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Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing Yosser Hughes, the troubled 'hard man' whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's groundbreaking 1980s TV drama Boys from the Blackstuff. He is also known for roles in blockbuster films, including Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime.
Hill was born in Blackley, Manchester. He was brought up in a Catholic family of miners. Hill attended Xaverian College, and then Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama at the same time as Richard Griffiths. He graduated with a diploma in theatre in 1970.
Hill first came to prominence as Yosser Hughes, a Liverpool working class man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring system, in Alan Bleasdale's BBC Play for Today programme, The Black Stuff, and its more famous series sequel, Boys from the Blackstuff. His character's much-repeated phrase Gizza job ("Give us a job") became popular with protesters against Margaret Thatcher's government, because of the high unemployment of the time.
This is from very shit 2004 TV show 'The Grid' but this scene is badass. I have uploaded it here so you can see it without having to stomach the show.
Clip from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Limited Edition) Behind-the-scenes feature. Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) plays a joke on Bernard Hill (Theoden) while filming a scene.
Clip from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Limited Edition) Behind-the-scenes feature. Bernard Hill (Theoden) is interrupted by Orlando Bloom (Legolas) in the makeup trailer.
Bernard Hill biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBMusBqG528 Bernard Hill biography
Watch in HD ;) An extra clip from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) Behind-the-scenes feature. Prank to Bernard Hill. And scene between Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) in Helm's Deep.
The film that managed to move audiences 15 years ago is set to immerse movie goers once more as the Royal Albert Hall hosted the World Premiere of Titanic 3D. Premiere Scene's Claire and Anthony Bueno set anchor as director James Cameron; producer John Landau; cast Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Bill Paxton, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill and Jason Barry coasted the Red Carpet. Join us as we delve deep with the actors and Filmmakers as they share their memories of how this big story was brought to the big screen. Unauthorised use of this content is prohibited and protected by © Premiere Scene. To purchase interview footage please contact [email protected] To see more interviews and to find out what's happening on the movie calendar visit http://www.premierescene.net
A trailer from Bernard Hill's Rabbiting DVD. Full DVD's available to purchase from Bernard on 01237 478166. To Read more about Bernard 'The Fox Man' Hill, please visit www.bidefordpost.co.uk
Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing Yosser Hughes, the troubled 'hard man' whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's groundbreaking 1980s TV drama Boys from the Blackstuff. He is also known for roles in blockbuster films, including Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime.
Hill was born in Blackley, Manchester. He was brought up in a Catholic family of miners. Hill attended Xaverian College, and then Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama at the same time as Richard Griffiths. He graduated with a diploma in theatre in 1970.
Hill first came to prominence as Yosser Hughes, a Liverpool working class man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring system, in Alan Bleasdale's BBC Play for Today programme, The Black Stuff, and its more famous series sequel, Boys from the Blackstuff. His character's much-repeated phrase Gizza job ("Give us a job") became popular with protesters against Margaret Thatcher's government, because of the high unemployment of the time.