Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds, 2008
Born (1953-02-09) 9 February 1953
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation Actor
Years active 1976–present
Partner(s) Hélène Patarot (1987–present; 1 child)

Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərɔːn ˈhaɪndz/ KEER-awn HYNDZ; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish[1][2] film, television and stage actor. He has built a reputation as a versatile character actor appearing in such high-profile films as Road to Perdition, The Sum of All Fears, The Phantom of the Opera, Munich, There Will Be Blood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, The Woman in Black, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Frozen.

His television roles include Gaius Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Bud Hammond in Political Animals and Mance Rayder in the Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones. As a stage actor, Hinds has enjoyed spells with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre in London and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre,[3][4] and he has continued to work on stage throughout his career.

Early life

Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Brought up as a Catholic[1] in North Belfast, he was one of five children and the only son of his doctor father and schoolteacher mother, Moira. His mother was also an amateur actress. He was an Irish dancer in his youth and was educated at Holy Family Primary School and St. Malachy's College. After leaving St. Malachy's, he enrolled as a law student at Queen's University, Belfast (QUB), but was soon persuaded to pursue acting and abandoned his studies at Queen's to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).[5][6][7][8][9]

Career

Hinds began his professional acting career at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre in a production of Cinderella (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 the Abbey Theatre, the Field Day Theatre Company, the Druid Theatre, the Lyric Players' Theatre and at the Project Arts Centre. In 1987, he was cast by Peter Brook in The 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 his Irish passport.[10] In the early 1990s, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He appeared in the title role of the RSC's production of Richard III (1993), directed by Sam Mendes; Mendes turned to Hinds as a last minute replacement for an injured Simon Russell Beale. Hinds gained his most popular recognition as a stage actor for his performance as Larry in the London and Broadway productions of Patrick Marber's Tony Award-nominated play Closer. In 1999, Hinds was awarded both the Theatre World Award for Best Debut in New York and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Special Achievement (Best Ensemble Cast Performance) for his work in Closer. He was on stage in 2001 in The Yalta Game by Brian Friel at Dublin's Gate Theatre. He appeared on Broadway in The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, which ran at the Booth Theatre from December 2007 through March 2008. In February 2009 Hinds took the leading role of General Sergei Kotov in Burnt by the Sun by Peter Flannery at London's National Theatre.[11] Hinds returned to the stage later in 2009 with a role in Conor McPherson's play The Birds, which opened at Dublin's Gate Theatre in September 2009.

Hinds made his feature film debut in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981). He played Captain Frederick Wentworth in Jane Austen's Persuasion (1995), Jonathan Reiss in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003), John Traynor in Veronica Guerin (2003), and Firmin in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Hinds also played Carl, a cover-up professional assisting a group of assassins, in Steven Spielberg's political thriller, Munich (2005). In 2006, he appeared in Michael Mann's film adaptation of the 80's television show, Miami Vice, and as Herod the Great in The Nativity Story.[12] In the film Amazing Grace (2006), Hinds portrayed Sir Banastre Tarleton, one of the chief opponents of abolition of the slave trade in Parliament. He starred in Margot at the Wedding, alongside Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh, in a comedy-drama about family secrets and relationships. He also appeared in There Will Be Blood (2007), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

On television, Hinds portrayed Gaius Julius Caesar in the first season of BBC/HBO's series, Rome (2006). He has also been featured in a number of made-for-television films, including the role of Michael Henchard in Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge (2004), for which he received the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Additional television performances include Edward Parker-Jones in the crime drama series Prime Suspect 3 (1993), Abel Mason in Dame Catherine Cookson's The Man Who Cried (1993), Jim Browner in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes episode The Cardboard Box (1994), Fyodor Glazunov in the science fiction miniseries Cold Lazarus (1996), Edward Rochester in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1997), the Knight Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1997) and a portrayal of the French existentialist Albert Camus in Broken Morning (2003).

