Editing Bernard Hill

{{Short description|English actor (1944–2024)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Bernard Hill
| image              = Bernard Hill cropped.jpg
| caption            = Hill in 2004
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1944|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Blackley]], [[Manchester]], England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|05|05|1944|12|17}}
| death_place        = [[Reydon]], [[Suffolk]], England
| education          = [[Xaverian College]]
| alma_mater         = [[Manchester School of Theatre|Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1970–2024
| spouse             = 
| children           = 2
}}
'''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 [[Boys from the Blackstuff#The Black Stuff|''The Black Stuff'']] (1980) and its sequel serial ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]'' (1982), the latter earning him a nomination for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|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 Actor|International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor]]. He also appeared on television in [[I, Claudius (TV series)|''I, Claudius'']] (1976), the [[BBC Television Shakespeare]] productions of ''[[Henry VI, Part 1]]'', ''[[Henry VI, Part 2|2]]'', and ''[[Henry VI, Part 3|3]]'', and ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' (all 1983), ''[[Great Expectations (1999 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1999), and ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (2015).

Hill gained international recognition for his film roles as Captain [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]] in ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997) and [[Théoden]], King of [[Rohan, Middle-earth|Rohan]], in the second and third films of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]] (2002–2003). His appearances in ''Titanic'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003), two of only three films to receive 11 [[Academy Awards]], make him the only actor to appear in more than one film which holds that record. His other film roles include ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984), ''[[Shirley Valentine (film)|Shirley Valentine]]'' (1989), ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' (1996), ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]'' (1999), ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'' (2008), and ''[[ParaNorman]]'' (2012).

==Early life and education ==
Bernard Hill was born in [[Blackley]], [[Manchester]], on 17 December 1944.<ref>{{Cite news |last1= |first1= |date=5 May 2024 |title=Bernard Hill, actor who shot to fame as Yosser Hughes in Boys From the Blackstuff – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/05/05/bernard-hill-actor-yosser-hughes-boys-blackstuff-obituary/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505163159/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/05/05/bernard-hill-actor-yosser-hughes-boys-blackstuff-obituary/ |archive-date=5 May 2024 |access-date=6 May 2024 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref> He was brought up in a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] family of miners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxfordstudent.com/2012/06/07/the-oxstu-talks-titanic-daniel-day-lewis-and-more-with-film-star-bernard-hill/|title=The OxStu talks Titanic, Daniel Day-Lewis and more with film star Bernard Hill|work=The Oxford Student|date=7 June 2012|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015204039/http://oxfordstudent.com/2012/06/07/the-oxstu-talks-titanic-daniel-day-lewis-and-more-with-film-star-bernard-hill/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

After attending [[Xaverian College]] in [[Rusholme]], Hill initially started training to be a teacher. However, a classmate, [[Mike Leigh]], who would later become a renowned writer and director, persuaded him to pursue acting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-07 |title=Tribute to Bernard Hill, Manchester School of Theatre alumnus |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/tribute-bernard-hill-manchester-school-theatre-alumnus |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en}}</ref> Hill enrolled at the [[Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama]] at the same time as [[Richard Griffiths]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-17 |title=Obituary: Lord of the Rings, Titanic and Boys from the Blackstuff actor Bernard Hill |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-of-the-rings-titanic-and-boys-from-the-blackstuff-actor-bernard-hill-4632924 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529170419/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-of-the-rings-titanic-and-boys-from-the-blackstuff-actor-bernard-hill-4632924 |archive-date=2024-05-29 |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=[[The Yorkshire Post]]}}</ref> In 1970, Hill graduated with a Diploma in Theatre.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/going_out/films/2003/03/bernard_hill.shtml |title=Manchester Films – Bernard Hill – a biography |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-date=26 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426043157/http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/going_out/films/2003/03/bernard_hill.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
Hill first came to prominence in 1980 as [[Yosser Hughes]], a working-class [[Liverpool|Liverpudlian]] man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring welfare system, in [[Alan Bleasdale]]'s [[BBC]] ''[[Play for Today]]'' programme, ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff#The Black Stuff|The Black Stuff]]'', and its series sequel, ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]''.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> His character's much-repeated phrase ''Gizza job'' ("''Give us a job''")<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> became popular with protesters against [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s Conservative government, because of the high unemployment of the time.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 December 2008 |title=Out of work – and this time it won't just be Yosser who will feel the pain |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603238-details/Out+of+work+-+and+this+time+it+won+t+just+be+Yosser+who+will+feel+the+pain/article.do |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505120811/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603238-details/Out+of+work+-+and+this+time+it+won+t+just+be+Yosser+who+will+feel+the+pain/article.do |archive-date=5 May 2013 |access-date=21 August 2011 |website=This is London Magazine}}</ref>

