Ciarán Hinds
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1953-02-09 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Also known as
- Ciaran Hinds · Ciarin Hinds · Киран Хайндс · Ciaràn Hinds · Кіран Гайндс · کیران هایندز
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (29)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Mance Rayder
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Dark Wizard
Shetland
2013
as Michael Maguire
The Terror
2018
as Sir John Franklin
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Jack Lynch
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Jim Browner
Rome
2005
as Julius Caesar
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Prime Suspect
1991
as Edward Parker-Jones
Above Suspicion
2009
as James Langton
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Clive Hickey
Kin
2021
as Eamon Cunningham
Between the Lines
1992
as Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
The English
2022
as Richard M Watts
Political Animals
2012
as Bud Hammond
Treason
2022
as Sir Martin Angelis
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as King Aeson
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025
as Dorrigo Evans 1980s
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Lucifer (voice)
Delirium
2014
East of Eden
as Samuel Hamilton
Cold Lazarus
1996
as Fyodor
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Jack Vosper
The Dry
2022
as Tom Sheridan
Ivanhoe
1997
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
My Mother and Other Strangers
2016
as Older Francis
The Mahabharata
1990
as Ashwatthaman
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
as Michael Henchard
Ireland's Coast
2024
as Narrator
Movies (108)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Aberforth Dumbledore
Frozen
2013
as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
The Family Plan
2023
as McCaffrey
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Steppenwolf (voice)
Frozen II
2019
as Pabbie (voice)
Justice League
2017
as Steppenwolf (voice)
John Carter
2012
as Tardos Mors
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
as Roarke
There Will Be Blood
2007
as Fletcher Hamilton
Silence
2016
as Father Valignano
Red Sparrow
2018
as Alexei Zyuganov
Munich
2005
as Carl
In Bruges
2008
as Priest (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
as Firmin
First Man
2018
as Robert R. Gilruth
Hallam Foe
2007
as Julius Foe
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
as Litvenko
Miami Vice
2006
as FBI Agent John Fujima
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as President Nemerov
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Roy Bland
Excalibur
1981
as Lot
Road to Perdition
2002
as Finn McGovern
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Jonathan Reiss
Race to Witch Mountain
2009
as Burke
The Rite
2011
as Father Xavier
Words of War
2025
as Dmitry Muratov
Belfast
2021
as Pop
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
2027
The Woman in Black
2012
as Mr. Daily
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Cory
The Wonder
2022
as Father Thaddeus
Is This Thing On?
2025
as Jan
Persuasion
1995
as Captain Frederick Wentworth
Jane Eyre
1997
as Edward Rochester
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
as Vincent O'Shea
Calendar Girls
2003
as Rod Harper
Salvation Boulevard
2011
as Jim Hunt
Stop-Loss
2008
as Roy King
Amazing Grace
2006
as Lord Tarleton
The Debt
2010
as David Peretz
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Mance Rayder
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
as Botticelli (voice)
Veronica Guerin
2003
as John Traynor
Bleed for This
2016
as Angelo Pazienza
Closed Circuit
2013
as Devlin
Midwinter Break
2026
as Gerry
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
as Joe Blomfield
Mary Reilly
1996
as Sir Danvers Carew
Woman Walks Ahead
2018
as James McLaughlin
Elizabeth Harvest
2018
as Henry
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Reverend Dennis Hasset
Last Days in the Desert
2016
as Father
The Weight of Water
2001
as Louis Wagner
Ca$h
2008
as Barnes
The Nativity Story
2006
as Herod
The Statement
2003
as Pochon
The Three Urns
2026
as Mr O'Connor
Glock
2009
as Luger
The Sea
2013
as Max Morden
Cry to Heaven
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Spencer Ludlow
Axis
2017
as Jim (voice)
The Life of Stuff
1997
as David Arbogast
Margot at the Wedding
2007
as Dick Koosman
Some Mother's Son
1996
as Danny Boyle
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Spencer Ludlow
Cottontail
2024
as John
McCanick
2014
as Quinn
The Driftless Area
2015
as Ned
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Claudius
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
Ceasefire
as Bill Flynn
The Affair
1995
as Edward Leyland
The Lost Son
1999
as Carlos
Circle of Friends
1995
as Professor Flynn
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Richard McIlkenny
Life During Wartime
2010
as Bill Maplewood
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
as Self
Yellowbacks
1990
as Martin Pitt
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
as Captain Stinger (voice)
The Shore
2011
as Joe
Hostages
1992
as Brian Keenan
Mickybo and Me
2005
as Jonjo's Da
The Eclipse
2009
as Michael Farr
Titanic Town
1998
as Aidan McPhelimy
The Hour
2020
as Himself
National Theatre Collection: Translations
2018
as Hugh
Walk the Blue Fields
The Man in the Hat
2020
as The Man In The Hat
The Sleeper
2000
as Fergus Moon
The Tiger's Tail
2006
as Father Andy
December Bride
1990
as Frank Echlin
Thursday the 12th
2003
as Marius Bannister
The Hope Rooms
2016
as Eamonn
Grace and Goliath
2018
as Surgeon
Isle of Man
The Lost Lover
1999
as Adam
A Time to Love
1999
as Peter
The Man Who Cried
1993
as Abel Mason
The Long March
1980
as Michael Canning
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
as Michael Henchard
Getting Hurt
1998
as Charlie Cross
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
2025
as Narrator
Our Boys
1981
as Brother
Untameable
2023
as Narrator (voice)
A Bear Remembers
2025
as Voice of the Bear
Love is a Sting
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland
2025
as Narrator
About Ciarán Hinds
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), Silenc… With 137 credits spanning from 1953 to 2027, Ciarán Hinds has appeared in 108 films and 29 TV shows.
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- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Aberforth Dumbledore
- Frozen (2013) — as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
- The Family Plan (2023) — as McCaffrey
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — as Steppenwolf (voice)
- Frozen II (2019) — as Pabbie (voice)
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