Ciarán Hinds | |
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 Hinds in 2022 | |
| Born | (1953-02-09)9 February 1953 (age 72) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Aoife Hinds |
Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/KEER-ən;[1] born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor fromBelfast,Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films includingThe 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) andBelfast (2021), the last of which earned himOscar andBAFTA 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 filmFrozen (2013) and its sequel,Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow inRed Sparrow (2018). He also portrayedSteppenwolf inZack Snyder'sJustice League (2017) and its 2021director's cut.
His television roles includeJulius Caesar in the seriesRome, DCI James Langton inAbove Suspicion,Mance Rayder inGame of Thrones, and CaptainSir John Franklin inThe Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 ofShetland (2016), produced by ITV.
As a stage actor Hinds has spent periods with theRoyal Shakespeare Company and theRoyal National Theatre, and six seasons withGlasgow Citizens' Theatre.[2][3] Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was listed at number 31 onThe Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.[4]
Hinds was born inBelfast, Northern Ireland, on 9 February 1953.[5][6][7] Raised as a Catholic[8] in north Belfast, he was one of five children and the only son of his doctor father, Gerry, and schoolteacher and amateur actress mother, Moya.[9][10]
He was anIrish dancer in his youth and was educated at Holy Family Primary School andSt Malachy's College. After leaving St Malachy's he attended the College of Business Studies before enrolling as a law student atQueen's University Belfast but was soon persuaded to pursue acting and abandoned his studies at Queen's to enrol at theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art,[11][12][13][14] finishing in 1975.[15]
Hinds began his professional acting career at theGlasgowCitizens' Theatre in a production ofCinderella (1976). He remained a frequent performer at the Citizens' Theatre during the late 1970s and through the mid-1980s. During this same period, Hinds also performed on stage in Ireland with theAbbey Theatre, theField Day Theatre Company, theDruid Theatre, theLyric Players' Theatre and at theProject Arts Centre. In 1987, he was cast byPeter Brook inThe Mahabharata, a six-hour theatre piece that toured the world, and he also featured in its 1989 film version. Hinds almost missed the casting call in Paris due to difficulties renewing hisIrish passport.[16] In the early 1990s, he was a member of theRoyal Shakespeare Company.
He appeared in the title role of the RSC's production ofRichard III in 1993, directed bySam Mendes, who turned to Hinds as a last minute replacement for an injuredSimon Russell Beale. Hinds gained his most popular recognition as a stage actor for his performance as Larry in the London and Broadway productions ofPatrick Marber'sTony Award-nominated playCloser. In 1999, Hinds was awarded both theTheatre World Award for Best Debut in New York and theOuter Critics Circle Award for Special Achievement (Best Ensemble Cast Performance) for his work inCloser. He was on stage in 2001 inThe Yalta Game byBrian Friel at Dublin'sGate Theatre. He appeared on Broadway inThe Seafarer byConor McPherson, which ran at theBooth Theatre from December 2007 through March 2008. In February 2009 he took the leading role of General Sergei Kotov inBurnt by the Sun byPeter Flannery at London'sNational Theatre.[17] Hinds returned to the stage later in 2009 with a role in Conor McPherson's playThe Birds, which opened at Dublin'sGate Theatre in September 2009.
Hinds made his feature film debut inJohn Boorman'sExcalibur in 1981.[18] He played Captain Frederick Wentworth inJane Austen'sPersuasion (1995),[18] Dr Jonathan Reiss inLara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,[18] and John Traynor inVeronica Guerin,[18] both in 2003, and Firmin in the film version ofAndrew Lloyd Webber'sThe Phantom of the Opera in 2004.[18] Hinds also played Carl, a professional assisting a group of assassins, inSteven Spielberg's political thriller,Munich in 2005.[18] In 2006, he appeared inMichael Mann's film adaptation of the 80's television show,Miami Vice,[18] and asHerod the Great inThe Nativity Story.[19] In the 2006 filmAmazing Grace,[18] Hinds portrayedSir Banastre Tarleton, one of the chief opponents of abolition of theslave trade inParliament. He starred alongsideNicole Kidman,Jack Black andJennifer Jason Leigh, in a comedy-drama about family secrets and relationships inMargot at the Wedding.[18] He also appeared inPaul Thomas Anderson directed filmThere Will Be Blood (2007).[18]
