Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

1944-12-17 Blackley, Manchester, England, UK 108 Credits

Biography

Bernard Hill was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill is the only actor to have appeared...

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024

In Memory Of

6.6

A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Roha...

The Moor

The Moor

2024

as Thornley

5.6
Acting

Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son's final resting place.

Forever Young

Forever Young

2024

as Oscar Smith

5.5
Acting

An aging woman is given the chance to be young again and right her past but is faced with a dilemma when her husband declines to join her.

Segunda oportunidad

Segunda oportunidad

2018

as Peter

5.5
Acting
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman

Interlude: City of a Dead Woman

2017

as Richard

3.0
Acting

A former opera singer, a priest and a bullfighter meet on the island of Patmos, seeking redemption; their encounter will affect each other’s lives irr...

Inside CERN

Inside CERN

2016

as Narrator

8.0
Acting

BBC Horizon follows the ups and downs of an outstanding story in particle physics. In June 2015, teams at CERN started running the large hadron collid...

Golden Years

Golden Years

2016

as Arthur

6.3
Acting

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and M...

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

2016

as Narrator

6.8
Acting

A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth I, detailing the hatred and obsession in their b...

North v South

North v South

2015

as John Claridge

5.1
Acting

For decades the criminal underworlds of the North and South bumped along begrudgingly. Like the Cold War, territories were respected out of the necess...

The Sorrows

The Sorrows

2013

Acting

Sarah grows up with mentally ill parents, and an unexpected pregnancy pushes her toward what she thinks is a normal life with her boyfriend. A frighte...

Reflections on Titanic

Reflections on Titanic

2012

as Self

7.3
Acting

An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew sp...

Outpost 11

Outpost 11

2012

as Cranleigh

4.1
Acting

Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, Outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the A...

ParaNorman

ParaNorman

2012

as Judge Hopkins (voice)

7.0
Acting

In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One d...

Titanic: Southampton Remembers

Titanic: Southampton Remembers

2012

Acting

Bernard Hill commemorates the centenary of the Titanic disaster, and discovers the impact the tragedy had on Southampton after approximately 550 men l...

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

2012

as Captain EJ Smith

7.5
Acting

James Cameron brings together some the world's leading Titanic experts, including engineers, naval architects, artists and historians, to solve the li...

Titanic: Case Closed

Titanic: Case Closed

2012

Acting
The Kid

The Kid

2010

as Uncle David

6.7
Acting

Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life tog...

Canoe Man

Canoe Man

2010

as John Darwin

4.0
Acting

The story of the "Canoe Man" John Darwin who faked his own death and tried to start a new life with a false identity.

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008

as General - Desert Sequence

6.9
Acting

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...

Franklyn

Franklyn

2008

as Esser

6.0
Acting

Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four...

Exodus

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Exodus charts the decline of the Protestant population from Derry’s Cityside - which saw up to one in five of the City’s population leave their homes ...

Titus: The Gorilla King

Titus: The Gorilla King

2008

as Narrator

9.0
Acting

The compelling story of one of the most successful mountain gorillas that has ever lived - a huge silverback called Titus. The programme starts in 196...

Bombay Railway

Bombay Railway

2008

as Narrator

Acting

As a sequel to BBC Four's acclaimed Monsoon Railway, this two-part observational documentary looks at the incredible organisation that is the Bombay R...

Save Angel Hope

Save Angel Hope

2007

as Oscar Kurz

4.4
Acting

Con artists profit from a charity campaign to raise money for a fictitious hospital.

Exodus

Exodus

2007

as Pharoah Mann

5.8
Acting

The story of Exodus is relocated to the seaside town Margate. Moses lives in the Promised Lands with his adoptive parents, until he finds his mother i...

The Heart of the Earth

The Heart of the Earth

2007

as Sr. Crown

4.9
Acting

Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British employers.

JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed

JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.2
Acting

JFK enjoyed a number of sexual liaisons that could have ended his political career, but his brother Bobby always managed to keep the truth from the pr...

Joy Division

Joy Division

2006

as Dennis

5.2
Acting

A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London dur...

No Go: The Free Derry Story

No Go: The Free Derry Story

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

On the 14th August 1969 the British Army were deployed onto Northern Ireland’s streets for the first time, to relieve an exhausted RUC in the wake of ...

Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster

Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

A moving documentary made to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster on 19 December 1981. The eight-man crew of the R...

Ocean Odyssey

Ocean Odyssey

2006

as Narrator (voice)

7.4
Acting

The largest predator on the planet, the sperm whale, is your host for an amazing exploration of the final frontier – the world at the bottom of the oc...

