
Ciarán Hinds
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1953-02-09 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Also known as
- Ciaran Hinds · Ciarin Hinds · Киран Хайндс · Ciaràn Hinds · Кіран Гайндс · کیران هایندز
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
TV Shows (29)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Mance Rayder

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Dark Wizard

The Terror
2018
as Sir John Franklin

Shetland
2013
as Michael Maguire

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Jack Lynch

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Jim Browner

Rome
2005
as Julius Caesar

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Soldier Soldier
1991
as Clive Hickey

Prime Suspect
1991
as Edward Parker-Jones

Between the Lines
1992
as Det. Insp. Micky Flynn

Kin
2021
as Eamon Cunningham

Above Suspicion
2009
as James Langton

The English
2022
as Richard M Watts

Treason
2022
as Sir Martin Angelis

Political Animals
2012
as Bud Hammond

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025
as Dorrigo Evans 1980s

Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as King Aeson

The Dry
2022
as Tom Sheridan

East of Eden
as Samuel Hamilton

Delirium
2014

Ivanhoe
1997
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert

Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Jack Vosper

Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Lucifer (voice)

Cold Lazarus
1996
as Fyodor

My Mother and Other Strangers
2016
as Older Francis

The Mahabharata
1990
as Ashwatthaman

The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
as Michael Henchard

Ireland's Coast
2024
as Narrator
Movies (107)

The Family Plan
2023
as McCaffrey

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Aberforth Dumbledore

Frozen
2013
as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)

Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Steppenwolf (voice)

Frozen II
2019
as Pabbie (voice)

Justice League
2017
as Steppenwolf (voice)

There Will Be Blood
2007
as Fletcher Hamilton

John Carter
2012
as Tardos Mors

Red Sparrow
2018
as Alexei Zyuganov

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
as Roarke

Silence
2016
as Father Valignano

First Man
2018
as Robert R. Gilruth

The Phantom of the Opera
2004
as Firmin

The Sum of All Fears
2002
as President Nemerov

In Bruges
2008
as Priest (uncredited)

Munich
2005
as Carl

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Roy Bland

Excalibur
1981
as Lot

Hallam Foe
2007
as Julius Foe

Hitman: Agent 47
2015
as Litvenko

Road to Perdition
2002
as Finn McGovern

Race to Witch Mountain
2009
as Burke

Miami Vice
2006
as FBI Agent John Fujima

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Jonathan Reiss

The Woman in Black
2012
as Mr. Daily

Is This Thing On?
2025
as Jan

Woman Walks Ahead
2018
as James McLaughlin

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Cory

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
2027

In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
as Vincent O'Shea

Persuasion
1995
as Captain Frederick Wentworth

The Wonder
2022
as Father Thaddeus

The Rite
2011
as Father Xavier

The Tale of Despereaux
2008
as Botticelli (voice)

Belfast
2021
as Pop

Bleed for This
2016
as Angelo Pazienza

Midwinter Break
2026
as Gerry

The Debt
2010
as David Peretz

Closed Circuit
2013
as Devlin

Stop-Loss
2008
as Roy King

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Mance Rayder

Amazing Grace
2006
as Lord Tarleton

Veronica Guerin
2003
as John Traynor

Mary Reilly
1996
as Sir Danvers Carew

Calendar Girls
2003
as Rod Harper

Elizabeth Harvest
2018
as Henry

The Nativity Story
2006
as Herod

The Three Urns
2026
as Mr O'Connor

Last Days in the Desert
2016
as Father

Words of War
2025
as Dmitry Muratov

Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Reverend Dennis Hasset

Circle of Friends
1995
as Professor Flynn

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
as Joe Blomfield

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Spencer Ludlow

Ca$h
2008
as Barnes

McCanick
2014
as Quinn

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Spencer Ludlow

Jane Eyre
1997
as Edward Rochester

Some Mother's Son
1996
as Danny Boyle

The Weight of Water
2001
as Louis Wagner

Salvation Boulevard
2011
as Jim Hunt

Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)

Margot at the Wedding
2007
as Dick Koosman

Cry to Heaven

The Statement
2003
as Pochon

The Lost Son
1999
as Carlos

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
as Captain Stinger (voice)

Axis
2017
as Jim (voice)

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Claudius

Cottontail
2024
as John

The Driftless Area
2015
as Ned

The Sea
2013
as Max Morden

The Eclipse
2009
as Michael Farr

Life During Wartime
2010
as Bill Maplewood

Hostages
1992
as Brian Keenan

Mickybo and Me
2005
as Jonjo's Da

Thursday the 12th
2003
as Marius Bannister

The Man in the Hat
2020
as The Man In The Hat

The Affair
1995
as Edward Leyland

Titanic Town
1998
as Aidan McPhelimy

Grace and Goliath
2018
as Surgeon

The Shore
2011
as Joe
Isle of Man

The Tiger's Tail
2006
as Father Andy

The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
as Michael Henchard

National Theatre Collection: Translations
2018
as Hugh
Glock
2009
as Luger

A Time to Love
1999
as Peter

The Lost Lover
1999
as Adam

The Hour
2020
as Himself

The Sleeper
2000
as Fergus Moon

The Hope Rooms
2016
as Eamonn
Ceasefire
as Bill Flynn
Walk the Blue Fields

Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Richard McIlkenny

The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
as Self

The Long March
1980
as Michael Canning

Yellowbacks
1990
as Martin Pitt

December Bride
1990
as Frank Echlin

The Man Who Cried
1993
as Abel Mason

The Life of Stuff
1997
as David Arbogast

Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
2025
as Narrator

Untameable
2023
as Narrator (voice)

Love is a Sting
2015
as Narrator (voice)

Our Boys
1981
as Brother
Getting Hurt
1998
as Charlie Cross

A Bear Remembers
2025
as Voice of the Bear
About Ciarán Hinds
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), Silenc… With 136 credits spanning from 1953 to 2027, Ciarán Hinds has appeared in 107 films and 29 TV shows.
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- The Family Plan (2023) — as McCaffrey
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Aberforth Dumbledore
- Frozen (2013) — as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — as Steppenwolf (voice)
- Frozen II (2019) — as Pabbie (voice)
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