Hinds was featured in two notable television docudramas: Granada Television's docudrama Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990) in which Hinds portrayed Richard McIlkenny, a Belfastman falsely imprisoned for an IRA bombing; and HBO's docudrama Hostages (1993), where he portrayed Irish writer and former hostage Brian Keenan. Hinds starred opposite Kelly Reilly in Above Suspicion, a TV adaptation of Lynda La Plante's detective story, which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in January 2009; he came back again as DCI Langton for Lynda La Plante's sequels The Red Dahlia (2010), Deadly Intent (2011) and Silent Scream (2012). Hinds has performed in audiobook and radio productions as well. He performed as Valmont in the BBC Radio production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Hinds also narrated the Penguin Audiobook Ivanhoe. He also performed in Antony and Cleopatra and The Winter's Tale as part of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare, an audio production of Shakespeare's plays which won the 2004 Audie Award for Best Audio Drama. He read the short story "A Painful Case" for the Caedmon Audio version of James Joyce's Dubliners.

Hinds played the role of Albus Dumbledore's brother Aberforth in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the final film in the Harry Potter series. Also in 2011, he appeared as David Peretz in the 1997 sections of The Debt alongside Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson. Hinds played Roy Bland in the adaptation of the John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011).

In September 2011, Hinds returned to the Abbey Theatre Dublin, to star as Captain Jack Boyle in an acclaimed revival of Seán O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, alongside Sinéad Cusack as Juno. The production transferred to the National Theatre of Great Britain in November 2011 for a three-month run. He played "Joe" in the film The Shore (2011), written and directed by Terry 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 leader Mance Rayder in Season 3 of the HBO television series Game of Thrones.[13] He reprised this role in Season 4, and reprised it once more in Season 5.[14] On Broadway at The Richard Rodgers Theater in New York, he was Big Daddy to Scarlett Johansson in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opened 17 January 2013,[15][16][17] previews from 18 December 2012.

In the summer of 2013, he performed at the Donmar Warehouse in London in the premiere production of The Night Alive, a play by Conor McPherson, which transferred in November 2013, with Hinds in the lead role, to the Atlantic Theater Company in New York.

In 2015, he was in the Shakespearean play Hamlet alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. He played Hamlet's uncle, King Claudius. The play was held at the London Barbican.

In 2016, he appeared as Deputy Governor Danforth in the Broadway production of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible alongside Saoirse Ronan and Ben Whishaw.[18]

On November 2016, Hinds was cast in the role of Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's upcoming superhero film, Justice League (2017).

Personal life

Hinds lives in Paris with Hélène Patarot. They met in 1987 while in the cast of Peter Brook's production of The Mahabharata and have a daughter, Aoife, born in 1991.[19]

Hinds is a friend of Liam Neeson and served as a pallbearer at the funeral of Neeson's wife, actress Natasha Richardson, in upstate New York in 2009.[20]

