How old was Ian Holm in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?

Ian Holm was 71 in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King when he played the character 'Bilbo'.

That was over 20 years ago in 2003.

In 2020 he died aged 88, starring in 110 films in his career, 19 of those after The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was first released. If he were alive today he would be 92.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, I think Ian Holm looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Peter Jackson has worked with Ian Holm a total of 4 times in his career.
  • Ian Holm's first movie was as 'Trofimov' in The Cherry Orchard, released in 1962 when he was 29
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King scores 8.48 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Ian Holm's other movies