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Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Actor · Born February 9, 1953 (73) · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Oscar nominee · Golden Globe nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Ciarán Hinds (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018) and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King, in the animated films Frozen (2013) and  Frozen II (2019). He played General Zakharow in Red Sparrow (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2017) and its 2021 director's cut.  His television roles include Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, and Captain Sir John Franklin in The Terror. In addition, Hinds appeared in season 3 of Shetland (2016), produced by ITV. As a stage actor, Hinds has spent periods with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Hinds has continued to work on stage throughout his career. In 2020, he was ranked 31st on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciarán Hinds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
February 9, 1953 (73)
From
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
90 on MovieCove · 138 credits in all

What are Ciarán Hinds' films like?

Across their 74 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 66 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 15 · Serious 16 · Dark 35

A split, not a type: Grounded 31 · Stylized 25 · Heightened 10

A split, not a type: Gentle 8 · Charged 27 · Intense 31

Steady 22 · Shifting 37 · Whiplash 7

Straight-faced 42 · Some laughs 20 · Funny 4

A split, not a type: Slow burn 32 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 8

Casual 17 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 17

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 35

A split, not a type: Resolved 34 · Open-ended 18 · Ambiguous 14

Roles they play

49 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 14 of 49 analyzed roles.

Mentor
14 of 49
Shadow
13 of 49
Threshold guardian
7 of 49
Hero
5 of 49
Ally
4 of 49
Shapeshifter
3 of 49
Herald
3 of 49
Show the 49 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
47
Melancholic
40
Dread
20
Contemplative
17
Bittersweet
14
Other
67

How their films end · 16 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet31
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous21
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ciarán Hinds' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 67 of their 90 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (26).

Subscription and free streaming for Ciarán Hinds' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

138 credits, 90 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • East of Eden(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · as Samuel Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
  • The Three Urns(2026)

    as Mr O'Connor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midwinter Break(2026)

    as Gerry

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Is This Thing On?(2025)

    as Jan

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Words of War(2025)

    as Dmitry Muratov

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Dorrigo Evans 1980s

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
  • Patrick: A Slave To Ireland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Narrator

  • Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Narrator

  • A Bear Remembers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Voice of the Bear

  • Three Keenings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Ireland's Coast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as Narrator

  • Cottontail(2023)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Family Plan(2023)

    as McCaffrey

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • In the Land of Saints and Sinners(2023)

    as Vincent O'Shea

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Untameable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Treason(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · as Sir Martin Angelis

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
  • The English(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard M Watts

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • The Wonder(2022)

    as Father Thaddeus

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · as Dark Wizard

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
  • The Dry(2022)

    Show 24 episodes · as Tom Sheridan

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
  • Belfast(2021)

    as Pop

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Kin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Eamon Cunningham

  • Zack Snyder's Justice League(2021)

    as Steppenwolf (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Man in the Hat(2020)

    as The Man In The Hat

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Frozen II(2019)

    as Pabbie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • First Man(2018)

    as Robert R. Gilruth

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Grace and Goliath(2018)

    as Surgeon

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Captain Morten and the Spider Queen(2018)

    as Captain Stinger (voice)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Elizabeth Harvest(2018)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • National Theatre Collection: Translations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Hugh

  • Woman Walks Ahead(2017)

    as James McLaughlin

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Terror(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Sir John Franklin

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Red Sparrow(2018)

    as Alexei Zyuganov

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Justice League(2017)

    as Steppenwolf (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Axis(2017)

    as Jim (voice)

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Silence(2016)

    as Father Valignano

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • My Mother and Other Strangers(2016)

    Show 5 episodes · as Older Francis

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Bleed for This(2016)

    as Angelo Pazienza

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • The Hope Rooms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Eamonn

  • Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • National Theatre Live: Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Claudius

  • Hitman: Agent 47(2015)

    as Litvenko

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Love is a Sting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The Driftless Area(2015)

    as Ned

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Mance Rayder

  • Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Delirium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • McCanick(2013)

    as Quinn

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Frozen(2013)

    as Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Closed Circuit(2013)

    as Devlin

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Max Morden

  • Shetland(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Michael Maguire

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Political Animals(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bud Hammond

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
  • John Carter(2012)

    as Tardos Mors

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • The Woman in Black(2012)

    as Mr. Daily

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(2011)

    as Roy Bland

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Salvation Boulevard(2011)

    as Jim Hunt

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Game of Thrones(2011)

