My Take
Ciarán Hinds is one of those actors who makes every scene feel weightier just by showing up — you probably know the face even if the name takes a second. Born in Belfast in 1953, he came up through serious stage work, and that theatrical grounding is written into every performance he gives: the stillness, the economy, the sense that there's always more going on beneath the surface than he's showing you. Whether he's playing a Roman general in Rome, a menacing villain, or a world-weary authority figure, he never telegraphs it — he just inhabits it. His run of films from Road to Perdition through Munich and There Will Be Blood put him in rooms with some of cinema's heaviest hitters, and he held his own every time. A genuinely underrated talent who deserves way more top billing than he usually gets.
Overview
Ciarán Hinds ( KEER-ən; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor. Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles and has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007)…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ciarán Hinds
- Name (Japanese)
- キアラン・ハインズ
- Reading
- きあらん・はいんず
- Born
- February 9, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- St Malachy's College
Awards & achievements
- 1999 Theatre World Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.