Ciarán Hinds
Born 1953
Known for Frozen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, There Will Be Blood.
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.
Movie Credits
The Three Urns (2026)
The Sea (2013)
Midwinter Break (2026)
Words of War (2025)
Untameable (2023)
Last Days in the Desert (2015)
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
The Woman in Black (2012)
Jane Eyre (1997)
The First Movie (2009)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Bleed for This (2016)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
The Debt (2010)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027)
Silence (2016)
The Driftless Area (2015)
McCanick (2013)
John Carter (2012)
The Rite (2011)
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
The Nativity Story (2006)
The Sleeper (2000)
Is This Thing On? (2025)
Cottontail (2023)
The Family Plan (2023)
Belfast (2021)
Red Sparrow (2018)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
Miami Vice (2006)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The Weight of Water (2001)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Frozen (2013)
Stop-Loss (2008)
Calendar Girls (2003)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
The Wonder (2022)
First Man (2018)
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Life During Wartime (2010)
Amazing Grace (2006)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Frozen II (2019)
Justice League (2017)
Excalibur (1981)
