Ciarán Hinds
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 9, 1953 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Credits
- 141
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
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Mance Rayder
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Aberforth Dumbledore
Frozen
2013Movie
Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
Justice League
2017Movie
Steppenwolf (voice)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021Movie
Steppenwolf (voice)
Frozen II
2019Movie
Pabbie (voice)
Filmography
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
2027Movie
East of Eden
2026TV
Samuel Hamilton
The Three Urns
2026Movie
Mr O'Connor
Midwinter Break
2026Movie
Gerry
Is This Thing On?
2025Movie
Jan
Words of War
2025Movie
Dmitry Muratov
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025TV
Dorrigo Evans 1980s
Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
2025Movie
Narrator
Patrick: A Slave To Ireland
2025Movie
Narrator
A Bear Remembers
2025Movie
Voice of the Bear
Ireland's Coast
2024TV
Narrator
Cottontail
2024Movie
John
The Family Plan
2023Movie
McCaffrey
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023Movie
Vincent O'Shea
Untameable
2023Movie
Narrator (voice)
Treason
2022TV
Sir Martin Angelis
The English
2022TV
Richard M Watts
The Wonder
2022Movie
Father Thaddeus
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022TV
Dark Wizard
The Dry
2022TV
Tom Sheridan
Belfast
2021Movie
Pop
Kin
2021TV
Eamon Cunningham
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021Movie
Steppenwolf (voice)
The Man in the Hat
2020Movie
The Man In The Hat
The Hour
2020Movie
Himself
Frozen II
2019Movie
Pabbie (voice)
Lost Lives
2019Movie
Self (voice)
First Man
2018Movie
Robert R. Gilruth
Grace and Goliath
2018Movie
Surgeon
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018Movie
Captain Stinger (voice)
Elizabeth Harvest
2018Movie
Henry
National Theatre Collection: Translations
2018Movie
Hugh
Woman Walks Ahead
2018Movie
James McLaughlin
The Terror
2018TV
Sir John Franklin
Red Sparrow
2018Movie
Alexei Zyuganov
Justice League
2017Movie
Steppenwolf (voice)
Axis
2017Movie
Jim (voice)
Silence
2016Movie
Father Valignano
My Mother and Other Strangers
2016TV
Older Francis
Bleed for This
2016Movie
Angelo Pazienza
The Hope Rooms
2016Movie
Eamonn
Last Days in the Desert
2016Movie
Father
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015Movie
Claudius
Hitman: Agent 47
2015Movie
Litvenko
Love is a Sting
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Driftless Area
2015Movie
Ned
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015Movie
Mance Rayder
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014Movie
Spencer Ludlow
Delirium
2014TV
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014Movie
Spencer Ludlow
McCanick
2014Movie
Quinn
Frozen
2013Movie
Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
Closed Circuit
2013Movie
Devlin
The Sea
2013Movie
Max Morden
Shetland
2013TV
Michael Maguire
Political Animals
2012TV
Bud Hammond
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012Movie
Self
John Carter
2012Movie
Tardos Mors
The Woman in Black
2012Movie
Mr. Daily
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011Movie
Roarke
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011Movie
Roy Bland
Salvation Boulevard
2011Movie
Jim Hunt
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Aberforth Dumbledore
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Mance Rayder
The Shore
2011Movie
Joe
The Rite
2011Movie
Father Xavier
The Debt
2010Movie
David Peretz
Life During Wartime
2010Movie
Bill Maplewood
Glock
2009Movie
Luger
The Eclipse
2009Movie
Michael Farr
Race to Witch Mountain
2009Movie
Burke
Above Suspicion
2009TV
James Langton
The Tale of Despereaux
2008Movie
Botticelli (voice)
Ca$h
2008Movie
Barnes
Stop-Loss
2008Movie
Roy King
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008Movie
Joe Blomfield
In Bruges
2008Movie
Priest (uncredited)
There Will Be Blood
2007Movie
Fletcher Hamilton
Margot at the Wedding
2007Movie
Dick Koosman
Hallam Foe
2007Movie
Julius Foe
Amazing Grace
2007Movie
Lord Tarleton
The Nativity Story
2006Movie
Herod
The Tiger's Tail
2006Movie
Father Andy
Miami Vice
2006Movie
FBI Agent John Fujima
Munich
2005Movie
Carl
Rome
2005TV
Julius Caesar
Mickybo and Me
2005Movie
Jonjo's Da
The Phantom of the Opera
2004Movie
Firmin
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003Movie
Michael Henchard
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003TV
Michael Henchard
The Statement
2003Movie
Pochon
Calendar Girls
2003Movie
Rod Harper
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003Movie
Jonathan Reiss
Veronica Guerin
2003Movie
John Traynor
Thursday the 12th
2003Movie
Marius Bannister
Road to Perdition
2002Movie
Finn McGovern
The Sum of All Fears
2002Movie
President Nemerov
The Weight of Water
2001Movie
Louis Wagner
The Sleeper
2000Movie
Fergus Moon
Jason and the Argonauts
2000TV
King Aeson
The Lost Lover
1999Movie
Adam
A Time to Love
1999Movie
Peter
The Lost Son
1999Movie
Carlos
Titanic Town
1998Movie
Aidan McPhelimy
Getting Hurt
1998Movie
Charlie Cross
Oscar and Lucinda
1997Movie
Reverend Dennis Hasset
The Life of Stuff
1997Movie
David Arbogast
Jane Eyre
1997Movie
Edward Rochester
Ivanhoe
1997TV
Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996TV
Lucifer (voice)
Some Mother's Son
1996Movie
Danny Boyle
Cold Lazarus
1996TV
Fyodor
Mary Reilly
1996Movie
Sir Danvers Carew
The Affair
1995Movie
Edward Leyland
Persuasion
1995Movie
Captain Frederick Wentworth
Circle of Friends
1995Movie
Professor Flynn
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994TV
Jim Browner
The Man Who Cried
1993Movie
Abel Mason
Hostages
1992Movie
Brian Keenan
Between the Lines
1992TV
Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
Soldier Soldier
1991TV
Clive Hickey
Prime Suspect
1991TV
Edward Parker-Jones
Yellowbacks
1990Movie
Martin Pitt
December Bride
1990Movie
Frank Echlin
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990Movie
Richard McIlkenny
Perfect Scoundrels
1990TV
Jack Vosper
The Mahabharata
1990TV
Ashwatthaman
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989Movie
Cory
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Jack Lynch
The Play on One
1988TV
Martin Pitt
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
Jim Browner
Excalibur
1981Movie
Lot
Our Boys
1981Movie
Brother
The Long March
1980Movie
Michael Canning
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
The Ministry of Time
TV
Peter
Cry to Heaven
Movie
Andrea
Walk the Blue Fields
Movie
Ceasefire
Movie
Bill Flynn
Isle of Man
Movie
This Old Love of Mine
Movie
Harry Bannon