Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Actor (1931 - 2020)
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The ThumbScore for Ian Holm (76.2%) is the average audience approval rating across 30 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Ian's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

30
Movies
76.2%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Ian Holm’s films higher than 82% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Lord of War (Roku Channel, The CW, ViX, Plex, Prime Video (free), Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Strangers with Candy (YouTube, Fandango at Home, Shout! TV, Plex, Fawesome) · Brazil (YouTube) · From Hell (Tubi) · eXistenZ (Plex) · The Aviator (Kanopy, Hoopla) and 12 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Jude Law (2)Robert De Niro (2)Ian Richardson (2)Terry Gilliam (2)Robert A. Silverman (2)

Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in films. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II. Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role in the 1998 West End production of King Lear.

For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear (1998), and the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2003). He gained acclaim for his role in The Bofors Gun (1968) winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award win for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981). Other notable films he appeared in include Alien (1979), Brazil (1985), Henry V (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and The Aviator (2004). He gained wider appreciation for his role as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He also voiced Chef Skinner in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1931-09-12 in Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK. Died 2020-06-19.

On ThumbScore, Ian Holm appears in 30 films with an average audience score of 76.2%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Ian Holm movie, ranked by audience score

The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element
1997
👍 91%
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
2007
👍 90%
Alien
Alien
1979
👍 87%
Lord of War
Lord of War
2005
👍 87%
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
👍 86%
Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy
2006
👍 86%
Time Bandits
Time Bandits
1981
👍 85%
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch
1991
👍 84%
Brazil
Brazil
1985
👍 84%
From Hell
From Hell
2001
👍 81%
Garden State
Garden State
2004
👍 81%
eXistenZ
eXistenZ
1999
👍 79%
Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire
1981
👍 76%
The Aviator
The Aviator
2004
👍 75%
Hamlet
Hamlet
1990
👍 74%
Robin and Marian
Robin and Marian
1976
👍 74%
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
👍 74%
Another Woman
Another Woman
1988
👍 74%
Big Night
Big Night
1996
👍 74%
The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George
1994
👍 74%
A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
👍 73%
Juggernaut
Juggernaut
1974
👍 73%
The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
👍 72%
Kafka
Kafka
1991
👍 68%
Night Falls on Manhattan
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
👍 68%
Bless the Child
Bless the Child
2000
👍 65%
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
1999
👍 65%
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
👍 64%
Loch Ness
Loch Ness
1996
👍 63%
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
👍 58%