Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill Profile Photo

Characters played by Bernard Hill

Bernard Blincoe — Play for Today (1970)

Minor character in the Play for Today episode.

Théoden — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

King of Rohan who overcomes manipulation to lead his people.

Théoden — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

King of Rohan who rallies his people against evil.

Tom Carson — The Responder (2022)

Tom Carson is Chris Carson's estranged father. Chris visits him while navigating the emotional consequences of childhood trauma, police work, and unresolved family relationships, placing Tom within the personal history that contributes to Chris's anger and divided emotional state.

Judge Hopkins — ParaNorman (2012)

Local magistrate who oversees the town's witch trials.

Phil Parsons — Gothika (2003)

Miranda's superior at Woodward Penitentiary and Rachel's father. His apparent suicide years earlier was linked to the cover-up of his daughter's murder.

Philos — The Scorpion King (2002)

Memnon's court magician, outwardly loyal but secretly sympathetic to Mathayus, whom he guides through Gomorrah. He shelters the escape plan, perfects an explosive powder, and during the final battle aids Arpid in using it to destroy the palace foundations, helping seal Memnon's downfall.

Warden Luther Plunkitt — True Crime (1999)

The prison warden who begins to suspect Frank Beechum's innocence, lending institutional weight to the wrongful conviction theory.

Dr. David Hawthorne — The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

Dr. David Hawthorne is the doctor serving the railway undertaking at Tsavo. He informs Patterson about an earlier attack and later remains responsible for the hospital and its patients. When the predators assault the hospital, Hawthorne is among those killed, intensifying the camp's crisis.

Knight (uncredited) — First Knight (1995)

Unnamed knight appearing in background scenes across multiple films.

Hiller — Bellman and True (1987)

Hiller is a computer programmer who is bribed by Salto to obtain a bank security system's details. After sending an undecipherable tape, he hides with The Boy and loses his job. Forced to decode the tape, he becomes the gang's Bellman, later escapes their attempted execution, and reaches an airport with The Boy.

John Joe — The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)

John Joe directs a native Irish band competing at the same traditional music festival as Jimmy. He and Jimmy are brothers who followed very different paths and retain a deeply competitive, antagonistic relationship. Despite the rivalry, John Joe returns Jimmy's stolen violin during the performance, helping him recover from a serious setback.

Career Overview

Bernard Hill has 124 screen credits in a career dating back to 1964. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Middle-earth (Tolkien) with 2 titles. Signature works include Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, ParaNorman. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Acting
Gender
male
Known Credits
124
Birth Date
1944-12-17
Birth Place
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

Frequent Collaborators

Credits

Content sources

Related entry on Wikidata (Q310515), public domain (CC0).