    Show 5 episodes · as Mance Rayder

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • The Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Joe

  • The Rite(2011)

    as Father Xavier

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • The Debt(2010)

    as David Peretz

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Life During Wartime(2009)

    as Bill Maplewood

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Glock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Luger

  • The Eclipse(2009)

    as Michael Farr

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Above Suspicion(2009)

    Show 11 episodes · as James Langton

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
  • The Tale of Despereaux(2008)

    as Botticelli (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Cash(2008)

    as Barnes

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Stop-Loss(2008)

    as Roy King

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day(2008)

    as Joe Blomfield

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • In Bruges(2008)

    as Priest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • There Will Be Blood(2007)

    as Fletcher Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Margot at the Wedding(2007)

    as Dick Koosman

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Hallam Foe(2007)

    as Julius Foe

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Amazing Grace(2006)

    as Lord Tarleton

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • The Nativity Story(2006)

    as Herod

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • The Tiger's Tail(2006)

    as Father Andy

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Miami Vice(2006)

    as FBI Agent John Fujima

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Munich(2005)

    as Carl

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Rome(2005)

    Show 22 episodes · as Julius Caesar

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Mickybo and Me(2004)

    as Jonjo's Da

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • The Mayor of Casterbridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Michael Henchard

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Michael Henchard

  • The Statement(2003)

    as Pochon

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Calendar Girls(2003)

    as Rod Harper

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Veronica Guerin(2003)

    as John Traynor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Thursday the 12th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Marius Bannister

  • Road to Perdition(2002)

    as Finn McGovern

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Sum of All Fears(2002)

    as President Nemerov

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • The Weight of Water(2000)

    as Louis Wagner

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • The Sleeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Fergus Moon

  • Jason and the Argonauts(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as King Aeson

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
  • The Lost Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Adam

  • A Time to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Peter

  • The Lost Son(1999)

    as Carlos

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Titanic Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Aidan McPhelimy

  • Getting Hurt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Charlie Cross

  • Oscar and Lucinda(1997)

    as Reverend Dennis Hasset

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • The Life of Stuff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as David Arbogast

  • Jane Eyre(1997)

    as Edward Rochester

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Ivanhoe(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · as Brian de Bois-Guilbert

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
  • Testament: The Bible in Animation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Lucifer (voice)

  • Some Mother's Son(1996)

    as Danny Boyle

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Cold Lazarus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 4 episodes · as Fyodor

  • Mary Reilly(1996)

    as Sir Danvers Carew

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • The Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Edward Leyland

  • Persuasion(1995)

    as Captain Frederick Wentworth

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Circle of Friends(1995)

    as Professor Flynn

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Browner

  • The Man Who Cried(1993)

    as Abel Mason

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Hostages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Brian Keenan

  • Between the Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Det. Insp. Micky Flynn

  • Soldier Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Clive Hickey

  • Prime Suspect(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Edward Parker-Jones

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Yellowbacks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Martin Pitt

  • December Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Frank Echlin

  • Perfect Scoundrels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack Vosper

  • Who Bombed Birmingham? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Richard McIlkenny

  • The Mahabharata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Ashwatthaman

  • Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack Lynch

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Martin Pitt

  • Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Browner

  • Excalibur(1981)

    as Lot

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Our Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Brother

  • The Long March (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Michael Canning

  • Ceasefire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bill Flynn

  • Cry to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Andrea

  • Isle of Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Ministry of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter

  • This Old Love of Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Harry Bannon

  • Walk the Blue Fields (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 138 titles, 131 of them dated from 1980 to 2026; peak year 2012.

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19802026

Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 23 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting137 of 138: 137 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score65thProducing1 of 138: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s7 · acting1990s27 · acting2000s32 · acting2010s41 · acting2020s24 · 23 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 1% of 68 roles
810106111621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

5 major nominations and no wins, 2022.

  1. 2022
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Ciarán Hinds' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 73; across their 66 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 66

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 66

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 66

Midcredits score across 90 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up33
  • 50th to 74th31
  • 25th to 49th18
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

42 of their 90 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved16
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser42
  • Broadly Agreed12
  • Mixed17

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 65 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ciarán Hinds' work okay for kids?

Across up to 45 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore36 titles39–91 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity45 titles8–64 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity36 titles16–77 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs35 titles11–58 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense36 titles38–87 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ciarán Hinds work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ciarán Hinds' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Toby Jones shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles