The Guardian: 'This is the best moment of my life,' he said, lying in the bath: Ian Holm remembered
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Ian Holm
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert was an English actor. After graduating from RADA and beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in film. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with a nomination for an Academy Award. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1…
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entertainment · English actor (1931–2020) · film actor · stage actor · television actor · actor · video game actor · voice actor · also Ian Holm, Holm
Born 12 September 1931 · Died 19 June 2020 · Q223091
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2020· 7 entries
The Guardian: Ian Holm invented Shakespeare acting in the modern age of film | Trevor Nunn
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The Guardian: Sir Ian Holm obituary
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The Guardian: Ian Holm: a virtuoso actor of real sinew beneath the charm and calm | Peter Bradshaw
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The Guardian: Ian Holm: a life and career in pictures
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The Guardian: Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88
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Died 2020-06-19.
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2001· 2 entries
Holm was treated for prostate cancer in 2001.
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Starred in From Hell as the physician Sir William Withey Gull
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Bachelor (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
With two prominent roles, as the priest Vito Cornelius in Luc Besson's sci-fi The Fifth Element and the lawyer Mitchell Stephens in The Sweet Hereafter
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1989).
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Holm was nominated for a BAFTA award for the television series Game, Set and Match
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Chariots of Fire (1982).
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1981· 1 entry
Played Frodo Baggins in the BBC radio adaptation of J
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Bofors Gun (1969).
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1967· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (1967).
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Holm won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play as Lenny in The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
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1965· 1 entry
Played Richard III in the BBC serialisation of The Wars of The Roses, based on the RSC production of the plays
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1955· 1 entry
(divorced 1965); to Sophie Baker in 1982 (divorced 1986); to the actress Penelope Wilton, in 1991 (divorced 2001); and to the artist Sophie de Stempel in 2003
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1954· 2 entries
With minor roles, progressing to Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the fool in King Lear
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At Stratford-upon-Avon, playing a spear carrier in a staging of Othello
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1953· 1 entry
Studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1950–1953).
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-09-12.
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