Other

Hinds is a Patron of the charity YouthAction Northern Ireland.[21] YouthAction's Rainbow Factory School of Performing Arts is a youth arts project with a range of workshops and classes.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
1981 Excalibur King Lot John Boorman Credited as Ciaran Hinds
1989 Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, TheThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Cory Peter Greenaway
1991 December Bride Frank Echlin Thaddeus O'Sullivan
1993 The Man Who Cried Abel Mason
1995 Persuasion Captain Frederick Wentworth Roger Michell
1995 Circle of Friends Professor Flynn Pat O'Connor
1996 Mary Reilly Sir Danvers Carew Stephen Frears Credited as Ciaran Hinds
1996 Some Mother's Son Danny Boyle Terry George
1997 Life of Stuff, TheThe Life of Stuff David Arbogast Simon Donald
1997 Jane Eyre Edward Fairfax Rochester Robert Young
1997 Oscar and Lucinda Rev. Dennis Hasset Gillian Armstrong Credited as Ciaran Hinds
1998 Titanic Town Aidan McPhelimy Roger Michell
1999 Lost Son, TheThe Lost Son Carlos Chris Menges
1999 The Lost Lover Adam Roberto Faenza
2000 Jason and the Argonauts King Aeson Nick Willing
2000 Weight of Water, TheThe Weight of Water Louis Wagner Kathryn Bigelow
2002 Sum of All Fears, TheThe Sum of All Fears President Alexander Nemerov Phil Alden Robinson
2002 Road to Perdition Finn McGovern Sam Mendes
2003 Veronica Guerin John Traynor Joel Schumacher
2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life Jonathan Reiss Jan de Bont
2003 Calendar Girls Rod Nigel Cole
2003 Statement, TheThe Statement Pochon Norman Jewison
2004 Mickybo & Me Jonjo's Da Terry Loane
2004 Phantom of the Opera, TheThe Phantom of the Opera Richard Firmin Joel Schumacher
2005 Munich Carl Steven Spielberg
2006 Miami Vice FBI Agent John Fujima Michael Mann
2006 Amazing Grace Lord Tarleton Michael Apted
2006 Tiger's Tail, TheThe Tiger's Tail Father Andy John Boorman
2006 Nativity Story, TheThe Nativity Story King Herod Catherine Hardwicke
2007 Hallam Foe Julius Foe David Mackenzie
2007 Margot at the Wedding Dick Koosman Noah Baumbach
2007 There Will Be Blood Fletcher Paul Thomas Anderson
2008 In Bruges The Priest Martin McDonagh Uncredited
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Joe Blomfield Bharat Nalluri
2008 Stop-Loss Roy King Kimberly Peirce
2008 Cash Barnes Eric Besnard
2008 Tale of Despereaux, TheThe Tale of Despereaux Botticelli Sam Fell & Robert Stevenhagen Voice role
2009 Race to Witch Mountain Henry Burke Andy Fickman
2009 Eclipse, TheThe Eclipse Michael Farr Conor McPherson Best Actor Award 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
2009 Life During Wartime Bill Maplewood Todd Solondz
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Aberforth Dumbledore David Yates replaced Jim McManus, who portrayed the role in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2011 Debt, TheThe Debt David Peretz John Madden
2011 Rite, TheThe Rite Father Xavier Mikael Håfström
2011 Salvation Boulevard Jim Hunt George Ratliff
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Roy Bland Tomas Alfredson
2011 Shore, TheThe Shore Joe Terry George
2012 Woman in Black, TheThe Woman in Black Sam Daily James Watkins
2012 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Roarke/Mephistopheles (a guise of The Devil) Neveldine/Taylor replaced Peter Fonda, who portrayed the role in Ghost Rider.
2012 John Carter Tardos Mors Andrew Stanton
2013 Closed Circuit Devlin John Crowley
2013 The Sea Max Morden Stephen Brown
2013 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Spencer Ludlow Ned Benson
2013 Frozen Troll King Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee Voice role
2013 McCanick Quinn Josh C. Waller
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Waitler Rob Minkoff Voice role
2015 Last Days in the Desert Father Rodrigo García
2015 Hitman: Agent 47 Dr. Litvenko Aleksander Bach
2015 The Driftless Area Ned Zachary Sluser
2016 Bleed for This Angelo Pazienza Ben Younger
2016 Silence Father Valignano Martin Scorsese Post-production
2017 Woman Walks Ahead Susanna White Filming
2017 Justice League Steppenwolf Zack Snyder Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1981 Our Boys Brother
1989 The Mahabharata Ashwasthama
1990 Who Bombed Birmingham? Richard McIlkenny
1990 The Play on One Martin Pitt Episode 16, Yellowbacks
1992 Perfect Scoundrels Jack Vosper Season 3, episode 6, The Good-Bye Look
1992 Between the Lines Det. Insp. Micky Flynn Season 1, episode 1, Private Enterprise
1993 Hostages Brian Keenan
1993 The Man Who Cried Abel Mason
1993 Prime Suspect 3 Edward Parker-Jones
1993 Soldier, Soldier Clive Hickey Season 3, episode 7, Trouble and Strife
1994 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Jim Browner Season 1, episode 6, The Cardboard Box
1994 A Dark-Adapted Eye Paolo
1994 Seaforth John Stacey TV series
1995 Rules of Engagement Cambell Ferguson
1995 The Affair Edward Leyland
1995 Persuasion Captain Frederick Wentworth
1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation Lucifer / Satan Episode: Creation and the Flood Voice only
1996 Tales from The Crypt Jack Lynch Season 7, episode 11, Confession
1996 Cold Lazarus Fyodor
1997 Jane Eyre Edward Rochester
1997 Ivanhoe Brian de Bois-Guilbert
1998 Getting Hurt Charlie Cross
2000 Jason and the Argonauts King Aeson
2000 The Sleeper Fergus Moon
2000 Thursday the 12th Marius Bannister
2003 Broken Morning Albert Camus
2004 The Mayor of Casterbridge Michael Henchard Credited as Ciaran Hinds
2005 Rome Gaius Julius Caesar
2009 Above Suspicion DCI James Langton
2010 Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia DCI James Langton
2011 Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent DCS James Langton
2011 The Shore Jim Mahon
2012 Above Suspicion: Silent Scream DCS James Langton
2012 Political Animals Bud Hammond
2013–2015 Game of Thrones Mance Rayder 5 episodes
2014 - The Flash Savitar Voice only
2016 Shetland Michael Maguire Series 3 (6 episodes)
2017 The Terror John Franklin[22] Miniseries