Hill then appeared as Sergeant Putnam in ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), directed by [[Richard Attenborough]]. Next for him was [[Roger Donaldson]]'s ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984), a fourth dramatisation of the mutiny on [[HMS Bounty|HMS ''Bounty'']].<ref name="tv">{{cite web |title=Bernard Hill credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bernard-hill/credits/3030214685/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605002319/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bernard-hill/credits/3030214685/ |archive-date=5 June 2023 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=TV Guide}}</ref> He had previously taken smaller parts in a number of British television dramas, appearing in ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'', in 1976, as the character [[Gratus]].<ref name="tv"/>

In 1985 he played the lead role in a TV dramatisation of [[John Lennon]]'s life, ''A Journey in the Life''. In addition to TV roles, Hill appeared on stage in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'',<ref name="tv"/> as ''[[Macbeth]]'' and in ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

Hill appeared in ''[[Shirley Valentine (film)|Shirley Valentine]]'' (1989),<ref name="tv"/> as Joe Bradshaw the husband of [[Liverpool]] housewife ([[Pauline Collins]]), a former anti-establishment rebel who engages in an extramarital affair. Hill added more prominent films to his resume, including ''[[Mountains of the Moon (film)|Mountains of the Moon]]'' (1990),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Skallagrigg]]'' (1994) and ''[[Madagascar Skin]]'' (1995).<ref name="tv"/>

In the mid-1990s, Hill began appearing in films more regularly. His first major role came in ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-ghost-and-the-darkness-1200447411/ |title=The Ghost and the Darkness |last=Klady |first=Leonard |date=7 October 1996 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=15 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515200005/https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-ghost-and-the-darkness-1200447411/ |archive-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> starring [[Val Kilmer]] and [[Michael Douglas]]. Hill then portrayed [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Captain Edward J. Smith]] in ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997), by [[James Cameron]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernard Hill visits Titanic's street of death |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17695042 |work=BBC |date=13 April 2012 |access-date=16 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416070949/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17695042 |archive-date=16 April 2012}}</ref> He then played Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of [[San Quentin Rehabilitation Center|San Quentin Prison]], in the [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]'' (1999).<ref name="indie" />

Hill played Philos in ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002), starring [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]], [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] and [[Kelly Hu]].<ref name="tv"/>
[[File:Bernard Hill2_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Hill in 2007]] 

Hill played [[Théoden|King Théoden of Rohan]] in the second and third installments of [[Peter Jackson]]'s epic trilogy, ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', which were released in 2002 and 2003 respectively.<ref name=":0" /> 

Hill played a minor role in the 2008 film ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'', as the commanding general of the [[10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)|10th Panzer Division]] of the German [[Afrika Korps]], and was a voice actor for the character Sir Walter Beck in the video game ''[[Fable III]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bernard-Hill/|title=Behind The Voice Actors – Bernard Hill|work=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=14 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172732/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bernard-Hill/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hill was the voice of The Judge in the American [[stop motion]] [[Animation|animated]] [[comedy horror|comedy horror film]] ''[[ParaNorman]]'' in 2012.<ref name="norman">{{cite web |title= ParaNorman (2012) |url= https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/ParaNorman/ |work= behindthevoiceactors.com |date= 17 August 2012 |access-date= 4 June 2023 |archive-date= 4 June 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230604171919/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/ParaNorman/ |url-status= live }}</ref> He played Samuel Cotton, who ran a sweet factory with his son in the 2014 three-part BBC drama series about Manchester ''[[From There to Here]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stellar cast assemble for Peter Bowker's new BBC One drama, From There To Here|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/from-there-to-here-casting.html|work=BBC Media Centre|access-date=14 September 2013|archive-date=14 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114155938/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/from-there-to-here-casting.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Hill appeared as [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]], in the 2015 six-part BBC adaptation of [[Hilary Mantel]]'s novels, [[Wolf Hall (TV series)|''Wolf Hall'']].<ref name="wolf">{{cite web|title= Wolf Hall – Who are the royal subjects? The Duke of Norfolk (Bernard Hill)|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02g3n38/p02g3cb5|publisher= BBC|access-date= 16 February 2015|archive-date= 17 January 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190117124454/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02g3n38/p02g3cb5|url-status= live}}</ref> Later in 2015, he starred as John Claridge in the British gangster movie ''[[North v South (film)|North v South]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCahill |first=Mike |date=15 October 2015 |title=North v South review – Romeo and Juliet caught up in gang war |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/15/north-v-south-review-british-gangster-movie |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015203813/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/15/north-v-south-review-british-gangster-movie |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Hill had a daughter from a relationship with Sue Allen, and a son from a relationship with Annabel Turner.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |date=2024-05-06 |title=Bernard Hill obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/06/bernard-hill-obituary |access-date=2024-06-02 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |quote =This article was amended on 7 May 2024. Bernard Hill did not marry, and his son, Gabriel, came from a relationship with Annabel Turner.}}</ref>

