Editing Ian Holm

{{Short description|British actor (1931–2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name = Ian Holm
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image = Ian Holm.jpg
| caption = Holm in [[Edinburgh]] in 2004
| birth_name = Ian Holm Cuthbert
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Goodmayes]], [[Essex]],<!-- Please do not change to London; Goodmayes was in Essex in 1931 when Holm was born --> England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|6|19|1931|9|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| resting_place = [[Highgate Cemetery]]
| alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1957–2020
| spouse = {{Unbulleted list
  | {{marriage|Lynn Mary Shaw|1955|1965|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|Sophie Baker|1982|1986|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|[[Penelope Wilton]]|1991|2001|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|Sophie de Stempel|2003}}
  }}
| children = 5
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Ian Holm|Full list]]
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'''Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert''' (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After graduating from [[RADA]] (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in film. He received numerous accolades including two [[BAFTA Awards]] and a [[Tony Award]], along with a nomination for an [[Academy Award]]. He was knighted by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in [[1998 Birthday Honours|1998]] for services to drama.<ref name="BFI Holm Obit">{{Cite web |title=Ian Holm obituary: an actor of many facets |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/ian-holm-obituary-actor-many-facets |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=BFI |date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214061357/https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/ian-holm-obituary-actor-many-facets |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC Obit">{{cite news |date=19 June 2020 |title=Sir Ian Holm: Lord of the Rings and Alien star dies aged 88 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |access-date=7 February 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222040343/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Holm won the [[21st Tony Awards|1967 Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|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 (theatre)|West End]] production of ''[[King Lear]]''. For his television roles he received two [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations for King Lear, and the [[HBO]] film ''[[The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]]'' (2003).

Holm 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 won a second [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|BAFTA Award]] for his role as athletics trainer [[Sam Mussabini]] in ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' (1981). Other notable films he appeared in include ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979), ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985), ''[[Dreamchild]]'' (1985), ''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]'' (1989), ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]'' (1991), ''[[The Madness of King George]]'' (1994), ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' (1997), ''[[The Sweet Hereafter (film)|The Sweet Hereafter]]'' (1997), and ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004). He played [[Napoleon]] three separate times. He gained wider appreciation for his role as the elderly [[Bilbo Baggins]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy and ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' trilogy.

==Early life and education==
Ian Holm Cuthbert was born on 12 September 1931 in [[Goodmayes]], [[Essex]], to Scottish parents, James Cuthbert and his wife Jean (née Holm). His father was a [[psychiatrist]] who worked as the superintendent of the [[Goodmayes Hospital|West Ham Corporation Mental Hospital]] and was one of the pioneers of [[Electroconvulsive therapy|electric shock therapy]]; his mother was a nurse.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Holm |url=http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/person.jsp?id=12990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218062744/http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/person.jsp?id=12990 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2007 |work=Channel 4 Film |year=2008 |access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Holm – Family and Companions |url=http://au.movies.yahoo.com/Ian+Holm/biography/122636/family | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114084205/http://au.movies.yahoo.com/Ian+Holm/biography/122636/family/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 January 2006 |work=Yahoo! Movies |year=2008 | access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Excerpts from ''Loch Ness'' Presskit (1995) |url=http://www.aboutjamesfrain.com/pr28.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040702142255/http://www.aboutjamesfrain.com/pr28.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2004 |work=aboutjamesfrain |date=18 April 2004 |access-date=27 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sweet |first1=Matthew |title=Film: Napoleon Complex |work=The Independent |date=16 January 2004 |pages=8, 9}}</ref> He had an older brother, who died when Ian was 12 years old.<ref name=Strachan>Alan Strachan (2020) [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-holm-obituary-death-bilbo-baggins-lord-of-the-rings-a9575566.html "Ian Holm: Versatile actor whose measured, gritty performances took him from Shakespeare to Hollywood"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622022626/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-holm-obituary-death-bilbo-baggins-lord-of-the-rings-a9575566.html |date=22 June 2020 }} ''[[The Independent]]''. Published 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> Holm was educated at the independent [[Chigwell School]] in Essex.<ref name="Guardian Obit">Michael Billington & Ryan Gilbey (2020) [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/sir-ian-holm-obituary "Sir Ian Holm obituary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200619162827/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/sir-ian-holm-obituary |date=19 June 2020 }} ''[[The Guardian]]''. Published 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref><ref name=Strachan/> His parents retired to [[Mortehoe]] in Devon and then to [[Worthing]], where he joined an amateur dramatic society.<ref name=ActingMyLife>{{cite book |year=2004 |author=Ian Holm with Steven Jacobi |isbn=978-0-593-05214-3 |title=Acting My Life – Ian Holm |publisher=Bantam Books}}</ref>

