Ciaran Hinds has reached what Miss Jean Brodie would have called his prime.
After working in theater, television, and films for 45 years, he now lands juicy roles in studio and indie pictures alike as romantic lead (“Persuasion”), a Roman emperor, “Harry Potter” wizard, many villains, and, this year, as a grandfather in Kenneth Branagh’s heart-tugger “Belfast.” This brought the 69-year-old Irish actor his first Oscar nomination.“It’s better than a puck in the garb, as we say back home,” he told me on Zoom.
“I’m pretty quietly thrilled.”Does Hinds take everything he’s offered? “I was brought up,” he said, “if somebody offers you something, say ‘Yes, gracious me,’ and off you go!” He can hold his own opposite Benedict Cumberbatch as “Hamlet” at The National Theatre, or against Nic Cage in “Ghost Rider.”“I live on a day-to-day basis, as I turn up like a bad penny,
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