Ian Holm
Sir Ian Holm, CBE ( born September 12, 1931, in Goodmayes, Essex ) is a British actor.
Life
Prior to his career as a film and television actor Holm was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1965, he played for the BBC adaptation of The War of the Roses - pieces ( Henry VI. Part 1-3 and Richard III. ) Richard III. He also starred in a large number of Shakespeare plays (among Romeo, Henry V, Troilus and Puck ) and made a name for himself as an outstanding performer.
When he in 1979 in the Hollywood film Alien - The mysterious creature from another world and 1981 in the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire participated - Holm was nominated for best supporting actor - he was in the UK already a star. For Chariots of Fire, he also received another Best Actor Award at the International Film Festival in Cannes 1981 In the U.S., it reached its representations -. Especially in Shakespeare plays - soon great popularity. He also appeared with in many TV productions, including as Napoleon Bonaparte, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels. 1981 and 1985, he starred in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits and Brazil cult films. He also played the lead role in the children's book adaptation A case for the borrower as a television series. Together with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in 1989, he stood in Branagh's directorial debut, Henry V. in front of the camera. In the same year, Holm was a Commander of the British Empire. He had in 1997 with Luc Besson's science-fiction film The Fifth Element a great success.
In 1998 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II because of its merits. Since then, he may be called Sir. In 2001, he was seen on the side of Johnny Depp in From Hell, and he also played in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey, the role of Bilbo Baggins. Already in 1981 he had spoken the role of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings radio play.
In 2004, he starred in Roland Emmerich's disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, in the following year, he took a role in Martin Scorsese's film The Aviator. In 2006 he introduced in Oh Jerusalem, the Israeli state founder and Prime Minister Ben Gurion dar.
Ian Holms distinctive voice is known primarily in the UK, as it often comes as narrator, commentator and speaker documentation for use.
Private
From 1955 to 1965 he was married to Mary Lynn Shaw, with whom he has daughters Jessica and Sarah -Jane. From the relationship as a photographer Bee Gilbert originate son Barnaby Holm ( born February 20, 1967), who is also an actor, and daughter Melissa. From 1982 to 1986 he was married to actress Sophie Baker, with whom he son Harry (* 1981) has. From 1991 to 2001 Ian Holm was married to his third marriage to actress Penelope Wilton. His current (fourth) wife has since December 2004 Sophie de cachet.