A chance encounter with [[Henry Baynton]], a well-known provincial Shakespearean actor, helped Holm train for admission to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], where he secured a place from 1950.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/> His studies were interrupted a year later when he was called up for [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service]] in the [[British Army]],<ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/> during which he was posted to [[Klagenfurt]], Austria, and attained the rank of [[Lance Corporal]]. They were interrupted a second time when he volunteered to go on an acting tour of the United States in 1952.<ref name=ActingMyLife /> Holm graduated from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in 1953.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> 

He made his stage debut in 1954, at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], playing a [[spear carrier]] in a staging of ''[[Othello]]''.<ref name=NYTObit>Mel Gussow (2020) [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/obituaries/ian-holm-dead.html "Ian Holm, Malleable Actor Who Played Lear and a Hobbit, Dies at 88"] ''[[The New York Times]]''. Published 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> Two years later, he made his London stage debut in ''Love Affair''.<ref name=NYTObit/>

== Career ==

Holm was an established actor in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] before he gained notice in television and film. He began in 1954 with minor roles, progressing to [[Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and the fool in ''[[King Lear]]''.<ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/> In 1965, he played [[Richard III (play)|Richard III]] in the [[BBC]] serialisation of ''[[The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)|The Wars of The Roses]]'', based on the RSC production of the plays. He gained acclaim for his role in the 1968 film ''[[The Bofors Gun]]'', winning the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]].<ref name="Bafta Bofors">{{cite web |title=Film in 1969: BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1969/film |website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122045155/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1969/film |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1969, he appeared in ''[[Moonlight on the Highway]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200622074902/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bcc4ce7 "''Moonlight on the Highway'' (1969)"] [[British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> He took on minor roles in films such as ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' (1969),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309073043/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b1e5daa "''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969)"] [[British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'' (1971),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160809085458/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b170907 "''Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971)"] [[British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]'' (1972)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170724025345/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b014217 "''Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1972)"] [[British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> and ''[[Young Winston]]'' (1972).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170621155716/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bb7319a "''Young Winston'' (1972)"] [[British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref>

In 1967 Holm won a [[Tony Award]] for Best Featured Actor in a Play as Lenny in ''[[The Homecoming]]'' by [[Harold Pinter]]. Holm appeared in the 1977 television mini-series ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (film)|Jesus of Nazareth]]'' as the [[Sadducee]] [[Zerah]], and as the villain in ''[[March or Die (film)|March or Die]]''. The following year he played [[J. M. Barrie]] in the award-winning BBC mini-series ''[[The Lost Boys (TV series)|The Lost Boys]]'',<ref name=THR>Mike Barnes (2020) [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ian-holm-dead-chariots-fire-alien-bilbo-baggins-actor-was-88-1075500 "Ian Holm, Oscar-Nominated Actor in 'Chariots of Fire,' Dies at 88"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620105146/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ian-holm-dead-chariots-fire-alien-bilbo-baggins-actor-was-88-1075500 |date=20 June 2020 }} ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. Published 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> In 1981, he played [[Frodo Baggins]] in the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|BBC radio adaptation]] of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/850-Lord-of-the-Rings-BBC-Dramatization.php |title=Review: The BBC Lord of the Rings Dramatization re-released by BBC AudioBooks America |website=www.tolkienlibrary.com |access-date=24 December 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111755/http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/850-Lord-of-the-Rings-BBC-Dramatization.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

Holm's first film role to gain much notice was that of [[Ash (Alien)|Ash]], the "calm, technocratic" science officer – later revealed to be an [[Android (robot)|android]] – in [[Ridley Scott]]'s science-fiction film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979).<ref name=GuardianFilmBlog/> His portrayal of the running coach [[Sam Mussabini]] in ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' (1981) earned him a special award at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], a [[BAFTA]] award for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]], and an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name=GuardianFilmBlog/><ref name="Tsioulcas">{{cite web |title=Actor Ian Holm, Who Played King Lear To Bilbo Baggins, Has Died |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/880811998/actor-ian-holm-who-played-king-lear-to-bilbo-baggins-has-died |first=Anastasia |last=Tsioulcas |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=19 June 2020 |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=BBCNews/> In the 1980s, Holm played in ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981), ''[[Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes]]'' (1984) and ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985). He played [[Lewis Carroll]], the author of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', in ''[[Dreamchild]]'' (1985).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160729213643/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70e9350c ''"Dreamchild'' (1985)"] [[British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref><ref>Roger Ebert (1986) [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dreamchild-1986 "''Dreamchild''" film review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921230536/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dreamchild-1986 |date=21 September 2020 }}. [[rogerebert.com]]. Published 10 January 1986. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref>