Hill was a longtime supporter of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimsditch |first=Lee |date=22 December 2022 |title=The Blackley-born actor with a famous catchphrase who made Hollywood history |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/how-blackley-born-actor-famous-22330099 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=22 December 2022 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222073637/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/how-blackley-born-actor-famous-22330099 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, he received an honorary degree from the [[University of East Anglia]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Whymark |first=Bethany |date=11 June 2019 |title=A Titanic actor, climate change trailblazer and banking boss: Meet UEA's newest honorary graduates |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/meet-university-of-east-anglia-honorary-gradutes-2019-1-6099335 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611130442/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/meet-university-of-east-anglia-honorary-gradutes-2019-1-6099335 |archive-date=11 June 2019 |access-date=12 June 2019 |publisher=Eastern Daily Press}}</ref>

Hill, who was living in [[Reydon]], Suffolk,<ref>{{cite news |date=2024-05-05 |title=Titanic and Lord of the Rings star Bernard Hill dies aged 79 |url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/southwold/titanic-and-lord-of-the-rings-star-bernard-hill-dies-aged-79-9364704 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=SuffolkNews}}</ref> died on 5 May 2024, aged 79.<ref name=":1" /> Tributes were paid to him by his ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy co-stars, ''Boys from the Blackstuff'' writer Alan Bleasdale and musician [[Barbara Dickson]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last1=Gribben |first1=Paul |last2=Nanji |first2=Noor |date=2024-05-05 |title=Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192 |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505141301/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
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|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
!{{Reference column heading}}
|-
| 1975
| ''It Could Happen to You''
| Syph
| Film also known as ''Intimate Teenage Secrets''
|<ref name="TalentAgencyBio">{{cite web|title=Bernard Hill CV|url=https://loucoulson.co.uk/talent/bernard-hill|accessdate=5 May 2024|archive-date=5 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505201333/https://loucoulson.co.uk/talent/bernard-hill|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Trial by Combat (film)|Trial by Combat]]''
| Blind Freddie
| Film also known as ''Dirty Knights Work''
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| ''[[The Sailor's Return (film)|The Sailor's Return]]''
| Carter
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''[[The Spongers]]''
| Sullivan
|
|<ref name="Lacey">{{cite book |last=Lacey |first=Stephan |title=Tony Garnett |publisher=Manchester University Press |series=The Television Series |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-84779-584-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s2O5DwAAQBAJ |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''
| Sergeant Putnam
|
|<ref name="indie" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| ''Squaring the Circle''
| Lech Walesa
| [[Documentary]]
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| ''[[Runners (film)|Runners]]''
| Trevor Field
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]''
| Cole
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| ''[[Restless Natives]]''
| Will's father
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''[[The Chain (1984 film)|The Chain]]''
| Nick
|
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| ''Samson and Delilah''
| Willie Naknervis
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| ''Milwr Bychan''
| Officer
| Film also known as ''Boy Soldier''
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''New World''
| John Billington
|
|<ref name="Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd p.">{{cite magazine |magazine=Third Way |title=New World coming |publisher=Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTRmqlSKa2MC |access-date=2024-05-05 |date=December 1986 |edition=Vol. 9, No. 12 |page=6 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240505234338/https://books.google.com/books?id=nTRmqlSKa2MC&pg=PA6%23v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=5 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[No Surrender (1985 film)|No Surrender]]''
| Bernard
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/obituaries/bernard-hill-dead.html|title=Bernard Hill, Actor in 'Titanic' and 'Lord of the Rings,' Dies at 79|work=The New York Times|date=May 5, 2024|first=Alex|last=Traub|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507020706/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/obituaries/bernard-hill-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Bellman and True]]''
| Hiller
|
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Drowning by Numbers]]''
| Henry Madgett
|
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Shirley Valentine (film)|Shirley Valentine]]''
| Joe Bradshaw
|
|<ref name="indie" />
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Mountains of the Moon (film)|Mountains of the Moon]]''
| Dr. [[David Livingstone]]
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1991
| ''The Law Lord''
| Martin Allport