On television, Hinds portrayedGaius Julius Caesar in the first season of BBC/HBO's series,Rome in 2006.[18] He featured in a number of made-for-television films, including the role of Michael Henchard inThomas Hardy'sThe Mayor of Casterbridge in 2004,[18] for which he won the award forBest Actor in a Drama Series at the2nd Irish Film & Television Awards.[20] He played Edward Parker-Jones in the crime drama seriesPrime Suspect 3 (1993),[18] Abel Mason inDame Catherine Cookson'sThe Man Who Cried (1993),[18] Jim Browner inThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes episode "The Cardboard Box" (1994),[18] Fyodor Glazunov in the science fiction miniseriesCold Lazarus (1996),[18]Edward Rochester inCharlotte Brontë'sJane Eyre (1997),[18] theKnight Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert inSir Walter Scott'sIvanhoe (1997),[18] and a portrayal of the FrenchexistentialistAlbert Camus inBroken Morning (2003).[18]
In 1996, Hinds acted as a police detective in episode "Confessions" ofTales from the Crypt.[18]
Hinds was featured in two notable television docudramas:Granada Television's docudramaWho Bombed Birmingham? (1990) in which Hinds portrayed Richard McIlkenny, a Belfastman falsely imprisoned for anIRA bombing; andHBO's docudramaHostages (1993),[18] where he portrayed Irish writer and former hostageBrian Keenan. Hinds starred oppositeKelly Reilly inAbove Suspicion,[18] a TV adaptation ofLynda La Plante's detective story, which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in January 2009; he returned for the sequelsThe Red Dahlia (2010),Deadly Intent (2011) andSilent Scream (2012).[18] Hinds has performed in audiobook and radio productions as well. He performed as Valmont in the BBC Radio production ofLes Liaisons Dangereuses, and also narrated the Penguin AudiobookIvanhoe. He also performed inAntony and Cleopatra andThe Winter's Tale as part ofThe Complete Arkangel Shakespeare, an audio production of Shakespeare's plays which won the 2004Audie Award for Best Audio Drama. He read the short story "A Painful Case" for the Caedmon Audio version ofJames Joyce'sDubliners.[citation needed]
Hinds played the role ofAlbus Dumbledore's brother Aberforth inHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,[18] the final film in theHarry Potter series. Also in 2011, he appeared as David Peretz in the 1997 sections ofThe Debt alongsideHelen Mirren andTom Wilkinson. Hinds played Roy Bland in the 2011 adaptation of the John le Carré'sTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.[18]
In September 2011, Hinds returned to theAbbey Theatre in Dublin to star as Captain Jack Boyle in a revival ofSeán O'Casey'sJuno and the Paycock, alongsideSinéad Cusack as Juno. The production transferred to theNational Theatre of Great Britain in November 2011 for a three-month run. He played "Jim" in the filmThe Shore (2011),[18] written and directed byTerry George.The Shore won the Best Short Film, Live Action category at the 84th Annual Academy Awards (The Oscars) in 2012.
In 2013, he was cast as the wildling leaderMance Rayder inSeason 3 of theHBO television seriesGame of Thrones.[21] He reprised this role inSeason 4, and inSeason 5.[22][non-primary source needed] On Broadway at The Richard Rodgers Theater in New York, he was Big Daddy toScarlett Johansson inCat on a Hot Tin Roof, which began previews on 18 December 2012 and opened on 17 January 2013.[23][24][25]
In the summer of 2013, he performed at the Donmar Warehouse in London in the premiere production ofThe Night Alive, a play byConor McPherson, which transferred in November 2013, with Hinds in the lead role, to the Atlantic Theater Company in New York.
In 2015, he was inHamlet alongsideBenedict Cumberbatch at the London Barbican, playing King Claudius. He appeared the following year as Deputy Governor Danforth in the Broadway production ofArthur Miller's playThe Crucible alongsideSaoirse Ronan andBen Whishaw.[26]
In 2018 he shot the filmThe Thin Man which has since been retitledThe Man in the Hat[27] in France directed by Oscar-winning composerStephen Warbeck.[28]
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In 2017, Hinds portrayed theDC Comics villainSteppenwolf in the superhero filmJustice League.[29] Disappointed with the reshoots and changes made byJoss Whedon following directorZack Snyder's departure, including ones made to Steppenwolf's appearance and characterisation, Hinds publicly supported the release of Snyder's original cut of the film, calling it superior to the theatrical version.[29] On 18 March 2021 Snyder's version, titledZack Snyder's Justice League, was released on theWarnerMedia Entertainmentstreaming serviceHBO Max, restoring many scenes, including those of Hinds as Steppenwolf in the character's original design, which were not featured in the theatrical version.[30]
In 2021, Hinds appeared as a drug trafficking gangster known as Eamon Cunningham, in the TV dramaKin.[18] Hinds starred inKenneth Branagh's 2021 filmBelfast,[18] for which Hinds received critical acclaim and won the National Board of Review for Best Supporting Actor, and was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor.|[31]
In August 2021, it was announced Hinds would star in the comedy-drama seriesThe Dry, developed byElement Pictures forBritbox.[32] In October 2021, he was cast in the thriller filmIn the Land of Saints and Sinners, starringLiam Neeson and directed byRobert Lorenz.[33]
Hinds lives in Paris with his wife, the French-Vietnamese actress Hélène Patarot. They met in 1987 while in the cast of Peter Brook's production ofThe Mahabharata. Their daughter,Aoife Hinds (born 1991, in London), is also an actress[34] and has appeared inDerry Girls,Normal People, andHellraiser.[35][36]