In 1989, Holm was nominated for a BAFTA award for the television series ''[[Game, Set and Match]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Television in 1989: BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1989/television |website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102941/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1989/television |url-status=live }}</ref> Based on the novels by [[Len Deighton]], this tells the story of an intelligence officer (Holm) who finds a security leak at the heart of his network.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John |title=13 Hours' Worth of British Spying on the 'Mystery' Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/23/arts/review-television-13-hours-worth-of-british-spying-on-the-mystery-series.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 March 1989 |accessdate=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206101233/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/23/arts/review-television-13-hours-worth-of-british-spying-on-the-mystery-series.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He continued to perform [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] in films. He appeared with [[Kenneth Branagh]] in ''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]'' (1989)<ref name="BFI Henry V">{{cite web |title=Henry V |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150333405 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=339343 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203224428/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150333405 |url-status=live }}</ref> and as [[Polonius]] to [[Mel Gibson]]'s ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1990).<ref name="BFI Hamlet">{{cite web |title=Hamlet |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150342735 |publisher=BFI |ref=348471 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206161623/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150342735 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Holm was reunited with Branagh in ''[[Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)|Mary Shelley's Frankenstein]]'' (1994), playing the father of Branagh's [[Victor Frankenstein]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160505234311/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c457939 ''"Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'' (1994)"] [[British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref>

[[File:Ian_Holm_studying_the_Ring_FOTR_2001.jpg|thumb|Holm as [[Bilbo Baggins]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. The role brought him wider fame, somewhat overshadowing the rest of his acting career.<ref name="BFI Holm Obit"/>]]

Holm raised his profile in 1997 with two prominent roles, as the priest Vito Cornelius in [[Luc Besson]]'s sci-fi ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' and the lawyer Mitchell Stephens in ''[[The Sweet Hereafter (film)|The Sweet Hereafter]]''. In 2001 he starred in ''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]'' as the physician [[William Withey Gull|Sir William Withey Gull]].<ref name="BFI Holm Obit"/> The same year, he followed up his radio role as Frodo by appearing as Frodo's older cousin<!--familiarly called "uncle"--> [[Bilbo Baggins]] in the blockbuster film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. This brought him wider fame, somewhat overshadowing the rest of his acting career.<ref name="BFI Holm Obit"/> He returned for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003), for which he shared a [[Screen Actors Guild|SAG]] award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He later reprised his role as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in the films ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''.<ref name="BBC Holm Obit">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Ian Holm |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13960349 |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=[[BBC]] |date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619182212/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13960349 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Martin Freeman]] portrayed the young Bilbo in those films.<ref>Rodrigo Perez (2012) [https://www.indiewire.com/2012/12/review-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-rallies-from-a-goofy-opening-to-become-another-thrilling-if-familiar-action-adventure-epic-103367/ "Review: ‘''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''’ Rallies From A Goofy Opening To Become Another Thrilling, If Familiar, Action-Adventure Epic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024183729/https://www.indiewire.com/2012/12/review-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-rallies-from-a-goofy-opening-to-become-another-thrilling-if-familiar-action-adventure-epic-103367/ |date=24 October 2020 }} ''[[IndieWire]]''. Published 4 December 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref>

Holm was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] twice, for a [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] broadcast of a National Theatre production of ''[[King Lear]]'', in 1999; and for a supporting role in the [[HBO]] film ''[[The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]]'' opposite [[Judi Dench]], in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Holm |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/ian-holm |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=Television Academy |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622025314/https://www.emmys.com/bios/ian-holm |url-status=live }}</ref> He voiced Chef Skinner in the [[Pixar]] animated film ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'' (2007).<ref name="Turner Filmography"/> He appeared in two [[David Cronenberg]] films: ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]'' (1991) and ''[[eXistenZ]]'' (1999).<ref name=GuardianFilmBlog>Peter Bradshaw (2020) [https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/jun/19/ian-holm-a-virtuoso-actor-of-steel-sinew-and-charm-peter-bradshaw-appreciation "Ian Holm: a virtuoso actor of steel, sinew – and charm"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620043717/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/jun/19/ian-holm-a-virtuoso-actor-of-steel-sinew-and-charm-peter-bradshaw-appreciation |date=20 June 2020 }} ''[[The Guardian]]''. Published 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> His acting was admired by [[Harold Pinter]]: the playwright once said: "He puts on my shoe, and it fits!"<ref>Brantley, Ben. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/theater/theater-review-talk-about-a-reality-show-a-pinter-classic-is-it.html THEATER REVIEW; Talk About a Reality Show. A Pinter Classic Is It] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305171034/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/theater/theater-review-talk-about-a-reality-show-a-pinter-classic-is-it.html |date=5 March 2016 }}. ''The New York Times'' 21 July 2001.</ref> Holm played Lenny in both the London and New York City premieres of Pinter's ''[[The Homecoming]]''; the BBC wrote that he "electrified audiences" in the play.<ref name=BBCNews>[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13960349 "Obituary: Ian Holm"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620154909/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13960349 |date=20 June 2020 }} [[BBC News]]. Published 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.</ref> He played [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] three times: in the television mini-series ''[[Napoleon and Love]]'' (1974), [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981), and ''[[The Emperor's New Clothes (2001 film)|The Emperor's New Clothes]]''.<ref name=THR/> Holm received royal recognition for his contributions: he was made CBE in 1989 and knighted in 1998.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