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9c0299f78c7344f48b584e8a6f6a8d9c|title=BBC Programme Index|date=22 March 1992|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|access-date=6 May 2024|archive-date=11 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111001450/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9c0299f78c7344f48b584e8a6f6a8d9c|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
| ''The Name of the Game''
| Ignatius "Iggy" Smith
| Film also known as ''Run Rabbit Run'' and ''Double X''
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1993
| ''Shepherd on the Rock''
| Tam Ferrier
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| ''[[Skallagrigg]]''
| John
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/skallagrigg|title=Skallagrigg &#124; Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=6 May 2024|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122163231/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/skallagrigg|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Drug Taking and the Arts''
| Presenter and narrator
| Documentary
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film286236.html|title=Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)|via=www.filmaffinity.com|access-date=6 May 2024|archive-date=6 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506125534/https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film286236.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Madagascar Skin]]''
| Flint
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]''
| David Hawthorne
|
|<ref name="indie" />
|-
| ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]''
| Engine driver
| Film also known as ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride''
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
| [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Captain Edward J. Smith]]
| Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]<br />One of two films in which Hill stars that have won [[76th Academy Awards|11 Oscars]].
|<ref name="bbc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192|title=Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies|date=5 May 2024|website=[[BBC]]|access-date=5 May 2024|archive-date=5 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505141301/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |1999
| ''[[The Criminal (1999 film)|The Criminal]]''
| Det. Insp. Walker
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]''
| Lunther Plunkitt
|
|<ref name="indie" />
|-
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| [[Egeus]]
| Film also known as ''Sogno di una notte di mezza estate''
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''[[The Loss of Sexual Innocence]]''
| Susan's father
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| ''[[A Question of Faith (2000 film)|Blessed Art Thou]]''
| Frederick
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blessed_art_thou|title=Blessed Art Thou &#124; Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=6 May 2024|archive-date=15 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115072424/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blessed_art_thou|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Eisenstein (film)|Eisenstein]]''
| [[Stalin]]
| Voice only; Film also known as ''The Furnace''
| <ref name="Willis Monush">{{cite book |last1=Willis |first1=John |last2=Monush |first2=Barry |title=Screen World 2003 |publisher=Hal Leonard |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-55783-528-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLQcr-jXxYsC&pg=PA307 |access-date=2024-05-06 |page=307 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240506000106/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Screen_World_2003/nLQcr-jXxYsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA307&printsec=frontcover |archive-date=6 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Going Off Big Time]]''
| Murray
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2002
| ''[[The Scorpion King]]''
| Philos
|
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
| [[Théoden|King Théoden]]
|[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble|Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast]]<br>Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast<br>Nominated – [[DVD Exclusive Awards|DVD Exclusive Awards for Best Audio Commentary]]<br>Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|<ref name="bbc" />
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2003
| ''[[The Boys from County Clare]]''
| John Joe
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''[[Gothika]]''
| Phil Parsons
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
|''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
| King Théoden
|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast]]<br>[[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast]]<br>[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]<br>Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast<br>The second film in which Hill starred that won 11 Oscars.
|<ref name="bbc" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| ''[[Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon]]''
| Edward Colt
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''The Deal''
| Victor
| [[Short film]]
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse]]''
| [[William III of England|King William III]]
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| ''[[Joy Division (2006 film)|Joy Division]]''
| Dennis
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''Save Angel Hope''
| Oscar Kurz
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Exodus (2007 British film)|Exodus]]''
