Ciaran Hinds Biography (2)

CIARÁN HINDS has numerous motion picture credits including Kathryn Bigelow's The Weight of Water, Oscar and Lucinda, The Lost Son, Some Mother's Son, Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly, Pat O'Connor's Circle of Friends, December Bride, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and John Boorman's Excalibur, among others. Most recently, Hinds starred in director Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition, with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, and in The Sum of All Fears, with Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman. Upcoming, he will appear in Norman Jewison's The Statement with Michael Caine and in the comedy Calendar Girls.

In television, Hinds has had leading roles in such acclaimed miniseries and telefilms as Jane Eyre, Ivanhoe, Persuasion, Prime Suspect 3, Cold Lazarus, Hostages and The Man Who Cried.

A native of Belfast, Hinds studied law at Queen University before being accepted to London's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He worked extensively at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, where he performed the lead role in Richard III, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Last Days of Don Juan, Troilus and Cressida and Edward II. He also performed in the international tour of Peter Brook's The Mahabharata. More recently, Hinds appeared on stage at the Donmar Warehouse in Assassins, as well as in Sam Shepard's Simpatico at the Royal Court Theatre. At the National Theatre and on Broadway he co-starred in Patrick Marber's hit play Closer.

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