== Personal life ==
Holm was married four times:<ref name=holm>{{cite book |last=Holm |first=Ian |author2=Jacobi, Steven |title=Acting my Life |pages=220, 224, 313ff |location=London |publisher=Bantam Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-593-05214-3}}</ref> to Lynn Mary Shaw in 1955 (divorced 1965); to Sophie Baker in 1982 (divorced 1986); to the actress [[Penelope Wilton]], in [[Wiltshire]], in 1991 (divorced 2002); and to the artist Sophie de Stempel in 2003. He had five children.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="Telegraph Obit">{{Cite news |author=Telegraph Obituaries |date=19 June 2020 |title=Sir Ian Holm, gifted actor whose many films included Alien and The Lord of the Rings – obituary |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/06/19/sir-ian-holm-gifted-actor-whose-many-films-included-alien-lord/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620112745/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/06/19/sir-ian-holm-gifted-actor-whose-many-films-included-alien-lord/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Holm and Wilton appeared together in the BBC miniseries ''[[The Borrowers (miniseries)|The Borrowers]]'' (1993). His last wife, Sophie de Stempel, was a protégée and a [[Model (art)|life model]] of [[Lucian Freud]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Portrait of the actor and his fourth wife |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/02/07/dp0701.xml |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 February 2004 |access-date=14 July 2008 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040630191135/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2004%2F02%2F07%2Fdp0701.xml |archive-date=30 June 2004}}</ref> and an artist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sophie De Stempel |url=https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/artists/drawing-year-alumni/sophie-de-stempel/ |publisher=[[Royal Drawing School]] |access-date=26 January 2024 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126201732/https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/artists/drawing-year-alumni/sophie-de-stempel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)]] in [[1989 Birthday Honours|1989]] by [[Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref name="BFI Holm Obit">{{Cite web |title=Ian Holm obituary: an actor of many facets |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/ian-holm-obituary-actor-many-facets |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=BFI |date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214061357/https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/ian-holm-obituary-actor-many-facets |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC Obit">{{cite news |date=19 June 2020 |title=Sir Ian Holm: Lord of the Rings and Alien star dies aged 88 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |access-date=7 February 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222040343/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Holm was treated for [[prostate cancer]] in 2001.<ref name=holm/> He was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in 2007.<ref name="Variety obit">{{cite web |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |date=19 June 2020 |title=Ian Holm, Shakespearean Actor Who Played Bilbo Baggins, Dies at 88 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/ian-holm-dead-bilbo-baggins-lord-of-the-rings-1234642549/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=Variety |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619143304/https://variety.com/2020/film/global/ian-holm-dead-bilbo-baggins-lord-of-the-rings-1234642549/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC obit">{{cite news |date=19 June 2020 |title=Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian Holm dies aged 88 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619124429/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Steeple Times">{{cite web |date=27 May 2019 |title=True Crime Stories: Baroness de Stempel (and family) |url=https://www.thesteepletimes.com/movers-shakers/true-crime-stories-baroness-de-stempel-and-family/ |access-date=19 June 2020 |website=The Steeple Times |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612092158/https://www.thesteepletimes.com/movers-shakers/true-crime-stories-baroness-de-stempel-and-family/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:Holm, Ian 2020.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Holm's grave in [[Highgate Cemetery]] ]]