| Pharoah Mann
| Broadcast on [[Channel 4]]
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]''
| [[Wolfgang Fischer]]
|
|<ref name="bbc" />
|-
| ''[[Franklyn]]''
| Peter Esser
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 2011
| ''The Wraith''
| The Narrator
| Short film
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[ParaNorman]]''
| The Judge
| Voice only
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Judge Voice – ParaNorman |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/ParaNorman/The-Judge/ |access-date=5 May 2024 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607104453/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/ParaNorman/The-Judge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| ''[[North v South (film)|North v South]]''
| John Claridge
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| ''[[Golden Years (2016 film)|Golden Years]]''
| Arthur Goode
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
|''Interlude City''
|Richard
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
|2018
|''Second Chance''
|Peter
|
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Forever Young (2023 film)|Forever Young]]''
|Oscar Smith
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Forever Young – BBFC |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/forever-young-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde4ndq1 |website=BBFC |access-date=5 May 2024 |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505192227/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/forever-young-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde4ndq1 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
|-
|2023
|''[[The Moor (film)|The Moor]]''
|Thornley
|Last on-screen role before death in 2024
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Programme
! Role
! Episodes
! Broadcasting Network
! Notes
!{{Reference column heading}}
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Hard Labour (film)|Hard Labour]]''
| Edward Thornley
| N/A
| rowspan="6" | [[BBC]]
|
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1976
| ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]''
| [[Gratus]]
| 2
|
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1977
| ''Our Flesh and Blood''
| Bernard Blencoe
| 1
|
|<ref name="TalentAgencyBio" />
|-
| 1978
| ''Pickersgill People''
| Harry 'Sharky' Finn
|
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Telford's Change]]''
| Jack Burton
|
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| [[Yosser Hughes]]
|''[[Boys from the Blackstuff|The Black Stuff]]''
|
|<ref name="indie">{{cite news |last1=Chilton |first1=Louis |title=Bernard Hill's career in 10 roles, from Titanic to Lord of the Rings |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/bernard-hill-roles-movies-death-lord-of-the-rings-titanic-b2539991.html |access-date=5 May 2024 |agency=The Independent |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505161556/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/bernard-hill-roles-movies-death-lord-of-the-rings-titanic-b2539991.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Fox (TV series)|Fox]]''
| Vin Fox
| 11
| [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]''
| Yosser Hughes
| 5
| rowspan="6" | BBC
|[[Broadcasting Press Guild|Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor]]
|<ref name="bbc" />
|-
| 1983
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare]]''
| [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York|Duke of York]]/First Murderer / Sir William Brandon
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The First Part of Henry the Sixt|Henry VI, Part 1]]/[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Second Part of Henry the Sixt|Henry VI, Part 2]]/[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Third Part of Henry the Sixt|Henry VI, Part 3]]/[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Tragedy of Richard III|Richard III]]''
|Part of the [[BBC Television Shakespeare]] series
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]]''
| Messenger
| rowspan="4" | 1
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| ''The Burston Rebellion''
| [[Tom Higdon]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[John Lennon: A Journey in the Life]]''
| [[John Lennon]]
|
|<ref name="TalentAgencyBio" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| ''[[Olly's Prison]]''
| Mike
|
|<ref name="TalentAgencyBio" />
|-
| ''[[Telltale (TV series)|Telltale]]''
| Det. Sgt. Gavin Douglas
| 3
| ITV
|
|<ref name="TalentAgencyBio" />
|-
|[[Lipstick on Your Collar (TV series)|''Lipstick on Your Collar'']]
|Uncle Fred
|
|Channel 4
|
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1994
| ''Once Upon a Time in the North''
| Len Tollit
| N/A
| BBC
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Gambling Man]]''
| Frank Nickle
| all
| Tyne Tees TV
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 1997
| ''The Mill on the Floss''
| Mr Tulliver
| N/A
| BBC
| Television film
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[Great Expectations (1999 film)|Great Expectations]]''
| [[Abel Magwitch]]
| 2
| BBC
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''The Titanic Chronicles''
| Captain [[Stanley Lord]] (voice)
| N/A
|
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Horizon (British TV series)|Horizon]]''
| Narrator
| 9
| rowspan="3" | BBC
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Timewatch]]''
| Narrator
| 1
|
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief]]''
| Himself
| 1
|
|
|-
| 2005
| ''A Very Social Secretary''
| [[David Blunkett]]
| 1