The Last Tommy

2005

as Narrator

Acting

Britain's last First World War veterans recall their time serving on the Western Front;

$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)

$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)

2005

as Self / Edward Smith (archive footage)

Acting

A light-hearted documentary dedicated to the cast and crew of Titanic, created by directors of photography, Ed W. Marsh, and Anders Falk.

Titanic: Behind The Scenes

2005

as Self / Edward Smith (archive footage)

Acting

Behind the scenes featurettes on the making of Titanic, included in the special features of the DVD and Blu-ray release.

A Very Social Secretary

A Very Social Secretary

2005

as David Blunkett

6.1
Acting

Bernard Hill and Victoria Hamilton star in Alistair Beaton's wickedly funny feature-length drama inspired by David Blunkett's private affair held up f...

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

2005

as King William III

6.3
Acting

The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way i...

Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony

2005

Acting
Beatles Biggest Secrets

Beatles Biggest Secrets

2004

as Narrator

Acting

Featuring new and exclusive interviews, Beatles' Biggest Secrets, reveals the inside story of the world's greatest pop group with explosive revelation...

Wimbledon

Wimbledon

2004

as Edward Colt

6.2
Acting

Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran h...

The Making of the Return of the King

The Making of the Return of the King

2004

as Self

8.8
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selecte...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

as Théoden

8.5
Acting

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...

Gothika

Gothika

2003

as Phil Parsons

6.1
Acting

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that ...

The Boys & Girl from County Clare

The Boys & Girl from County Clare

2003

as John Joe

6.0
Acting

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.

The Making of The Two Towers

The Making of The Two Towers

2003

8.8
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Pet...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

as Théoden

8.4
Acting

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...

The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King

2002

as Philos

5.6
Acting

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's...

Going Off Big Time

Going Off Big Time

2000

as Murray

5.6
Acting

After surviving prison, a man has to forge a career in the crime world

Eisenstein

Eisenstein

2000

as The voice of Stalin

5.5
Acting

A glimpse at the life of legendary Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.

A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2000

as Frederick

5.7
Acting

A man at a monastery realizes he is a woman.

The Criminal

The Criminal

1999

as Det. Insp. Walker

4.8
Acting

Jasper Rawlins, a none-too-successful musician, finds himself chatting with a beautiful woman at his neighborhood bar. She goes home with him, direct ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999

as Egeus

6.4
Acting

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic enta...

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

1999

as Susan's Father

5.7
Acting

The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1999

as Abel Magwitch

6.3
Acting

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imag...

True Crime

True Crime

1999

as Warden Luther Plunkitt

6.5
Acting

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row ...

The Titanic Chronicles

The Titanic Chronicles

1999

as (voice)

7.0
Acting

"The Titanic Chronicles" is based on the 1912 Senate Hearings into the "Titanic" Disaster. The actual testimony is read by an international cast. This...

Titanic: Secrets Revealed

1998

as Host

Acting

What happened after the Titanic went down? Secrets has been revealed.

Titanic

Titanic

1997

as Captain Smith

7.9
Acting

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fian...

The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss

1997

as Edward Tulliver

6.0
Acting

Lawyer Wakem takes the mill on the river Floss away from Edward Tulliver (whose ancestors have owned it for 300 years) and becomes the worst enemy of ...

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

1996

as The Engine Driver

5.6
Acting

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, ...

The Ghost and the Darkness

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996

as Dr. David Hawthorne

6.8
Acting

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects resu...

First Knight

First Knight

1995

as Knight (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel...

Madagascar Skin

Madagascar Skin

1995

as Flint

5.5
Acting

This is the story of Harry and Flint, an unlikely couple. Harry is a shy young gay man who can't seem to fit into his local bar scene. Flint is a crus...

Speaking In Tongues

Speaking In Tongues

1994

as Joe

Acting

Tony Marchant's eloquent and painful play about the changes to how people are employed, and what that does to their sense of self.

Dirtysomething

Dirtysomething

1994

as Larry

5.0
Acting

Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternativ...

Skallagrigg

Skallagrigg

1994

as John

1.0
Acting

Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to t...

Olly's Prison

1993

as Mike

9.0
Acting

"When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer....

The Art of Tripping

The Art of Tripping

1993

Acting

Based on the idea that drugs have influenced some of our greatest minds (Poe, Baudelaire etc.), this film documents just how influential drug experien...

Shepherd on the Rock

Shepherd on the Rock

1993

as Tam Ferrier

5.5
Acting

A developer tries to take over a Scottish shepherd's land.

A Question of Identity

A Question of Identity

1992

as Erwin van Haarlem

Acting

Erwin van Haarlem is a man of mystery. Living in London in 1986 and ostensibly a Dutch art dealer, he is in fact spying for Czechoslovakia with a miss...

Double X: The Name of the Game

Double X: The Name of the Game

1992

as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith

5.0
Acting

Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But after witnessing the brutal methods of persuasion bei...