Holm died in hospital in London on 19 June 2020 at the age of 88.<ref name="Guardian obit">{{cite news |author=Pulver, Andrew |date=19 June 2020 |title=Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/ian-holm-dies-alien-chariots-of-fire-bilbo-baggins |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619191759/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/ian-holm-dies-alien-chariots-of-fire-bilbo-baggins |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Alex Irwin, Holm's agent, his death was related to Parkinson's disease.<ref name="Tsioulcas" /> His remains<!--ashes--> are interred on the western side of [[Highgate Cemetery]].<ref name="Frommers">{{cite web |last1=Cochran |first1=Jason |title=Highgate Cemetery: Coffins, Catacombs, and Celebrities in London's Creepy Necropolis |url=https://www.frommers.com/slideshows/848545-highgate-cemetery-coffins-catacombs-and-celebrities-in-london-s-creepy-necropolis |publisher=Frommer's |access-date=26 January 2024 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129213752/https://www.frommers.com/slideshows/848545-highgate-cemetery-coffins-catacombs-and-celebrities-in-london-s-creepy-necropolis |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Posthumous image use==
With the consent of his heirs, the role of [[Android (robot)|android]] Rook was generated from Holm's archive data and [[computer-generated imagery]] for the 2024 film ''[[Alien: Romulus]]'', the identical model to [[Ash (Alien)|Ash]], the character of the first ''Alien'' film, he played in 1979.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=18 August 2024 |title=How ''Alien: Romulus'' resurrected that character from the original film |url=https://ew.com/how-alien-romulus-resurrected-ian-holm-8695189 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816225347/https://ew.com/how-alien-romulus-resurrected-ian-holm-8695189 |archive-date=16 August 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref name="Rookeffect2">{{Cite web |date=23 August 2024 |title= How Did 'Alien: Romulus' Create Its Most Controversial Character? |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alien-romulus-ian-holm-rook-ash-ai-1235982350/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|rowspan=3| 1968
| ''[[The Bofors Gun]]''
| Flynn
|
| <ref name="Bafta Bofors"/>
|-
| ''[[The Fixer (1968 film)|The Fixer]]''
| Grubeshov
|
|<ref name="Turner Filmography">{{cite web |title=Filmography for Ian Holm |url=http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/person/88215%7C72230/Ian-Holm/filmography.html |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=19 June 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622030639/http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/person/88215%7C72230/Ian-Holm/filmography.html |archive-date=22 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| [[Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]]
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=A Midsummer Night's Dream |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150028931 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=37815 |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023113203/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150028931 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''
| [[Raymond Poincaré]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1970
| ''[[A Severed Head (film)|A Severed Head]]''
| Martin Lynch-Gibbon
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1971
| ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]''
| [[Vasily Yakovlev]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]''
| [[David Rizzio]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Young Winston]]''
| [[George Earle Buckle|George E. Buckle]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Homecoming (film)|The Homecoming]]''
| Lenny
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|1974 
| ''[[Juggernaut (1974 film)|Juggernaut]]''
| Nicholas Porter
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1976
| ''[[Robin and Marian]]''
| [[John, King of England|King John]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Shout at the Devil (film)|Shout at the Devil]]''
| Mohammed
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=1| 1977
| ''[[March or Die (film)|March or Die]]''
| El Krim
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=March or Die |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150043544 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406035525/http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150043544 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1979
| ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
| [[Ash (Alien)|Ash]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[S.O.S. Titanic]]''
| [[J. Bruce Ismay]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1981
| ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
| [[Sam Mussabini]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Time Bandits]]''
| [[Napoleon]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1982
| ''[[The Return of the Soldier (film)|The Return of the Soldier]]''
| Doctor Anderson
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Inside the Third Reich (film)|Inside the Third Reich]]''
| [[Joseph Goebbels]]
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Inside the Third Reich |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150193755 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=202353 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207011803/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150193755 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3| 1984
| ''Laughterhouse''
| Ben Singleton
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes|Greystoke:<br />The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes]]''
| Capitain Philippe D'Arnot
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Terror in the Aisles]]''
| Ash
| 
| <ref>{{cite book |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |title=The Geek's Guide to SF Cinema |publisher=Robinson |date=4 June 2019 |isbn=978-1-4721-3985-6 |location=London |oclc=1027484713 |page=119}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=5| 1985
| ''[[Dreamchild]]''
| [[Lewis Carroll|Charles L. Dodgson]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Wetherby (film)|Wetherby]]''
| Stanley Pilborough
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]''
| Mr Kurtzmann
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Dance with a Stranger]]''
| Desmond Cussen
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''Mr and Mrs Edgehill''
| Eustace Edgehill
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mr & Mrs Edgehill |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150293829 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=291882 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206181646/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150293829 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|1988
| ''[[Another Woman (1988 film)|Another Woman]]''
| Ken Post
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]''
| [[Fluellen]]
|
| <ref name="BFI Henry V"/>
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]''
| [[Polonius]]
|
| <ref name="BFI Hamlet"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
| ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]''
| Tom Frost
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Naked Lunch |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150344026 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=356072 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422135844/http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150344026 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kafka (film)|Kafka]]''
| Doctor Murnau
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Blue Ice (film)|Blue Ice]]''
| Sir Hector
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1993
| ''[[The Hour of the Pig]]''
| Albertus
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Hour of the Pig |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150390116 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=394541 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207011802/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150390116 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1994
| ''[[Frankenstein (1994 film)|Mary Shelley's Frankenstein]]''
| Baron Alphonse Frankenstein 
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[The Madness of King George]]''
| [[Francis Willis (physician)|Francis Willis]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1996
| ''[[Big Night]]''
| Pascal
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Loch Ness (film)|Loch Ness]]''
| Water Bailiff
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=5| 1997
| ''[[Night Falls on Manhattan]]''
| Liam Casey
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[The Sweet Hereafter (film)|The Sweet Hereafter]]''
| Mitchell Stephens
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[The Fifth Element]]''
| Father Vito Cornelius
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]''
| Naville
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Incognito (1998 film)|Incognito]]''
| John
| Uncredited cameo