| Channel 4
|Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated – [[International Emmy Award|International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor]]
|<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Mark |title=Bernard Hill, Boys from the Blackstuff and Lord of the Rings actor, dies aged 79 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/may/05/bernard-hill-actor-who-rose-to-fame-in-boys-from-the-blackstuff-titanic-lord-of-the-rings-dies-aged-79 |agency=The Guardian |access-date=5 May 2024 |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505161426/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/may/05/bernard-hill-actor-who-rose-to-fame-in-boys-from-the-blackstuff-titanic-lord-of-the-rings-dies-aged-79 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Ocean Odyssey (TV series)|Ocean Odyssey]]''
| rowspan="3" | Narrator
| 2
|
|Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Egomania (UK TV documentary)|Egomania]]''
| 1
| Channel 4
|
|
|-
| ''Bombay Railway''
| 2
| BBC Series
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''[[Sunshine (British TV series)|Sunshine]]''
| Granddad George Crosby
| 3
| rowspan="3" | BBC
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''[[Wild China]]''
| Narrator
| 6
| A BBC/CTV/Travel Channel co-production in association with Canal+
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''[[Folk America]]''
| rowspan="2" | Narrator
| 3
|
|
|-
| ''Ice Patrol''
| 4
| National Geographic
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2010
| ''Old Trafford 100 Years''
| Narrator and Presenter
| 1
| MUTV
|
|
|-
| ''Five Days''
| Gerard Hopkirk
| 5
| rowspan="3" | BBC
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''Indian Hill Railways''
| Narrator
| 3
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shop.abc.net.au/products/indian-hill-railways-dvd|title=Indian Hill Railway|last=Unit|first=Commercial Development|website=ABC Shop|language=en-AU|access-date=4 March 2017|archive-date=4 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304193011/https://shop.abc.net.au/products/indian-hill-railways-dvd|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Canoe Man''
| [[John Darwin disappearance case|John Darwin]]
| 1
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Falcón (TV series)|Falcón]]''
| Ramón Salgado
| 2
|[[BSkyB|Sky]]
| Episode "The Blind Man of Seville"
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| ''[[From There to Here]]''
| Samuel Cotton
| rowspan="2" | 3
|[[BBC]]
|
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| ''Hope And Wire''
| Len Russell
|[[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]
|[[New Zealand]] mini-series
|<ref name=TalentAgencyBio/>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
|''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]''
|[[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]]
|6
|[[BBC]]
|
|<ref name="indie" />
|-
| ''India's Frontier Railways''
| Narrator
| 3
| BBC
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022|title=BBC Four – India's Frontier Railways|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0555xgw|access-date=2 February 2022|website=BBC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202225044/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0555xgw|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Unforgotten]]''
|Father Robert Greaves
|6
|[[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]
|
|<ref name="indie" />
|-
|2024
|''[[The Responder]]''
|Tom Carson
|5
|[[BBC]]
|Posthumous release
|<ref name="bbc" />
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Play
! Role
! Theatre
!{{Reference column heading}}
|-
| 1974
| ''[[John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert]]''
| [[John Lennon]]
| [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool]]
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| [[Toby Belch]]
| [[Young Vic]], London
|
|-
| 1983
| ''Short List''
| Howard
| [[Hampstead Theatre]], [[London]]
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Plough and the Stars]]''
| Fluther Good
| [[Royal Exchange, Manchester]]
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Macbeth]]''
| [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]]
| [[Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)|Haymarket Theatre]], [[Leicester]]
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
| Lopakhin
| [[Aldwych Theatre]], London
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1990
| ''Gasping''
| Sir Chiffley Lockheart
| [[Haymarket Theatre|Theatre Royal]], [[Haymarket (London)|Haymarket]], London
|<ref name="guardian" />
|-
| 1995
| ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
| Eddie Carbone
| [[Strand Theatre (Novello)|Strand Theatre]], London
|
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Video game
! Role
!{{Reference column heading}}
|-
|2010
|''[[Fable III]]''
|Sir Walter Beck
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Fable III – Sir Walter |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Fable-III/Sir-Walter/ |access-date=5 May 2024 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401075514/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Fable-III/Sir-Walter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

==References and notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons}}
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*{{IMDb name|384060}}
*{{Screenonline name|873852}}
*{{Discogs artist|Bernard Hill}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/features/bernard_hill.shtml Interview with BBC Suffolk]

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