Theatre

Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company

1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1980–81
1982–83
1983 (autumn)
1985
1986
1988

Other theatre

Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

1975
1976

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

1977–78
1978–79
1983

Project Arts Centre, Dublin

1979–80
1981
1982

Greenwich Theatre, London

1984
1986

Royal Shakespeare Company

1990–91
1993

Abbey/Peacock Theatres, Dublin

1979
1987
1989
2011
2014

Royal National Theatre, London

1993
1997
2009
2011

Others

1981
1982
1984
1985
1986
1987
1992
1995
1999
2001
2007
2009
2013
2015
2016

References

  1. 1 2 Barlow, Helen (25 April 2010). "His mild Irish heart". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Papering the walls with a picture of Ciarán". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "',Jane Eyre', Interview, A&E". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "',Festive T.V. Back from the Dead', Manchester Online". Ciaranhinds.eu. 22 December 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ciaran Hinds profile at FilmReference.com". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  6. ↑ Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "A Familiar Face". Ciaranhinds.eu. 28 January 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Star Ciarán's early career was a drag". Belfast Telegraph. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "From Belfast to Broadway". The Herald Magazine. Ciaranhinds.eu. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  10. ↑ McGlone, Jackie (2008). "Papering the walls with a picture of Hinds". ciaranhinds.eu. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Coveney, Michael (5 March 2009). "Burnt by the Sun, National Theatre, London". The Independent. UK. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  12. ↑ Strain, Arthur (6 December 2006). "Star shines in Herod nativity role". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  13. ↑ "'Game of Thrones' casts 'Rome' actor as Mance Rayder". EW.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Press Roundup: Maisie Williams teases season 5; the cast share awkward fan encounters; Ciarán Hinds confirms his return". Watchers on the Wall. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  15. ↑ Hughes, Mark (18 January 2013). "UK Telegraph review of NY "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  16. ↑ Hampton, Wilborn (18 January 2013). "Huffington Post review of "Big Daddy" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"". Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "UK Guardian review of NY "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"". Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  18. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (6 August 2015). "Sophie Okonedo, Ciaran Hinds, Ben Whishaw & Saoirse Ronan Set for The Crucible Revival". Broadway Buzz. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "Ciarán Hinds – Biography". Ciaranhinds.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  20. ↑ "Tribune.ie". Ciaranhinds.eu. 12 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  21. ↑ "Northern Ireland". YouthAction. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  22. ↑ Stanhope, Kate (September 29, 2016). "Jared Harris to Star in AMC Anthology Series 'The Terror'". THR. Retrieved September 29, 2016.

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