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'Ciarán Hinds' (born 9 February 1953; Anglicised pronunciation in IPA: ) is a Belfast-born film, television, stage, and radio actor.
Ciarán Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Raised a Catholic in North Belfast, he was one of five children and the only son of his physician father and amateur actress mother. He was an Irish dancer in his youth and was educated at Holy Family Primary School and St. Malachy's College. After leaving St. Malachy's, he enrolled as a law student at Queen's University, but was soon persuaded to pursue acting and abandoned his studies at Queen's to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Hinds began his professional acting career at the ''Glasgow Citizens' Theatre'' in a 1976 production of ''Cinderella''. He remained a frequent performer at the Citizens' Theatre during the late 1970's and through the mid-1980's. During this same period, Hinds also performed on stage in Ireland with the Abbey Theatre, the Field Day Theatre Company, the Druid Theatre, the Lyric Players' Theatre and at the Project Arts Centre. In 1987, he was cast by Peter Brook in ''The Mahabarata'', a six hour theatre piece that toured the world, and he also featured in its 1989 film version. In the early 1990's, he was a member of the ''Royal Shakespeare Company''. A notable RSC performance came in the title role of the 1993 production of ''Richard III'' directed by Sam Mendes; Mendes turned to Hinds as a last minute replacement for an injured Simon Russell Beale. Hinds gained his most popular recognition as a stage actor for his performance as Larry in the London and Broadway productions of Patrick Marber's Tony Award-nominated play ''Closer''. In 1999, Hinds was awarded both the Theatre World Award for Best Debut in NYC and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Special Achievement (Best Ensemble Cast Performance) for his work in ''Closer.'' His most recent stage appearance was in 2001 in ''The Yalta Game'' by Brian Friel at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Hinds is scheduled to appear in the Broadway production of ''The Seafarer'' by Conor McPherson opening in November 2007.
Hinds made his feature film debut in John Boorman's ''Excalibur'' (1981). His portfolio of film portrayals also includes ''Captain Frederick Wentworth'' in Jane Austen's ''Persuasion'' (1995), ''Jonathan Reiss'' in '' (2003), ''John Traynor'' in ''Veronica Guerin'' (2003), and ''Firmin'' in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (2004). Hinds also played Carl, a cover-up professional assisting a group of assassins, in Steven Spielberg's political thriller, ''Munich'' (2005). In 2006, he appeared in Michael Mann's film adaptation of the 80's television show, ''Miami Vice'', and as Herod the Great in ''The Nativity Story''. [1] In the 2007 film ''Amazing Grace'', Hinds portrays Sir Banastre Tarleton, one the chief opponents of abolition of the slave trade in parliament. Other films include ''The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), ''December Bride'' (1990), ''Circle of Friends'' (1995), ''Some Mother's Son'' (1996), ''Oscar and Lucinda'' (1997), ''Titanic Town'' (1998), ''The Weight of Water'' (2000), ''The Sum of All Fears'' (2002), ''Road to Perdition'' (2002), ''Calendar Girls'' (2003) and ''Mickybo and Me'' (2005).
On television, Hinds portrayed ''Gaius Julius Caesar'' in the first season of BBC/HBO's series, ''Rome'' (2006). He has also been featured in a number of made-for-television movies, including the role of Michael Henchard in Thomas Hardy's ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'' (2004), for which he received the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Additional television performances include ''Edward Parker-Jones'' in the crime drama series ''Prime Suspect 3'' (1993), ''Abel Mason'' in the late Dame Catherine Cookson's ''The Man Who Cried'' (1993), ''Jim Browner'' in ''The Memories of Sherlock Holmes'' episode ''The Cardboard Box'' (1994), ''Fyodor Glazunov'' in the science fiction miniseries ''Cold Lazarus'' (1996), ''Edward Rochester'' in Charlotte Brontë's ''Jane Eyre'' (1997), the Knight Templar ''Brian de Bois-Guilbert'' in Sir Walter Scott's ''Ivanhoe'' (1997) and a portrayal of the French existentialist Albert Camus in ''Broken Morning'' (2003). Hinds has also featured in two notable television docudramas: Granada Television's 1990 docudrama ''Who Bombed Birmingham?'' in which Hinds portrayed Richard McIlkenny, a Belfastman falsely imprisoned for an IRA bombing; and HBO's 1993 docudrama ''Hostages'', where he portrayed Irish writer and former hostage Brian Keenan.
Hinds' dramatic abilities have been put to use in audiobook and radio productions as well. He performed as ''Valmont'' in the ''BBC Radio'' production of ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', and Hinds also narrated the Penguin Audiobook ''Ivanhoe'', and, in 2004, was given the ''Audie Award'' for "Best Audio Drama Performance", for his performance in the fully dramatized recordings of William Shakespeare's plays included in ''The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare''.
★ Ciarán Hinds at the Internet Movie Database
★ http://www.ciaranhinds.com Official Website CiaranHinds.com
★ WAV file with the correct pronunciation of his name (14,4 kB)
'Ciarán Hinds' (born 9 February 1953; Anglicised pronunciation in IPA: ) is a Belfast-born film, television, stage, and radio actor.
