Ian Holm

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Ian Holm
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September 12, 1931 in Goodmayes, Ilford, England
Biography:Popularly known as "Mr. Ubiquitous" thanks to his versatility as a stage and screen actor, "Ian Holm" is one of Britain's most acclaimed -- to say nothing of steadily employed -- performers. Although the foundations of his career were built on the stage, he has become an increasingly popular onscreen presence in his later years. Holm earned particular plaudits for his work in "Atom Egoyan"'s "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), in which he played an emotionally broken lawyer who comes to a small town that has been devastated by a recent school bus crash.

Born on September 12, 1931, Holm came into the world in a Goodmayes, Ilford, mental asylum, where his father resided as a psychiatrist and superintendent. When he wasn't tending to the insane, Holm's father took him to the theatre, where he was first inspired, at the age of seven, by a production of Les Miserables starring "Charles Laughton". The... Full Biography

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Sir Ian Holm at the Garden State premiere in Hollywood on July 20, 2004
Sir Ian Holm and Family at the Garden State premiere in Hollywood on July 20, 2004
Sir Ian Holm and Family at the Garden State premiere in Hollywood on July 20, 2004
Sir Ian Holm and Wife at the Garden State premiere in Hollywood on July 20, 2004
Sir Ian Holm at the Garden State premiere in Hollywood on July 20, 2004
Sir Ian Holm at the Garden State premiere in Hollywood on July 20, 2004
Ian Holm at the Garden State premiere in Hollywood on July 20, 2004
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