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Bernard Hill

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Biography

Bernard attended Xaverian College and later on attended the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama. He was nominated for the award of 'best actor' at…more

Born

12/17/1944, Manchester, England, UK

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Gender

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Credits

Star (5)

Role
- Five Days
  Gerard Hopkirk
  - S 2: Ep 5 Day 102
    3/5/10
  - S 2: Ep 4 Day 37
    3/4/10
  - S 2: Ep 3 Day 8
    3/3/10
  - S 2: Ep 2 Day 2
    3/2/10
  - S 2: Ep 1 Day 1
    3/1/10
- Once Upon A Time In The North
  Len Tollit
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Time Len Started A Business With Morris
    6/7/94
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Time Everyone Went To Wales
    5/31/94
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Time Pat Was In The Sound Of Music
    5/24/94
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Time Morris Launched His Boat
    5/17/94
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Time Sean Got Into The Final
    5/10/94
  - + 1 More Credits
- Boys from the Blackstuff
  Yosser Hughes
  - S 1: Ep 5 George's Last Ride
    11/7/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 Yosser's Story
    10/31/82
  - S 1: Ep 3 Shop Thy Neighbour
    10/24/82
  - S 1: Ep 2 Moonlighter
    10/17/82
  - S 1: Ep 1 Jobs for the Boys
    10/10/82
- Fox
  Vin Fox
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Family... and the Future
    6/2/80
  - S 1: Ep 12 Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear!
    5/26/80
  - S 1: Ep 11 Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit
    5/19/80
  - S 1: Ep 10 Just an Iron Monkey
    5/12/80
  - S 1: Ep 9 Fox Big F------ Family
    5/5/80
  - + 8 More Credits
- Telford's Change
  Jack Burton
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    3/12/79
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode 10
    3/11/79
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 9
    3/4/79
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 8
    2/26/79
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    2/19/79
  - + 5 More Credits
Guest Star (17)

Role
- Fairy Tales
  Grettongrat
  - S 1: Ep 4 Billy Goat
    1/31/08
- The Grid
  Derek Jennings
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode #3
    7/26/04
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 1 2003 MTV Movie Awards
    5/31/03
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Abel Magwitch
  - S 28: Ep 17 Great Expectation (2)
    5/10/99
  - S 28: Ep 16 Great Expectation (1)
    5/5/99
- Between the Lines
  Chief Constable Harmsworth
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Fifth Estate
    11/16/93
  - S 2: Ep 6 Manoeuvre 11
    11/9/93
- The Good Sex Guide
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    1/18/93
- About Face
  Bryce
  - S 2: Ep 5 Monkey Business
    2/4/91
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  First Murderer
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
    1/23/83
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Duke of York
  - S 1: Ep 26 King Henry the Sixth, Part III
    1/16/83
  - S 1: Ep 25 King Henry the Sixth, Part II
    1/9/83
  - S 1: Ep 24 King Henry the Sixth, Part I
    1/2/83
- Play for Today
  Guest Star
  - S 11: Ep 25 A Turn for the Worse
    4/28/81
- Mystery!
  Chandos's Manservant
  - S 1: Ep 1 She Fell Among Thieves
    2/5/80
- Play for Today
  Sullivan
  - S 8: Ep 14 The Spongers
    1/24/78
- Warship
  Chief Petty Officer Straker
  - S 4: Ep 10 Jack Fell Down
    3/8/77
- I, Claudius
  Gratus
  - S 1: Ep 11 Fool's Luck
    11/22/76
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hail Who?
    11/15/76
- Play for Today
  Graham
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Peddler
    3/23/76
- Crown Court
  Jury Foreman
  - S 5: Ep 21 Scard : Part 1
    2/18/76
- Play for Today
  Edward
  - S 3: Ep 20 Hard Labour
    3/12/73

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- In 2004 Bernard read famous quotations about religion and atheism in the documentary Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief which was written by Jonathan Miller.
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- Bernard Hill came to prominence in the role of the unemployed Yosser Hughes, a working-class man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring system, in Alan Bleasdale's BBC Play for Today The Black Stuff.
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- Bernard Hill also played the coroner Madgett in Peter Greenaway's Drowning by Numbers (1988).
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- Bernard: (when asked if he was familiar with the book Lord of the rings prior to filming the movies) I've got a copy of it from 1977 for my birthday that I used as my reference. I can't own up to having read it all, it is a bit of a heavy read, but I read the second and third books when I heard that we were going to do this. The first book kind of twists and turns so much, it's much more whimsical than the other two. I thought I'll read the script and get some background from the script for (film) one, but as far as my character was concerned there's not really that much info in one at all.
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