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Early life |
| Career |
| External links |
Biography
Early life
Ciarán Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Raised a Catholic in North Belfast, he was one of five children and the only son of his physician father and amateur actress mother. He was an Irish dancer in his youth and was educated at Holy Family Primary School and St. Malachy's College. After leaving St. Malachy's, he enrolled as a law student at Queen's University, but was soon persuaded to pursue acting and abandoned his studies at Queen's to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Career
Hinds began his professional acting career at the ''Glasgow Citizens' Theatre'' in a 1976 production of ''Cinderella''. He remained a frequent performer at the Citizens' Theatre during the late 1970's and through the mid-1980's. During this same period, Hinds also performed on stage in Ireland with the Abbey Theatre, the Field Day Theatre Company, the Druid Theatre, the Lyric Players' Theatre and at the Project Arts Centre. In 1987, he was cast by Peter Brook in ''The Mahabarata'', a six hour theatre piece that toured the world, and he also featured in its 1989 film version. In the early 1990's, he was a member of the ''Royal Shakespeare Company''. A notable RSC performance came in the title role of the 1993 production of ''Richard III'' directed by Sam Mendes; Mendes turned to Hinds as a last minute replacement for an injured Simon Russell Beale. Hinds gained his most popular recognition as a stage actor for his performance as Larry in the London and Broadway productions of Patrick Marber's Tony Award-nominated play ''Closer''. In 1999, Hinds was awarded both the Theatre World Award for Best Debut in NYC and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Special Achievement (Best Ensemble Cast Performance) for his work in ''Closer.'' His most recent stage appearance was in 2001 in ''The Yalta Game'' by Brian Friel at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Hinds is scheduled to appear in the Broadway production of ''The Seafarer'' by Conor McPherson opening in November 2007.
Hinds made his feature film debut in John Boorman's ''Excalibur'' (1981). His portfolio of film portrayals also includes ''Captain Frederick Wentworth'' in Jane Austen's ''Persuasion'' (1995), ''Jonathan Reiss'' in '' (2003), ''John Traynor'' in ''Veronica Guerin'' (2003), and ''Firmin'' in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (2004). Hinds also played Carl, a cover-up professional assisting a group of assassins, in Steven Spielberg's political thriller, ''Munich'' (2005). In 2006, he appeared in Michael Mann's film adaptation of the 80's television show, ''Miami Vice'', and as Herod the Great in ''The Nativity Story''. [1] In the 2007 film ''Amazing Grace'', Hinds portrays Sir Banastre Tarleton, one the chief opponents of abolition of the slave trade in parliament. Other films include ''The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), ''December Bride'' (1990), ''Circle of Friends'' (1995), ''Some Mother's Son'' (1996), ''Oscar and Lucinda'' (1997), ''Titanic Town'' (1998), ''The Weight of Water'' (2000), ''The Sum of All Fears'' (2002), ''Road to Perdition'' (2002), ''Calendar Girls'' (2003) and ''Mickybo and Me'' (2005).
On television, Hinds portrayed ''Gaius Julius Caesar'' in the first season of BBC/HBO's series, ''Rome'' (2006). He has also been featured in a number of made-for-television movies, including the role of Michael Henchard in Thomas Hardy's ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'' (2004), for which he received the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Additional television performances include ''Edward Parker-Jones'' in the crime drama series ''Prime Suspect 3'' (1993), ''Abel Mason'' in the late Dame Catherine Cookson's ''The Man Who Cried'' (1993), ''Jim Browner'' in ''The Memories of Sherlock Holmes'' episode ''The Cardboard Box'' (1994), ''Fyodor Glazunov'' in the science fiction miniseries ''Cold Lazarus'' (1996), ''Edward Rochester'' in Charlotte Brontë's ''Jane Eyre'' (1997), the Knight Templar ''Brian de Bois-Guilbert'' in Sir Walter Scott's ''Ivanhoe'' (1997) and a portrayal of the French existentialist Albert Camus in ''Broken Morning'' (2003). Hinds has also featured in two notable television docudramas: Granada Television's 1990 docudrama ''Who Bombed Birmingham?'' in which Hinds portrayed Richard McIlkenny, a Belfastman falsely imprisoned for an IRA bombing; and HBO's 1993 docudrama ''Hostages'', where he portrayed Irish writer and former hostage Brian Keenan.
Hinds' dramatic abilities have been put to use in audiobook and radio productions as well. He performed as ''Valmont'' in the ''BBC Radio'' production of ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', and Hinds also narrated the Penguin Audiobook ''Ivanhoe'', and, in 2004, was given the ''Audie Award'' for "Best Audio Drama Performance", for his performance in the fully dramatized recordings of William Shakespeare's plays included in ''The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare''.
External links
★ Ciarán Hinds at the Internet Movie Database
★ http://www.ciaranhinds.com Official Website CiaranHinds.com
★ WAV file with the correct pronunciation of his name (14,4 kB)
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