Ciarán 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.

Known For

Game of Thrones

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Shetland

Sherlock Holmes

Tales from the Crypt

The Terror

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Frozen II

All Movies (109)

• Narnia: The Magician's Nephew2027
• The Three Urns2026 · as Mr O'Connor
• Midwinter Break2026 · as Gerry
• Is This Thing On?2025 · as Jan
• Words of War2025 · as Dmitry Muratov
• Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland2025 · as Narrator
• Patrick: A Slave To Ireland2025 · as Narrator
• A Bear Remembers2025 · as Voice of the Bear
• Cottontail2024 · as John
• The Family Plan2023 · as McCaffrey
• In the Land of Saints and Sinners2023 · as Vincent O'Shea
• Untameable2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Wonder2022 · as Father Thaddeus
• Belfast2021 · as Pop
• Zack Snyder's Justice League2021 · as Steppenwolf (voice)
• The Man in the Hat2020 · as The Man In The Hat
• The Hour2020 · as Himself
• Frozen II2019 · as Pabbie (voice)
• Lost Lives2019 · as Self (voice)
• First Man2018 · as Robert R. Gilruth
• Grace and Goliath2018 · as Surgeon
• Captain Morten and the Spider Queen2018 · as Captain Stinger (voice)
• Elizabeth Harvest2018 · as Henry
• National Theatre Collection: Translations2018 · as Hugh
• Woman Walks Ahead2018 · as James McLaughlin
• Red Sparrow2018 · as Alexei Zyuganov
• Justice League2017 · as Steppenwolf (voice)
• Axis2017 · as Jim (voice)
• Silence2016 · as Father Valignano
• Bleed for This2016 · as Angelo Pazienza
• The Hope Rooms2016 · as Eamonn
• Last Days in the Desert2016 · as Father
• National Theatre Live: Hamlet2015 · as Claudius
• Hitman: Agent 472015 · as Litvenko
• Love is a Sting2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Driftless Area2015 · as Ned
• Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience2015 · as Mance Rayder
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him2014 · as Spencer Ludlow
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them2014 · as Spencer Ludlow
• McCanick2014 · as Quinn
• Frozen2013 · as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
• Closed Circuit2013 · as Devlin
• The Sea2013 · as Max Morden
• The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'2012 · as Self
• John Carter2012 · as Tardos Mors
• The Woman in Black2012 · as Mr. Daily
• Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance2011 · as Roarke
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011 · as Roy Bland
• Salvation Boulevard2011 · as Jim Hunt
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011 · as Aberforth Dumbledore
• The Shore2011 · as Joe
• The Rite2011 · as Father Xavier
• The Debt2010 · as David Peretz
• Life During Wartime2010 · as Bill Maplewood
• Glock2009 · as Luger
• The Eclipse2009 · as Michael Farr
• Race to Witch Mountain2009 · as Burke
• The Tale of Despereaux2008 · as Botticelli (voice)
• Ca$h2008 · as Barnes
• Stop-Loss2008 · as Roy King
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day2008 · as Joe Blomfield
• In Bruges2008 · as Priest (uncredited)
• There Will Be Blood2007 · as Fletcher Hamilton
• Margot at the Wedding2007 · as Dick Koosman
• Hallam Foe2007 · as Julius Foe
• The Nativity Story2006 · as Herod
• The Tiger's Tail2006 · as Father Andy
• Amazing Grace2006 · as Lord Tarleton
• Miami Vice2006 · as FBI Agent John Fujima
• Munich2005 · as Carl
• Mickybo and Me2005 · as Jonjo's Da
• The Phantom of the Opera2004 · as Firmin
• The Mayor of Casterbridge2003 · as Michael Henchard
• The Statement2003 · as Pochon
• Calendar Girls2003 · as Rod Harper
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life2003 · as Jonathan Reiss
• Veronica Guerin2003 · as John Traynor
• Thursday the 12th2003 · as Marius Bannister
• Road to Perdition2002 · as Finn McGovern
• The Sum of All Fears2002 · as President Nemerov
• The Weight of Water2001 · as Louis Wagner
• The Sleeper2000 · as Fergus Moon
• The Lost Lover1999 · as Adam
• A Time to Love1999 · as Peter
• The Lost Son1999 · as Carlos
• Titanic Town1998 · as Aidan McPhelimy
• Getting Hurt1998 · as Charlie Cross
• Oscar and Lucinda1997 · as Reverend Dennis Hasset
• The Life of Stuff1997 · as David Arbogast
• Jane Eyre1997 · as Edward Rochester
• Some Mother's Son1996 · as Danny Boyle
• Mary Reilly1996 · as Sir Danvers Carew
• The Affair1995 · as Edward Leyland
• Persuasion1995 · as Captain Frederick Wentworth
• Circle of Friends1995 · as Professor Flynn
• The Man Who Cried1993 · as Abel Mason
• Hostages1992 · as Brian Keenan
• Yellowbacks1990 · as Martin Pitt
• December Bride1990 · as Frank Echlin
• Who Bombed Birmingham?1990 · as Richard McIlkenny
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989 · as Cory
• Excalibur1981 · as Lot
• Our Boys1981 · as Brother
• The Long March1980 · as Michael Canning
• Cry to Heaven— · as Andrea
• Walk the Blue Fields—
• Ceasefire— · as Bill Flynn
• Isle of Man—
• The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race—

All TV Shows (31)

• The Narrow Road to the Deep North2025 · as Dorrigo Evans 1980s
• Ireland's Coast2024 · as Narrator
• Treason2022 · as Sir Martin Angelis
• The English2022 · as Richard M Watts
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power2022 · as Dark Wizard
• The Dry2022 · as Tom Sheridan
• Kin2021 · as Eamon Cunningham
• The Terror2018 · as Sir John Franklin
• My Mother and Other Strangers2016 · as Older Francis
• Delirium2014
• Shetland2013 · as Michael Maguire
• Political Animals2012 · as Bud Hammond
• Game of Thrones2011 · as Mance Rayder
• Above Suspicion2009 · as James Langton
• Rome2005 · as Julius Caesar
• The Mayor of Casterbridge2003 · as Michael Henchard
• Jason and the Argonauts2000 · as King Aeson
• Ivanhoe1997 · as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
• Testament: The Bible in Animation1996 · as Lucifer (voice)
• Cold Lazarus1996 · as Fyodor
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1994 · as Jim Browner
• Between the Lines1992 · as Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
• Soldier Soldier1991 · as Clive Hickey
• Prime Suspect1991 · as Edward Parker-Jones
• Perfect Scoundrels1990 · as Jack Vosper
• The Mahabharata1990 · as Ashwatthaman
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Jack Lynch
• The Play on One1988 · as Martin Pitt
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Jim Browner
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• East of Eden— · as Samuel Hamilton