The Law Lord

The Law Lord

1992

as Martin Allport

Acting

A new government takes power with a drastically reduced majority. But the ambitious young Home Secretary has a plan to bring the legal establishment t...

Shoot the Revolution

Shoot the Revolution

1990

as Octavian Barbu

Acting

During the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, a young girl is shot in the head by Tudor Barbu, a member of the Securitate. His brother Octavian was...

From Moscow to Pietushki

From Moscow to Pietushki

1990

as Readings (voice)

7.9
Acting

A look at Benedict Yerofeyev, the elusive author of the Russian underground classic From Moscow to Pietushki, who has existed on the fringes of Soviet...

Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Dr. Livingstone

6.5
Acting

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor...

Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

1989

as Joe Bradshaw

6.3
Acting

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while prepari...

Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

1988

as Madgett

7.1
Acting

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.

Bellman and True

Bellman and True

1987

as Hiller

6.5
Acting

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the inf...

Boy Soldier

Boy Soldier

1987

as Officer

Acting

A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some...

Theban Plays: Antigone

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

as Messenger

Acting

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of d...

No Surrender

No Surrender

1985

as Bernard

6.5
Acting

It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish...

Restless Natives

Restless Natives

1985

as Will's father

6.7
Acting

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of to...

The Burston Rebellion

The Burston Rebellion

1985

as Tom Higdon

Acting

Drama reconstructing the events of a strike by the schoolchildren of a Norfolk school in 1914, who refused to accept the dismissal of their teachers, ...

Squaring the Circle

Squaring the Circle

1984

as Lech Walesa

5.0
Acting

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

The Bounty

The Bounty

1984

as William Cole

6.7
Acting

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to ...

The Chain

The Chain

1984

as Nick

6.8
Acting

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.

Runners

Runners

1983

as Trevor Field

4.8
Acting

When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.

The Tragedy of Richard III

The Tragedy of Richard III

1983

as First Murderer

6.0
Acting

Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duk...

Henry VI Part 3

Henry VI Part 3

1983

as Duke of York

7.0
Acting

The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.

Henry VI Part 2

Henry VI Part 2

1983

as Duke of York

7.0
Acting

The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.

Henry VI Part 1

Henry VI Part 1

1983

as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans

7.5
Acting

The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.

Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

as Sergeant Putnam

7.6
Acting

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian ...

A Turn for the Worse

A Turn for the Worse

1981

as Simon Simpson

Acting

Simon Simpson runs an entertainment agency in Liverpool. At one of his regular auditions in The Bootle Railway Club he sees an aggressive young man fr...

Say No to Strangers

1981

as Teresa's Dad

7.0
Acting

A short film to warn children of sexual predators.

Fox

1980

as Vin Fox

1.0
Acting

The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.

The Black Stuff

The Black Stuff

1980

as Yosser Hughes

7.4
Acting

A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesbrough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrati...

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

1978

as Mick

Acting

One man's view of the British Army in Germany - the social life, discipline, drink, women and, occasionally, the defence of the West.

She Fell Among Thieves

She Fell Among Thieves

1978

as Carson

7.0
Acting

While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the villaino...

The Spongers

The Spongers

1978

as Sullivan

Acting

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days t...

Pit Strike

Pit Strike

1977

as Tom

Acting

1972: striking miners converge on London's power stations. Among them, the huge, dignified figure of Joshua.

Professional Foul

Professional Foul

1977

as Broadbent

6.0
Acting

Three philosophy professors travel to Prague for a conference. One of them, Anderson, is forced to rethink his ideas on ethics when a former student i...

Daft Mam Blues

Daft Mam Blues

1977

as Billy

Acting

As sisters, Gladys and Iris never agree about anything - but on one point they're clear: their old mam can't hear a word of their arguments, can she?

Our Flesh and Blood

Our Flesh and Blood

1977

as Bernard Blincoe

Acting

Comedy about a couple expecting their first baby.

It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You

1976

as Syph

1.0
Acting

An educational film about the perils associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The drama is interspersed with scenes of a medical adviser ...

Housewives' Choice

Housewives' Choice

1976

as Eric

Acting

Marcia is looking for someone to look after her baby and Joyce seems ideal, looking like a perfect, kindly, respectable lady.

Trial by Combat

Trial by Combat

1976

as Blind Freddie

7.7
Acting

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medie...

The Peddler

The Peddler

1976

as Graham

Acting

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can he...

Hard Labour

Hard Labour

1973

as Edward Thornley

6.5
Acting

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

The Crumblegiant

N/A

as Narrator

Acting

An old woman remembers a childhood episode. The past becomes intermingled with the present. The Past becomes intermingled with the present. Past demon...