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Bernard Hill

1944 - 2024

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Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known for his versatile roles in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years. Hill first gained prominence as the troubled hard man Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Play for Today drama The Black Stuff (1980) and its sequel serial Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), the latter earning him a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He received an additional nomination for his role as David Blunkett in the drama A Very Social Secretary (2005), for which he was also nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Hill is the 642nd most popular actor (down from 618th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 760th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Actor.

Bernard Hill is most famous for his role as King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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Among actors, Bernard Hill ranks 642 out of 13,578. Before him are Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Jones, David McCallum, Elsa Martinelli, Mr. T, and Diana Douglas. After him are Mark Wahlberg, Carl Weathers, Peter Finch, James Cagney, Harry Dean Stanton, and Jane Wyman.

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Among people born in 1944, Bernard Hill ranks 87. Before him are Raymond Moody, Udo Kier, Rudy Giuliani, Maria João Pires, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, and Peter Weir. After him are Graham Taylor, François Cevert, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Michelle Phillips, Sam Elliott, and Bora Milutinović. Among people deceased in 2024, Bernard Hill ranks 66. Before him are Juan Vicente Pérez, Ebrahim Raisi, Philip Zimbardo, Maurizio Pollini, Andreas Brehme, and Susan Wojcicki. After him are Renato Martino, Carl Weathers, Kurt Hamrin, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and Salvatore Schillaci.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Hill ranks 893 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Butler (1612), Eugen d'Albert (1864), John Henry Newman (1801), Kathleen Ferrier (1912), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), and Charles Lee (1731). After him are William Stanley Jevons (1835), A. S. Neill (1883), Steve Harris (1956), Peter Finch (1916), J. L. Austin (1911), and John Frederic Daniell (1790).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bernard Hill ranks 99. Before him are Sean Bean (1959), Glenda Jackson (1936), Thandie Newton (1972), Jude Law (1972), Rex Harrison (1908), and David McCallum (1933). After him are Peter Finch (1916), John Gielgud (1904), Margaret Rutherford (1892), Christian Bale (1974), Jim Broadbent (1949), and Tom Wilkinson (1948).

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