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Ciarán Hinds Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1953-02-09

Birthplace:
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Credits:
134 Total Roles

Ciarán Hinds

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 The Three Urns MOVIE Mr O'Connor
2026 Midwinter Break MOVIE Gerry
2025 Is This Thing On? MOVIE Jan
2025 Words of War MOVIE Dmitry Muratov
2025 The Narrow Road to the Deep North TV Dorrigo Evans 1980s
2025 Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland MOVIE Narrator
2025 A Bear Remembers MOVIE Voice of the Bear
2024 Ireland's Coast TV Narrator
2024 Cottontail MOVIE John
2023 The Family Plan MOVIE McCaffrey

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