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Elley|first=Derek|date=17 November 1997|title=Incognito|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/incognito-2-1200451859/|access-date=20 June 2020|website=Variety|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020151233/https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/incognito-2-1200451859/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1998
| ''[[Alice through the Looking Glass (1998 film)|Alice through the Looking Glass]]''
| White Knight
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''King Lear''
| Lear
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=King Lear |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150494139 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=495503 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206181648/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150494139 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" |1999
| ''Shergar''
| Joseph Maguire
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Existenz|eXistenZ]]''
| Kiri Vinokur
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Simon Magus (film)|Simon Magus]]''
| Sirius/Boris/The Devil
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Wisconsin Death Trip (film)|Wisconsin Death Trip]]''
| Frank Cooper (voice)
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Wisconsin Death Trip |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150544992 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=552009 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207013307/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150544992 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Match (1999 film)|The Match]]''
| Big Tam
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=6| 2000
| ''[[Joe Gould's Secret (film)|Joe Gould's Secret]]''
| Joe Gould
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Gould's Secret |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150521317 |publisher=BFI |access-date=6 February 2024 |ref=529107 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207011800/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150521317 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Miracle Maker (2000 film)|The Miracle Maker]]''
| [[Pontius Pilate]] (voice)
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]]''
| Patrick
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Esther Kahn]]''
| Nathan Quellen
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Beautiful Joe (film)|Beautiful Joe]]''
| George The Geek
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Bless the Child]]''
| Reverend Grissom
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=3| 2001
| ''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]''
| [[William Withey Gull|Sir William Gull]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[The Emperor's New Clothes (2001 film)|The Emperor's New Clothes]]''
| [[Napoleon]] / Eugene Lenormand
|
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=The Emperor's New Clothes movie review (2002)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-emperors-new-clothes-2002|access-date=20 June 2020|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|archive-date=23 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623003429/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-emperors-new-clothes-2002|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Bilbo Baggins]]
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 2003
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=3| 2004
| ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]''
| Professor Terry Rapson
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]''
| Gideon Largeman
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]''
| Professor Fitz
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=3| 2005
| ''[[Strangers with Candy (film)|Strangers with Candy]]''
| Dr Putney
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/><!--<ref>{{cite web |title=Strangers with Candy (2005) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1152191_strangers_with_candy |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>-->
|-
| ''[[Chromophobia (film)|Chromophobia]]''
| Edward Aylesbury
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Lord of War]]''
| Simeon Weisz
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|rowspan=3| 2006
| ''[[Renaissance (2006 film)|Renaissance]]''
| Jonas Muller (voice)
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Renaissance |url=https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/renaissance-2006 |publisher=MUBI |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206104408/https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/renaissance-2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[O Jerusalem (film)|O Jerusalem]]''
| Ben Gurion
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[The Treatment (2006 film)|The Treatment]]''
| Ernesto Morales
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''
| Chef Skinner (voice)
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
| rowspan=2| Older Bilbo Baggins
|
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
| Final film role
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Alien: Romulus]]''
| [[Ash (Alien)|Rook]]
| Voice and likeness digitally recreated
| <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=18 August 2024 |title=How ''Alien: Romulus'' resurrected that character from the original film |url=https://ew.com/how-alien-romulus-resurrected-ian-holm-8695189 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816225347/https://ew.com/how-alien-romulus-resurrected-ian-holm-8695189 |archive-date=16 August 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref name="Rookeffect2">{{Cite web |date=23 August 2024 |title= How Did 'Alien: Romulus' Create Its Most Controversial Character? |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alien-romulus-ian-holm-rook-ash-ai-1235982350/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1972–74
|''[[BBC Play of the Month]]''
| Khrushchov/Oedipus
| 2 episodes
|<ref>{{cite web |title=King Oedipus |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150213512 |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=BFI Collections Search |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621125147/http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150213512 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BBC One – Play of the Month, The Wood Demon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032khth |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=BBC Programmes |date=17 November 1974 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621125030/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032khth |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|1974
| ''[[Napoleon and Love]]''
| [[Napoleon I]]
| 9 episodes
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Napoleon and Love |website=Nostalgia Central |date=12 May 2004 |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/napoleon-and-love/ |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622102743/https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/napoleon-and-love/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|1974–75
|''[[Benjamin Franklin (1974 miniseries)|The Lives of Benjamin Franklin]]'' 
|Wedderburn
|3 episodes
|<ref name=Britannica>{{cite web |title=Ian Holm Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/factsIan-Holm |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref>
|-
|1975
|''Private Affairs''
|David Garrick
|Episode: Mr Garrick and Mrs Woffington 
|<ref>{{cite news |date=8 July 1976 |title=Private Affairs |page=15 |work=The Radio Times |issue=2748 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6f4d8aeeffc149b1a13f92ea0a40a320 |access-date=20 June 2020 |issn=0033-8060 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622133117/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6f4d8aeeffc149b1a13f92ea0a40a320 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|1977
| ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]''
| Duval
|Television film
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|Jesus of Nazareth]]''
|Zerah
| Parts 1 & 2
|<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>
|-
|''Jubilee''
|Bill Ramsey
|Episode: Ramsey
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Jubilee |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1977-05-22 |website=BBC Genome |access-date=6 February 2024 |date=22 May 1977 |quote=BBC One London |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206130303/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1977-05-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=5|1978
|''Do You Remember?''
| Walter Street
| Episode: Night School 
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Night School |website=British Universities Film & Video Council |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/index.php/prog/2906 |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622065552/http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/index.php/prog/2906 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Lost Boys (docudrama)|The Lost Boys]]''
| [[J. M. Barrie]]
| 3 episodes
