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Ciarán Hinds

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Irlande

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Né le 09 Février 1953 à Belfast (Irlande)

Ciarán Hinds est originaire de Belfast. Après des études de Droit, il entre à la Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts et inaugure sa carrière d’acteur au Citizens Theatre de Glasgow, auquel il restera attaché durant de longues années. Elle sera jalonnée de spectacles aussi divers que « Blithe Spirit », « La Charrue et les Étoiles », « La Mouette » et le rôle-titre de « Richard III ».

En Irlande, Hinds se produit également au Lyric Theatre de Belfast, au Druid Theatre de Galway et à l’Abbey Theatre de Dublin, où il fait son apparition dans « The Yeats Cycle ». Il joue aussi dans « Antigone », « L’École des Femmes » et « The Yalta Game » de Brian Friel au Gate Theatre, « Edward II » et « Troilus et Cressida » avec la Royal Shakespeare Company et « Le Mahabharata » de Peter Brook en tournée mondiale. Parmi ses pièces contemporaines, on retiendra « Machinal », « Simpatico » de Sam Sheppard et « Closer » de Patrick Marber, où il connaît à Broadway l’un de ses plus beaux succès critiques.

Hinds inscrit son nom aux génériques d’Excalibur de John Boorman, Le Cuisinier, Le Voleur, Sa Femme Et Son Amant de Peter Greenaway, Le Cercle Des Amies de Pat O’Connor, Mary Reilly de Stephen Frears, Oscar Et Lucinda de Gillian Armstrong, Titanic Town de Roger Michell, The Lost Son de Chris Menges, La Somme De Toutes Les Peurs de Phil Alden Robinson, Le Poids De L’eau de Kathryn Bigelow, Les Sentiers De La Perdition de Sam Mendes, Lara Croft Tomb Raider : Le Berceau De La Vie de Jan DeBont, Crime Contre L’humanité de Norman Jewison avec Michael Caine, Calendar Girls de Nigel Cole, avec Helen Mirren et Julie Walters, Veronica Guerin et Le Fantôme De L’opéra de Joel Schumacher.

En 2005, il incarne Jules César dans la série BBC/HBO Rome après s’être notamment illustré dans Ivanhoe, Soldier, Soldier, Prime Suspect 3, Persuasion, d’après Jane Austen, et la dernière adaptation en date de « Jane Eyre ». En 2006, il est l’un des protagonistes de Munich et donne la réplique au duo de choc Farrell/Foxx dans Miami Vice – Deux Flics à Miami.


http://www.commeaucinema.com/personne=20955.html
Source consultée le 14 mai 2007 à 13h18 GMT

English

Short bio

Ciarán began his professional stage career in 1976 in the production of Cinderella at the Glasgow Citizens’Theatre, and performed in many more productions with the company for several years. He added to his oeuvre of stage work in various theatres throughout Britain and Ireland, including the Field Day and Druid theatre companies. He was selected by Peter Brook to join the cast of The Mahabharata, a six-hour play that toured the world, and he also appeared in the 1989 film version before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1990. Among his many roles with the RSC was the lead in the 1993 production of Richard III, directed by Sam Mendes. He also appeared in many productions with the National Theatre in London, where he originated the role of Larry in Patrick Marber’s hit play, Closer. Ciarán reprised this role when the play went to Broadway in 1998?1999. His latest Broadway role was Mr. Lockhart in The Seafarer in 2007?2008, for which he earned critical acclaim.

In 1981, Ciarán made his film debut in Excalibur, which also starred Helen Mirren, Patrick Stewart, and fellow Irishmen Liam Neeson and Gabriel Byrne. Ciarán has gone on to many more film appearances, including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover with his Excalibur co-star Helen Mirren; The Sum of All Fears with Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman; Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman; and Steven Spielberg’s Munich among many, many films. In a recent spate of screen work, Ciarán has appeared with Nicole Kidman in Margot at the Wedding, with Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges, with Frances McDormand and Amy Adams in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, with Ryan Philippe in Stop-Loss, and with Daniel Day-Lewis in the Oscar-winning There Will Be Blood.

