Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott is one of those actors who made every scene he was in feel richer without ever hogging the spotlight, and that's a genuinely rare gift. Born in Ealing in 1922, he built a career across stage, television, and film that spanned decades, but it was his run in the 1980s that really cemented his legend — three consecutive BAFTA Supporting Actor wins for Trading Places, A Private Function, and Defence of the Realm is a streak very few character actors can match. His turn in A Room with a View earned him an Oscar nomination too, and rightly so. I also have a soft spot for his Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones films, bumbling and endearing in equal measure. Elliott passed away in 1992, but his body of work holds up beautifully — proof that the "supporting" label never meant secondary.

Name (English)

Denholm Elliott

Name (Japanese)

デンホルム・エリオット

Reading

でんほるむ・えりおっと

Born

May 31, 1922 – October 6, 1992

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Ealing, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / character actor / stage actor

University

Malvern College

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• 1985 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• 1986 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Donaldson Awards

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88

Tags

• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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