ACTOR

Bernard Hill

1944 - 2024

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Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known for his versatile roles in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years. Hill first gained prominence as the troubled hard man Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Play for Today drama The Black Stuff (1980) and its sequel serial Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), the latter earning him a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Hill has received more than 4,838,443 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Hill is the 618th most popular actor (up from 697th in 2019), the 760th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 861st in 2019) and the 93rd most popular British Actor.

Bernard Hill is most famous for his role as King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bernard Hill ranks 618 out of 13,578. Before him are James Gandolfini, Benicio del Toro, Jim Belushi, Stanley Tucci, Richard S. Castellano, and Hardy Krüger. After him are James Cagney, Cornel Wilde, Pierre Brice, Shelley Winters, Steve Reeves, and Gena Rowlands.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Bernard Hill ranks 86. Before him are Günter Netzer, Thein Sein, Michelle Phillips, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Antonio Damasio, and Coluche. After him are Ian McDiarmid, Donna Haraway, Erwin Neher, Karin Schubert, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Mairead Maguire. Among people deceased in 2024, Bernard Hill ranks 57. Before him are David Soul, Ira von Fürstenberg, Robin Warren, Richard Serra, and Shelley Duvall. After him are Gena Rowlands, Jerry West, Susan Wojcicki, Yahya Sinwar, Glynis Johns, Sandra Milo, and Robert Badinter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Hill ranks 760 out of 8,785. Before him are Banksy (1970), William Holman Hunt (1827), H. Rider Haggard (1856), James Hadley Chase (1906), James Lovelock (1919), and Amy Winehouse (1983). After him are Margaret of York (1446), John Fowles (1926), Samuel Richardson (1689), Henry Fielding (1707), William Adelin (1103), and Charles Scott Sherrington (1952).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bernard Hill ranks 93. Before him are Oliver Reed (1938), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Deborah Kerr (1921), Jude Law (1972), Alfred Molina (1953), and Margaret Rutherford (1892). After him are Rachel Weisz (1970), Ian McDiarmid (1944), Jean Simmons (1929), Richard Wilson (1936), Julie Walters (1950), and John Gielgud (1904).

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