Ian Holm died today, 19th June 2020, aged 88.
He'd been fighting Parkinson's for a few years, and had fought cancer as well.
Holm made huge waves in the movies from sci-fi, to drama, to fantasy... in iconic roles from Napoleon Bonaparte in Time Bandits, Sam Mussabini in Chariots Of Fire...
... Pod Clock in The Borrowers, to Cornelius the Head Priest in The Fifth Element...
... and as Ash, the psychotic droid in the classic horror movie Alien.
His most famous recent role was playing Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's LOTR and Hobbit movies.
Holm was renowned for being an genius-at-work and was revered by everyone who worked with him.
He was also well known in the movie business, for giving a totally different performance for each take of a scene, so that the directors and other actors had "something to work with" to make the movie as strong as possible.
The world has lost a genius, and a gentleman today.
Rest in peace, Sir Ian.
He'd been fighting Parkinson's for a few years, and had fought cancer as well.
Holm made huge waves in the movies from sci-fi, to drama, to fantasy... in iconic roles from Napoleon Bonaparte in Time Bandits, Sam Mussabini in Chariots Of Fire...
... Pod Clock in The Borrowers, to Cornelius the Head Priest in The Fifth Element...
... and as Ash, the psychotic droid in the classic horror movie Alien.
His most famous recent role was playing Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's LOTR and Hobbit movies.
Holm was renowned for being an genius-at-work and was revered by everyone who worked with him.
He was also well known in the movie business, for giving a totally different performance for each take of a scene, so that the directors and other actors had "something to work with" to make the movie as strong as possible.
The world has lost a genius, and a gentleman today.
Rest in peace, Sir Ian.
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