Henry V (1989)
Kenneth Branagh's 1989 directorial debut. Mud and blood Agincourt instead of Olivier's pageantry.
Actor: Ian Holm
Ian Holm was a leading Royal Shakespeare Company actor before a severe attack of stage fright during a 1976 performance kept him off the stage for fifteen years, redirecting him almost entirely into film.
Ash in Alien is the performance that endures, playing a company man whose calm never breaks even after the reveal, and the milk is the most disturbing thing in the film.
He was nominated for Chariots of Fire, played Bilbo across the Jackson films, and gave a genuinely moving late performance in The Sweet Hereafter.
The Fifth Element and Brazil show a comic register, and his voice work as the priest in The Fifth Element is a small masterclass in playing panic.
