Ian Holm, the classically trained Shakespearean actor best known to film audiences for his performances in films including the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” movies, “Chariots of Fire” and “Alien,” has died.
He was 88.A rep for the actor has said Holm died in hospital on Friday morning.
The actor had been battling Parkinson’s Disease for a number of years.
However, as recently as January, Holm appeared in person to collect the Newport Beach Film Festival’s Icon Award in London.Holm, who was celebrated for interpretations of most of the Shakespeare canon, including a towering “King Lear,” also excelled onstage in the original production of Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming,” which he also brought to Broadway.
He began working in films only midway through his career, debuting with an adaptation of his stage performance in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1968.In later years, however, he worked increasingly
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