Father of Barnaby Holm.
Children - with Lynn Mary Shaw: daughters Jessica Holm and Sarah-Jane Holm; with Sophie Baker: son Harry; also had son Barnaby Holm and daughter Melissa with professional photographer Bee Gilbert, with whom Holm had a relationship after his first marriage (1965-1976) but never married.
Appointed a CBE in 1990; Knighted in June 1998.
Developed a severe case of stage fright in 1976 while performing The Iceman Cometh and left the theatre. He has only returned three times since then.
Clearly has no objections to being buried up to his neck in the pursuit of his craft, as this has happened to him in no less than three films: Alien (1979), Brazil (1985) and Simon Magus (1999/I).
He was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of the 1997 season for his performance in "King Lear" at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe stage.
He was awarded the 1993 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Moonlight."
He was awarded the 1997 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best Actor for his performance in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre.
He was awarded the 1993 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor in "Moonlight." His wife, Penelope Wilton, was awarded Best Actress for "The Deep Blue Sea" at the same awards ceremony.
He was awarded the 1997 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in "King Lear."
Has two roles in common with Orson Bean. Bean was the voice of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit (1977) (TV), while Holm played in the Peter Jackson trilogy. Bean also played Frodo in The Return of the King (1980) (TV); Holm played Frodo on BBC radio.
An Associate Member of RADA.
Children: Jessica, Sarah-Jane, Barnaby, Melissa, Harry.
Has played Napoleon Bonaparte three times in "Napoleon and Love" (1972) (mini), Time Bandits (1981) and The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) - and was a front-runner for the part in Stanley Kubrick's unproduced biopic.
Won Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming," a role he recreated in the film version with the same title, The Homecoming (1973).
Played a meteorologist in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (as Professor Terry Rapson) and The Aviator (2004) (as Professor Fitz).
Though he has only appeared in two production of The Lord of the Rings, he has worked with three Aragorns. He appeared with Viggo Mortensen in the Lord of the Rings films, Robert Stephens in the radio adaptation, and worked with John Hurt in Alien (1979). Mortensen and Hurt were also both last-minute replacements for other actors.
Treated for prostate cancer in 2001.
Was slated to play Pope John Paul II in a CBS miniseries, but had to drop out because of undisclosed "personal reasons." Jon Voight took his place.
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