| <ref>{{cite news |last=Banks-Smith |first=Nancy |title=Review: The Lost Boys |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 October 1978}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Holocaust (miniseries)|Holocaust]]''
| [[Heinrich Himmler]]
| 2 episodes
|<ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| ''[[Les Misérables (1978 film)|Les Misérables]]''
| Thénardier
| rowspan="4" | Television film
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|''[[The Thief of Baghdad (1978 film)|The Thief of Baghdad]]''
|The Gatekeeper
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Thief of Baghdad (1978) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_thief_of_baghdad_1978 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918174934/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_thief_of_baghdad_1978 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1979
| ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''
| Himmelstoss
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|''[[S.O.S. Titanic]]''
|Bruce Ismay
|<ref>{{cite web |title=SOS Titanic – review |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/fpg2gz/sos-titanic/ |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=Radio Times |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023121126/https://www.radiotimes.com/film/fpg2gz/sos-titanic/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| ''[[We, the Accused (TV series)|We, the Accused]]''
| Paul Pressett
| Miniseries; 5 episodes
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
|''[[The Misanthrope]]''
|Alceste
|Television film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Festival: The Misanthrope |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b1a2df1d2082497bbca8e8cb81777439 |website=BBC Genome |date=27 January 1980 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601120048/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b1a2df1d2082497bbca8e8cb81777439 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1981–2008
| ''[[Horizon (UK TV series)|Horizon]]''
| Narrator
| Television documentary
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Horizon (1964) |website=Video Detective |date=2 May 1964 |url=https://www.videodetective.com/show/horizon-1268 |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621115001/https://www.videodetective.com/show/horizon-1268 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=3 December 1981 |title=Horizon: A Race Against Time |pages=43 |work=The Radio Times |issue=3030 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1ef1e666a7ed4b4587af551b9b252eb5 |access-date=20 June 2020 |issn=0033-8060 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620230017/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1ef1e666a7ed4b4587af551b9b252eb5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1982
| ''[[The Bell (TV series)|The Bell]]''
| Michael Meade
| Television drama
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Bell (1982) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film830479.html |website=FilmAffinity |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Play for Today]]''
|Alexie
|Television play (episode: ''Soft Targets'')
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Soft Targets |url=https://www.helen-mirren.net/projects/1982softtargets/ |publisher=[[Helen Mirren]] |access-date=6 February 2024 |date=19 October 1982 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206130303/https://www.helen-mirren.net/projects/1982softtargets/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| Alan Corwin
| Television play (episode: ''Death Can Add'')
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Tales of the Unexpected — Season 5, Episode 10 Death Can Add |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/tales_of_the_unexpected/s05/e10 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206121620/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/tales_of_the_unexpected/s05/e10 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1985
| Television
| Narrator
| Television documentary series
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Howard |title=The Best and Worst of Television |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-19-ca-15161-story.html |access-date=5 February 2024 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=19 April 1985 |archive-date=5 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205092303/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-19-ca-15161-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1986
| ''Murder by the Book''
| [[Hercule Poirot]]
| Television film 
| <ref>{{cite news |title=TV REVIEW : Poirot Meets His Maker in A&E;'s 'Murder by the Book' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-16-ca-309-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=16 June 1990 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=26 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826184854/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-16-ca-309-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Game, Set and Match]]''
| Bernard Samson
| 13 episodes
| <ref>{{cite AV media |title=Game, Set and Match |type=DVD<!--set of 3 discs--> |year=1988 |author=Ken Grieve, Patrick Lau <!--directors-->}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 1989
| ''[[The Tailor of Gloucester (film)|The Tailor of Gloucester]]''
| The Tailor
| Television film
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Tailor of Gloucester (Original) |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150418196 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=26 January 2024 |ref=418542 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126202044/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150418196 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Endless Game]]''
| Control
| 2 episodes
| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Loynd|first1=Ray|title=TV Reviews : 'Endless Game' Is a Devious Spy Tale|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-20-ca-98-story.html|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=20 January 1990|access-date=6 February 2024|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505004708/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-20-ca-98-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| ''Uncle Vanya''
| Astrov
| BBC TV
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Drake |first1=Sylvie |title=TV REVIEW : Late-Blooming Version of 'Uncle Vanya' : 'Great Performances' offers an Anglo-American production of the Russian classic in an adaptation by David Mamet |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-22-ca-1496-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 February 1991 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415034504/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-22-ca-1496-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1992 
| ''[[The Borrowers (1992 TV series)|The Borrowers]]''
| rowspan="2" | Pod Clock
| rowspan="2" | 6 episodes 
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1993 
| ''[[The Return of the Borrowers]]''
| <ref name="Turner Filmography"/>
|-
| 1999
|''[[Animal Farm (1999 film)|Animal Farm]]''
|[[Squealer (Animal Farm)|Squealer]] (voice)
|Television film
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Animal Farm (Original) |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150525609 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=26 January 2024 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126202413/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150525609 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2003
|''[[Monsters We Met]]''
| rowspan="4" | Narrator
| Television documentary
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Monsters We Met (2003, Série, 1 Saison) — CinéSéries |url=https://www.cineserie.com/series/2260817/ |language=fr |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622051515/https://www.cineserie.com/series/2260817/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Last Dragon (2004 TV series)|The Last Dragon]]''
| Television film
| <ref>{{cite AV media |title=The Last Dragon |type=DVD |publisher=Sony |year=2005 |id=5035822764132 }}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| ''The Adventures of Errol Flynn''
| Television documentary
| <ref>{{cite AV media |title=The Adventures of Errol Flynn |type=DVD |publisher=Movies Unlimited |year=2010  }}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| ''[[1066: The Battle for Middle Earth]]''
| 2 episodes
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.myreviewer.com/Article/115994/1066-Now-Arriving-in-May |title=1066 Now Arriving in May |publisher=myReviewer.com |access-date=16 May 2014 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016233330/http://www.myreviewer.com/Article/115994/1066-Now-Arriving-in-May |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6313839.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615110255/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6313839.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 June 2011 | location=London | work=The Times | title=1066 The Battle for Middle Earth Moving on the Trouble with Working Women | first=Andrew | last=Billen | date=19 May 2009}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| [[Scary Stories: Dark Web|''Scary Stories Around the Fire'']]
| Teller (voice)
| 2 episodes; podcast
|
|}