Just the facts:

date of birth: February 9, 1953
place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland


height: 6′ 1″
hair colour: dark brown
eyes: hazel-green
father: Medical Doctor (deceased)
mother: Moya, an amateur actress (still living in Ireland)
siblings: 4 sisters Caitriona, Bronagh, Gerardine (deceased) and Moya
attended St. Malachy’s College
danced with the Patricia Mulholland Irish Ballet
wife/partner: Hélène Patarot since 1987
daughter: Aoife born 1991
resides: London, England and Paris, France
major awards:
Best Actor in a Lead Role (« Rome »), Irish Film and Television Awards, 2007
Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, Irish Film and Television Awards, 2004 (for « The Mayor of Casterbridge »)
Theatre World Award for best debut in NYC, 1999 (for « Closer »)
Outer Critic Circle Award, Special Achievement, best ensemble cast performance, 1999 (for « Closer »)
Audie Award Winner, 2004, for best audio drama performance (for The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare)


The work
Film and Television Appearances


Race to Witch Mountain (2009) …. Unknown
Cash (2008) …. Captain Barnes
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) …. Joe
In Bruges (2008) …. cameo appearance as a priest
The Tale of Despereaux (2008) …. Botticelli, a rat
Stop Loss (2007) … unknown
There Will Be Blood (2007) …. Fletcher
Margot at the Wedding (2007) …. Dick Koosman
The Tiger’s Tail (2007) …. Father Andy
The Nativity Story (2006) …. King Herod
Hallam Foe (2006) …. Julius Foe
Amazing Grace (2006) …. Banastre Tarleton
Miami Vice (2006) …. FBI Agent John Fujima
Wounded (2005) …. Stephen
Munich (2005) …. Carl
Rome (2005, 2007) (TV) …. Julius Caesar
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) …. Firmin
Mickybo & Me (2004) …. Jonjo’s Da
Broken Morning (2003) (TV) …. Albert Camus
The Statement (2003) …. Pochon
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) (TV) …. Michael Henchard
Calendar Girls (2003) …. Rod
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) …. Jonathan Reiss
Veronica Guerin (2003) …. John Traynor
The Road to Perdition (2002) …. Finn McGovern
The Sum of All Fears (2002) …. President Nemerov
Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure (2001) …. Narrator in character as Thomas Orde-Lees
Thursday the 12th (2000) (TV) …. Marius Bannister
The Sleeper (2000) (TV) …. Fergus Moon
The Weight of Water (2000) …. Louis Wagner
Jason and the Argonauts (2000) (TV) …. King Aeson
L’Amante perduto (Lost Lover) (1999) …. Adam
Il Tempo dell’amore (A Time to Love) (1999) …. Peter
The Lost Son (1999) …. Carlos
Titanic Town (1998) …. Aidan McPhelimy
Getting Hurt (1998) (TV) …. Charlie Cross
Ivanhoe (1997) (TV) …. Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Oscar and Lucinda (1997) …. Reverend Dennis Hasset
The Life of Stuff (1997) …. David Arbogast
Jane Eyre (1997) (TV) …. Edward Rochester
The Short Cut (1996) …. Brackpool
Tales from the Crypt (1989) (TV) in episode: « Confession » (episode # 7.11) 5 July 1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996) (TV) …. Lucifer
Cold Lazarus (1996) (TV) …. Fyodor Glazunov
Some Mother’s Son (1996) …. Danny Boyle
Mary Reilly (1996) …. Sir Danvers Carew
Rules of Engagement (1995) (TV) …. Commander Campbell Ferguson
The Affair (1995) (TV) …. Edward Leyland
Persuasion (1995) …. Captain Wentworth
Circle of Friends (1995) …. Professor Flynn
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (TV) in episode: « The Cardboard Box » (episode # 1.6) 1994 …. Jim Browner
A Dark Adapted Eye (1994) (TV) …. Paolo
Seaforth (1994) (TV) …. John Stacey
The Man Who Cried (1993) (TV) …. Abel Mason
Soldier Soldier (1993) (TV) in episode: « Trouble and Strife » (episode # 3.7) 1993 … Clive Hickey
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV) …. Edward Parker-Jones
Hostages (1993) (TV) …. Brian Keenan
Between the Lines (1992) (TV) in episode: « Private Enterprise » (episode # 1.1) 4 September 1992 …. Det. Insp. Micky Flynn
Perfect Scoundrels (1990) (TV) in episode: « The Goodbye Look » (episode # 3.6) 30 May 1992 …. Jack Vosper
December Bride (1990) …. Frank Echlin
Yellowbacks (1990) (TV) …. Martin Pitt
The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing (1990) (TV) …. Richard McIlkenny
The Mahabharata (1989) (TV) …. Ashwattaman
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) …. Cory
Kevin (1986) …. character unknown
We’ll Support You Evermore (1985) …. Liam O’Hagan
The Long March (1984) …. character unknown
Excalibur (1981) …. Lot
Our Boys (1981) …. one of the Brothers
Practice Piece (in Four Movements) (1980) …. a fencer
The Dream Factory (1980) …. The Chauffeur


http://www.ciaranhinds.eu (source consultée le 25 avril 2008)
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