCottontail
2024
as John
MovieThe Family Plan
2023
as McCaffrey
MovieIn the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
as Vincent O'Shea
MovieUntameable
2023
as Narrator (voice)
TVTreason
2022
as Sir Martin Angelis
TVThe English
2022
as Richard M Watts
MovieThe Wonder
2022
as Father Thaddeus
TVThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Dark Wizard
TVThe Dry
2022
as Tom Sheridan
MovieBelfast
2021
as Pop
TVKin
2021
as Eamon Cunningham
MovieZack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Steppenwolf (voice)
MovieThe Man in the Hat
2020
as The Man In The Hat
MovieThe Hour
2020
as Himself
MovieFrozen II
2019
as Pabbie (voice)
MovieLost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
MovieFirst Man
2018
as Robert R. Gilruth
MovieGrace and Goliath
2018
as Surgeon
MovieCaptain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
as Captain Stinger (voice)
MovieElizabeth Harvest
2018
as Henry
MovieNational Theatre Collection: Translations
2018
as Hugh
MovieWoman Walks Ahead
2018
as James McLaughlin
TVThe Terror
2018
as Sir John Franklin
MovieRed Sparrow
2018
as Alexei Zyuganov
MovieJustice League
2017
as Steppenwolf (voice)
MovieAxis
2017
as Jim (voice)
MovieSilence
2016
as Father Valignano
TVMy Mother and Other Strangers
2016
as Older Francis
MovieBleed for This
2016
as Angelo Pazienza
MovieThe Hope Rooms
2016
as Eamonn
MovieLast Days in the Desert
2016
as Father
MovieNational Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Claudius
MovieHitman: Agent 47
2015
as Litvenko
MovieLove is a Sting
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Driftless Area
2015
as Ned
MovieGame of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Mance Rayder
MovieThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Spencer Ludlow
TVDelirium
2014
MovieThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Spencer Ludlow
MovieMcCanick
2014
as Quinn
MovieFrozen
2013
as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
MovieClosed Circuit
2013
as Devlin
MovieThe Sea
2013
as Max Morden
TVShetland
2013
as Michael Maguire
TVPolitical Animals
2012
as Bud Hammond
MovieThe Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
as Self
MovieJohn Carter
2012
as Tardos Mors
MovieThe Woman in Black
2012
as Mr. Daily
MovieGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
as Roarke
MovieTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Roy Bland
MovieSalvation Boulevard
2011
as Jim Hunt
MovieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Aberforth Dumbledore
TVGame of Thrones
2011
as Mance Rayder
MovieThe Shore
2011
as Joe
MovieThe Rite
2011
as Father Xavier
MovieThe Debt
2010
as David Peretz
MovieLife During Wartime
2010
as Bill Maplewood
Glock
2009
as Luger
MovieThe Eclipse
2009
as Michael Farr
MovieRace to Witch Mountain
2009
as Burke
TVAbove Suspicion
2009
as James Langton
MovieThe Tale of Despereaux
2008
as Botticelli (voice)
MovieCa$h
2008
as Barnes
MovieStop-Loss
2008
as Roy King
MovieMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
as Joe Blomfield
MovieIn Bruges
2008
as Priest (uncredited)
MovieThere Will Be Blood
2007
as Fletcher Hamilton
MovieMargot at the Wedding
2007
as Dick Koosman
MovieHallam Foe
2007
as Julius Foe
MovieThe Nativity Story
2006
as Herod
MovieThe Tiger's Tail
2006
as Father Andy
MovieAmazing Grace
2006
as Lord Tarleton
MovieMiami Vice
2006
as FBI Agent John Fujima
MovieMunich
2005
as Carl
TVRome
2005
as Julius Caesar
MovieMickybo and Me
2005
as Jonjo's Da
MovieThe Phantom of the Opera
2004
as Firmin
MovieThe Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
as Michael Henchard
TVThe Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
as Michael Henchard
MovieThe Statement
2003
as Pochon
MovieCalendar Girls
2003
as Rod Harper
MovieLara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Jonathan Reiss
MovieVeronica Guerin
2003
as John Traynor
MovieThursday the 12th
2003
as Marius Bannister
MovieRoad to Perdition
2002
as Finn McGovern
MovieThe Sum of All Fears
2002
as President Nemerov
MovieThe Weight of Water
2001
as Louis Wagner
MovieThe Sleeper
2000
as Fergus Moon
TVJason and the Argonauts
2000
as King Aeson
MovieThe Lost Lover
1999
as Adam
MovieA Time to Love
1999
as Peter
MovieThe Lost Son
1999
as Carlos
MovieTitanic Town
1998
as Aidan McPhelimy
Getting Hurt
1998
as Charlie Cross
MovieOscar and Lucinda
1997
as Reverend Dennis Hasset
MovieThe Life of Stuff
1997
as David Arbogast
MovieJane Eyre
1997
as Edward Rochester
TVIvanhoe
1997
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
TVTestament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Lucifer (voice)
MovieSome Mother's Son
1996
as Danny Boyle
TVCold Lazarus
1996
as Fyodor
MovieMary Reilly
1996
as Sir Danvers Carew
MovieThe Affair
1995
as Edward Leyland
MoviePersuasion
1995
as Captain Frederick Wentworth
MovieCircle of Friends
1995
as Professor Flynn
TVThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Jim Browner
MovieThe Man Who Cried
1993
as Abel Mason
MovieHostages
1992
as Brian Keenan
TVBetween the Lines
1992
as Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as Clive Hickey
TVPrime Suspect
1991
as Edward Parker-Jones
MovieYellowbacks
1990
as Martin Pitt
MovieDecember Bride
1990
as Frank Echlin
MovieWho Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Richard McIlkenny
TVPerfect Scoundrels
1990
as Jack Vosper
TVThe Mahabharata
1990
as Ashwatthaman
MovieThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Cory
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Jack Lynch
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Martin Pitt
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Jim Browner
MovieExcalibur
1981
as Lot
MovieOur Boys
1981
as Brother
MovieThe Long March
1980
as Michael Canning
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieCry to Heaven
Walk the Blue Fields
Ceasefire
as Bill Flynn
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race
TVEast of Eden
as Samuel Hamilton
