Ciarán Hinds
Born
February 9, 1953 (72 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Ciarán Hinds (born February 9, 1953) is an Irish actor. A versatile character actor, he has appeared in feature films such as The Sum of All Fears, Road to Perdition, Munich, There Will Be Blood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Frozen, Silence, Red Sparrow, Justice League, First Man, and Frozen II.
His television roles include Gaius Julius Caesar in the series Rome, DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion, and Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones. As a stage actor Hinds has enjoyed spells with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre in London, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, and he has continued to work on stage throughout his career.
Known For

Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
Narrator
2025

The Family Plan
McCaffrey
2023

The Hour
Himself
2020

John Carter
Tardos Mors
2012

The Woman in Black
Mr. Daily
2012

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Roy Bland
2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Aberforth Dumbledore
2011

The Rite
Father Xavier
2011

The Debt
David Peretz
2010

The Eclipse
Michael Farr
2009

Race to Witch Mountain
Burke
2009

Ca$h
Barnes
2008

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Joe Blomfield
2008

There Will Be Blood
Fletcher Hamilton
2007

Margot at the Wedding
Dick Koosman
2007

Hallam Foe
Julius Foe
2007

The Nativity Story
Herod
2006

The Tiger's Tail
Father Andy
2006

Amazing Grace
Lord Tarleton
2006

Miami Vice
FBI Agent John Fujima
2006

Munich
Carl
2005

The Phantom of the Opera
Firmin
2004

The Statement
Pochon
2003

Calendar Girls
Rod Harper
2003

Veronica Guerin
John Traynor
2003

Road to Perdition
Finn McGovern
2002

The Sum of All Fears
President Nemerov
2002

The Lost Son
Carlos
1999

Oscar and Lucinda
Reverend Dennis Hasset
1997

Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
1997

Persuasion
Captain Frederick Wentworth
1995

Yellowbacks
Martin Pitt
1990

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Cory
1989
Midwinter Break
Gerry

Words of War
Dmitry Muratov
2025

A Bear Remembers
Voice of the Bear
2025

Is This Thing On?

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Dorrigo Evans 1980s · (5 episodes)
2025

Ireland's Coast
Narrator · (3 episodes)
2024

Cottontail
John
2024

In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Vincent O'Shea
2023

Untameable
Narrator (voice)
2023

Treason
Sir Martin Angelis · (5 episodes)
2022

The English
Richard M Watts · (1 episode)
2022

The Wonder
Father Thaddeus
2022

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Dark Wizard · (5 episodes)
2022

The Dry
Tom Sheridan · (8 episodes)
2022

Belfast
Pop
2021

Kin
Eamon Cunningham · (8 episodes)
2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Steppenwolf (voice)
2021

The Man in the Hat
The Man In The Hat
2020

Frozen II
Pabbie (voice)
2019

Lost Lives
Self
2019

First Man
Robert R. Gilruth
2018

Grace and Goliath
Surgeon
2018

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Stinger (voice)
2018

Elizabeth Harvest
Henry
2018

National Theatre Collection: Translations
Hugh
2018

Woman Walks Ahead
James McLaughlin
2018

The Terror
Sir John Franklin · (10 episodes)
2018

Red Sparrow
Alexei Zyuganov
2018

Justice League
Steppenwolf (voice)
2017

Axis
Jim (voice)
2017

Silence
Father Valignano
2016

My Mother and Other Strangers
Older Francis · (5 episodes)
2016

Bleed for This
Angelo Pazienza
2016

The Hope Rooms
Eamonn
2016

Last Days in the Desert
Father
2016

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Claudius
2015

Hitman: Agent 47
Litvenko
2015

Love is a Sting
Narrator (voice)
2015

The Driftless Area
Ned
2015

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Mance Rayder
2015

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Spencer Ludlow
2014

Delirium
(1 episode)
2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Spencer Ludlow
2014

McCanick
Quinn
2014

Frozen
Pabbie / Grandpa (voice)
2013

Closed Circuit
Devlin
2013

The Sea
Max Morden
2013

Shetland
Michael Maguire · (3 episodes)
2013

Political Animals
Bud Hammond · (6 episodes)
2012

The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Self
2012

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Roarke
2011

Salvation Boulevard
Jim Hunt
2011

Game of Thrones
Mance Rayder · (5 episodes)
2011

The Shore
Joe
2011

Life During Wartime
Bill Maplewood
2010
Glock
Luger
2009

Above Suspicion
DCS James Langton · (11 episodes)
2009

The Tale of Despereaux
Botticelli (voice)
2008

Stop-Loss
Roy King
2008

In Bruges
Priest (uncredited)
2008

Rome
Julius Caesar · (22 episodes)
2005

Mickybo and Me
Jonjo's Da
2005

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard
2003

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard · (2 episodes)
2003

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Jonathan Reiss
2003

Thursday the 12th
Marius Bannister
2003

The Sleeper
Fergus Moon
2000

The Weight of Water
Louis Wagner
2000

Jason and the Argonauts
King Aeson · (2 episodes)
2000

The Lost Lover
Adam
1999

A Time to Love
Peter
1999

Titanic Town
Aidan McPhelimy
1998
Getting Hurt
Charlie Cross
1998

The Life of Stuff
David Arbogast
1997

Ivanhoe
Brian de Bois-Guilbert · (6 episodes)
1997

Testament: The Bible in Animation
Lucifer (voice) · (1 episode)
1996

Some Mother's Son
Danny Boyle
1996

Cold Lazarus
Fyodor · (4 episodes)
1996

Mary Reilly
Sir Danvers Carew
1996

The Affair
Edward Leyland
1995

Circle of Friends
Professor Flynn
1995

The Man Who Cried
Abel Mason
1993

Hostages
Brian Keenan
1992

Between the Lines
Det. Insp. Micky Flynn · (1 episode)
1992

Soldier Soldier
Clive Hickey · (1 episode)
1991

Prime Suspect
Edward Parker-Jones · (2 episodes)
1991

December Bride
Frank Echlin
1990

Who Bombed Birmingham?
Richard McIlkenny
1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Jack Vosper · (1 episode)
1990

The Mahabharata
Ashwatthaman
1990

Tales from the Crypt
Jack Lynch · (1 episode)
1989

The Play on One
Martin Pitt · (1 episode)
1988

Sherlock Holmes
Jim Browner · (1 episode)
1984

Excalibur
Lot
1981

Our Boys
Brother
1981

The Long March
Michael Canning
1980

The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
East of Eden
Samuel Hamilton · (7 episodes)