=== Theatre ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1954– || Shakespeare plays || multiple roles || [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon || <ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/> 
|-
| rowspan=2| 1959 || ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' || [[Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] || <!--[[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall's]] production-->[[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon || <ref name="RSC Holm Obit">{{cite web |last=Doran |first=Gregory |title=Ian Holm |url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/archive/ian-holm |publisher=[[Royal Shakespeare Company]] |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=2020 |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127111557/https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/archive/ian-holm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[King Lear]]'' || The Fool || [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon || <ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/>
|- 
| 1962 || ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' || [[Troilus]]|| [[Aldwych Theatre]], London || <ref name="RSC Holm Obit"/><!--image caption-->
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' || [[Henry V of England|Henry V]]|| [[Aldwych Theatre]], London || <ref name="RSC Holm Obit"/><!--image caption-->
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' || [[Malvolio]] ||  [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon || <ref name="RSC Holm Obit"/><!--image caption-->
|-
| rowspan=2| 1967 || ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' || [[Romeo]]|| [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], Stratford-upon-Avon || <ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/>
|-
| ''[[The Homecoming]]'' || Lenny || [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway || <ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/>
|-
| 1997 || ''[[King Lear]]''|| Lear || [[Cottesloe Theatre]], London || <ref name="BBC Holm Obit"/> 
|}

== Honours and accolades ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Ian Holm}}

* 1989: [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1989 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51772 |date=16 June 1989 |page=8 |supp=y}}</ref>
* 1998: [[Knight Bachelor|Knighted]] in the [[1998 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=55155 |date=15 June 1998 |page=2 |supp=y}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book |last=Holm |first=Ian |author2=Jacobi, Steven |year=2004 |title=Acting My Life |location=London |publisher=Bantam Press |isbn=978-0-593-05214-3 |oclc=56647423 |ref=none}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IBDB name}}
* {{IMDb name|453}}
* {{Screenonline name|873879|Ian Holm}}
* {{TCMDb name | id=88215{{!}}72230}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13960349 Obituary: Ian Holm] by [[BBC News]]. Published 19 June 2020.
* [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/sir-ian-holm-obituary Sir Ian Holm obituary] by ''[[The Guardian]]''. Authors – Michael Billington and Ryan Gilbey. Published 19 June 2020.

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