Ian Holm
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09/11/1931
Goodmayes, England |
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| Made his stage debut in 1954 as a spear carrier in Othello, and spent more than a decade with the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
| First big-screen role was in the 1968 drama The Bofors Gun, which earned him a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Developed an infamous case of stage fright in 1976, leaving in the middle of a preview performance of The Iceman Cometh. He did not return to the theatre until 1993, when he appeared |
| Appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 1989 and knighted in 1998. |
| Finally attracted the attention of Hollywood in 1979, when he portrayed the heartless android Ash in Ridley Scott's classic Alien. |
| Inspired to become an actor at age 7 after seeing Charles Laughton in a stage production of Les Miserables. |
