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Bernard Hill (born
December 17 1944) is a
British actor of film, stage and television.
Biography
Hill was born in
Manchester,
England. He attended
Xaverian College although at the time it was known as "Xaverian School", and attended Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama at the same time as
Richard Griffiths.He came to prominence in the
role of the unemployed
Yosser Hughes, a working-class man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring system, in
Alan Bleasdale's
BBC Play for Today The Black Stuff (
1979) and its more famous series sequel (also by Bleasdale),
Boys from the Blackstuff (
1982). His character's much-repeated phrase "giz a job" became popular with protesters against
Margaret Thatcher's government, because of the high unemployment of the time. Previously, he'd taken smaller parts in a number of British television dramas, notably appearing as the no-nonsense Roman soldier Gratus in
I, Claudius (
1976). He also played the
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York in the BBC's 1982 productions of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays. Also on TV, he played the part of
Tom Higdon in
The Burston Rebellion (1985).
In addition to TV roles, Hill appeared on stage in both 'The Cherry Orchard' (Aldwych Theatre) and in the title role in 'Macbeth' (Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1986). He played the coroner Madgett in
Peter Greenaway's film
Drowning by Numbers (
1988). In
James Cameron's 1997 movie
blockbuster Titanic he plays the
RMS Titanic's Captain
Edward J. Smith. He appeared as Egeus in the 1999 film version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', this version being set in 19th Century Tuscany, alongside such celebrities as
Kevin Kline,
Calista Flockhart,
Christian Bale,
Michelle Pfeiffer and others. He has been in three different versions of
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Hill was cast in the role of King
Théoden of
Rohan in the second and third of
Peter Jackson's
movies based on
Tolkien: (
2002) and (
2003). When he was due to leave the set of
The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson gave Hill two gifts, Théoden's helmet and sword
Herugrim.
Before casting him as King Théoden in
The Lord of the Rings, director Peter Jackson considered Hill for the part of
Gandalf. Hill was also nominated for the award of 'best actor' at the 2006
BAFTA Television Awards for his portrayal of
David Blunkett in the one-off satirical drama
A Very Social Secretary (
2005). However,
Mark Rylance won the award for his role in
The Government Inspector. In
2004
Hill read famous quotations about religion and atheism in the
documentary, written by
Jonathan Miller.
Bernard Hill is the only actor who appeared in two of the three most Oscar-awarded movies of all times,
Titanic and The Return of the King, both of which were awarded 11 Oscars (the first was Ben-Hur) and the first of two actors to have been in two movies earning more than one billion US dollars at the box office (the other being Orlando Bloom, his Rings co-star). His birthdate coincides with The Return of the King's release date.
Hill was the lead actor in the film
Exodus which was made in
Margate. Directed by Penny Woolcock, it was broadcasted on Channel 4 and released in theaters in 2007.
Bernard recently moved his home from Metfield
Suffolk to Reydon, near
Southwold.
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