RECENT CREDITS
O Jerusalem (FILM)  Oct. 17, 2007
Ratatouille (FILM)  Jun. 16, 2007
The Treatment (FILM)  May. 4, 2007
Renaissance (FILM)  Sep. 22, 2006
Strangers With Candy (FILM)  Jun. 28, 2006
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HIGHLIGHTS
Inspired to become an actor at age 7 after seeing Charles Laughton in a stage production of Les Miserables.
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.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

O Jerusalem  2007 -David Ben Gurion
Actor
Film


Ratatouille  2007 -Skinner
Voice
Film


Renaissance  2006 -Dr. Jonas Muller
Voice
Film


Strangers With Candy  2006 -Dr. Putney
Actor
Film


Lord of War  2005 -Simeon Weisz
Actor
Film


The Aviator  2004 -Professor Fitz
Actor
Film


Garden State  2004 -Gideon Largeman
Actor
Film


The Day After Tomorrow  2004 -Terry Rapson
Actor
Film


The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King  2003 -Bilbo Baggins
Actor
Film


Prisoner of Paradise  2003 -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Emperor's New Clothes  2002 -Napoleon Bonaparte/Eugene Lenormand
Actor
Film


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring  2001 -Bilbo Baggins
Actor
Film


From Hell  2001 -Sir William Gull
Actor
Film


Bless the Child  2000 -Reverend Grissom
Actor
Film


Simon Magus  2000
Actor
Film


Joe Gould's Secret  2000 -Joe Gould
Actor
Film


eXistenZ  1999 -Kiri Vinokur
Actor
Film


The Fifth Element  1997 -Victor Cornelius
Actor
Film


Kafka  1991 -Dr. Murnau
Actor
Film


Naked Lunch  1991 -Tom Frost
Actor
Film


Henry V  1989 -Fluellen
Actor
Film


Another Woman  1988 -Ken Post
Actor
Film


Brazil  1985 -Kurtzman
Actor
Film


Alien  1979 -Ash
Actor
Film


Inside the Third Reich   -Goebbels
Actor
TV


The Man in the Iron Mask   -Duval
Actor
TV


The Return of the Borrowers   -Pod
Actor
TV


The Treatment  2007 -Dr. Morales
Actor
Film


Esther Kahn  2000 -Nathan Quellen
Actor
Film


Wisconsin Death Trip  1999 -Narrator
Actor
Film


Incognito  1998 -John
Actor
Film


The Sweet Hereafter  1997 -Mitchell Stephens
Actor
Film


A Life Less Ordinary  1997 -Naville
Actor
Film


Night Falls on Manhattan  1997 -Liam Casey
Actor
Film


Big Night  1996 -Pascal
Actor
Film


The Madness of King George  1994 -Dr. Willis
Actor
Film


Mary Shelley's Frankenstein  1994 -Victor's Father
Actor
Film


The Advocate  1994 -Albertus
Actor
Film


Hamlet  1990 -Polonius
Actor
Film


Dreamchild  1985 -Rev. Charles Dodgson
Actor
Film


Dance with a Stranger  1985 -Desmond Cussen
Actor
Film


Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes  1984 -Capt. Phillippe D'Arnot
Actor
Film


Time Bandits  1981 -Napolean
Actor
Film


Chariots of Fire  1981 -Sam
Actor
Film


Dragonslayer  1981
Actor
Film


Shout at the Devil  1976 -Mohammed
Actor
Film


Robin and Marian  1976 -King John
Actor
Film


The Homecoming  1973 -Lenny
Actor
Film


Young Winston  1972 -George E. Buckle
Actor
Film


Mary, Queen of Scots  1971 -David Riccio
Actor
Film


Oh! What a Lovely War  1969 -President Poincare
Actor
Film


The Bofors Gun  1969 -Flynn
Actor
Film


The Fixer  1968 -Grubeshov
Actor
Film


The Man in the Iron Mask   -Duval
Actor
Film


The Match   -Big Tam
Actor
Film


The Real Middle Earth   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Return of the Soldier   -Dr. Gilbert Anderson
Actor
Film


The Tailor of Gloucester   -The Tailor
Actor
Film


The Thief of Baghdad   -The Gatekeeper
Actor
Film


Uncle Vanya   -Astrov
Actor
Film


Wetherby   -Stanley Pilborough
Actor
Film


The Borrowers   -Pod
Actor
Film


The Cherry Orchard  
Actor
Film


The Endless Game   -Control
Actor
Film


The Fever   -Narrator
Voice
Film


S.O.S. Titanic   -J. Bruce Ismay
Actor
Film


Shergar   -Joseph
Actor
Film


Return of the Borrowers   -Pod Clock
Actor
Film


Singleton's Pluck   -Ben Singleton
Actor
Film


NOVA: Holocaust on Trial   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Murder by the Book  
Actor
Film


Nicholas and Alexandra   -Yakovlev
Actor
Film


King Lear   -King Lear
Actor
Film


Les Miserables  
Actor
Film


Loch Ness   -The Water Bailiff
Actor
Film


Juggernaut   -Nicholas Porter
Actor
Film


March or Die   -El Krim
Actor
Film


Frankenstein   -Frankenstein
Actor
Film


Inside the Third Reich   -Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Actor
Film


Jesus of Nazareth   -Zerah
Actor
Film


Holocaust   -Heinrich Himmler
Actor
Film


Chromophobia  
Actor
Film


Blue Ice   -Sir Hector
Actor
Film


All Quiet on the Western Front   -Himmelstoss
Actor
Film


Animal Farm   -Squealer
Actor
Film


Beautiful Joe  
Actor
Film


A Midsummer Night's Dream   -Puck
Actor
Film


A Season of Giants  
Actor
Film


A Severed Head   -Martin LynchGibbon
Actor
Film


Alice Through the Looking Glass   -The White Knight
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Inspired to become an actor at age 7 after seeing Charles Laughton in a stage production of Les Miserables.
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
Finally attracted the attention of Hollywood in 1979, when he portrayed the heartless android Ash in Ridley Scott's classic Alien.
Appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 1989 and knighted in 1998.


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