Happy 87th Birthday Sir Ian Holm!!!
Sept 12, 2018 11:54:27 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Sept 12, 2018 11:54:27 GMT
Happy 87th Birthday Sir Ian Holm!!! 
Born on September 12, 1931 in Goodmayes, Essex, England
Thanks for everything,...retired since 2014
Versatile British Shakespearean character actor, for many maybe most known nowdays as Bilbo Baggins, a role he had played on radio before the films.
Holm was educated at the independent Chigwell School in Essex. His parents retired to Mortehoe, Devon and then Worthing where he joined an amateur dramatic society. A visit to the dentist led to an introduction to Henry Baynton, a well-known provincial Shakespearean actor who helped Holm train for admission to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he secured a place in 1949. He graduated from RADA in 1953.
Holm made his television debut on the live broadcasts of ITV Play of the Week in 1957. He made his uncredited movie debut in Girls at Sea 1958 and his first credited role in The Bofors Gun 1968.
Ian Holm's only Oscar nomination was for his Supporting Role in Chariots of Fire 1981, but won a BAFTA award for.
Som samples from his career:
Ian Holm's big breakthrough with the general audiences came with his portrayal of Richard III begining in 1965 in the televised The War of the Roses TV-series.
The Bofors Gun 1968, first credited movie role.
Juggernaut 1974
Holocaust 1978, TV mini-series, as Heinrich Himmler.
Alien 1979, with Sigourney Weaver.
Chariots of Fire 1981
Time Bandits 1981, as Napoleon, a role he had played seriously in a TV series in 1974, Napoleon and Love.
Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984, with Christopher Lambert.
Brazil 1985, with Jonathan Pryce.
Naked Lunch 1991
The Madness of King George 1994
The Sweet Hereafter 1997, with Sarah Polley
The Fifth Element 1997
From Hell 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 as Bilbo Baggins, also in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
Garden State 2004
The Aviator 2004
The voice of Skinner in Ratatouille 2007
Returning to the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014, was his last roles before retirement.
Ian Holm has acted in 140 movies and television productions
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Born on September 12, 1931 in Goodmayes, Essex, England
Thanks for everything,...retired since 2014
Versatile British Shakespearean character actor, for many maybe most known nowdays as Bilbo Baggins, a role he had played on radio before the films.
Holm was educated at the independent Chigwell School in Essex. His parents retired to Mortehoe, Devon and then Worthing where he joined an amateur dramatic society. A visit to the dentist led to an introduction to Henry Baynton, a well-known provincial Shakespearean actor who helped Holm train for admission to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he secured a place in 1949. He graduated from RADA in 1953.
Holm made his television debut on the live broadcasts of ITV Play of the Week in 1957. He made his uncredited movie debut in Girls at Sea 1958 and his first credited role in The Bofors Gun 1968.
Ian Holm's only Oscar nomination was for his Supporting Role in Chariots of Fire 1981, but won a BAFTA award for.
Som samples from his career:
Ian Holm's big breakthrough with the general audiences came with his portrayal of Richard III begining in 1965 in the televised The War of the Roses TV-series.
The Bofors Gun 1968, first credited movie role.
Juggernaut 1974
Holocaust 1978, TV mini-series, as Heinrich Himmler.
Alien 1979, with Sigourney Weaver.
Chariots of Fire 1981
Time Bandits 1981, as Napoleon, a role he had played seriously in a TV series in 1974, Napoleon and Love.
Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984, with Christopher Lambert.
Brazil 1985, with Jonathan Pryce.
Naked Lunch 1991
The Madness of King George 1994
The Sweet Hereafter 1997, with Sarah Polley
The Fifth Element 1997
From Hell 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 as Bilbo Baggins, also in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
Garden State 2004
The Aviator 2004
The voice of Skinner in Ratatouille 2007
Returning to the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014, was his last roles before retirement.
Ian Holm has acted in 140 movies and television productions
