---
name: "Conleth Hill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/conleth-hill"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 November 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T08:55:49.267640+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Conleth Hill

Actor. Born 24 November 1964 in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 November 1964, Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 2011–2019
- **Also known as:** Конлет Хилл, Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill , 康勒斯·希尔
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $10m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conleth_Hill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84423

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Official Secrets*](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md) (65)

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## Biography

Conleth Hill is an Irish actor born on 24 November 1964 in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989, and has performed on stage in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US.

Hill won two Laurence Olivier Awards, for Best Actor in *Stones in His Pockets* (2001) and Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical in *The Producers* (2005), and received two Tony Award nominations. He is best known for portraying Lord Varys in the HBO series *Game of Thrones* (2011–2019). His film credits include *Whatever Works* (2009), *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2011), *Serena* (2014) and *Official Secrets* (2019) as Roger Alton.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Official Secrets* (2019), Fi1m 65, as Roger Alton — [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Stevie — [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Lord Varys — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sheep Detectives* (2026), as Ham Gilyard
- *Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes* (2025), series, as Commissioner Sir Ian Blair
- *Two Down* (2025), as Harry Montague
- *Moonflower Murders* (2024), series, as Alan Conway
- *3 Body Problem* (2024), series, as Pope Gregory XIII
- *The Lovers* (2023), series, as Philip
- *The Power of Parker* (2023), series, as Martin Parker
- *Tell Me a Creepy Story* (2023), as Dr. Taggart ("The Good Word")
- *Why Didn't They Ask Evans?* (2022), series, as Dr Alwyn Thomas
- *Holding* (2022), series, as as Sergeant PJ Collins
- *Magpie Murders* (2022), series, as Alan Conway
- *The Cleaner* (2021), series, as Brennan
- *Here Are the Young Men* (2021), as Mark Kearney
- *Sadie* (2021), Director
- *Infinitum: Subject Unknown* (2021), as Professor Aaron Östergaard
- *To Olivia* (2021), Acting
- *Herself* (2020), as Aido Deveney
- *Vienna Blood* (2019), series, as Mendel Liebermann
- *Dublin Murders* (2019), series, as Superintendent O'Kelly
- *Official Secrets* (2019), as Roger Alton — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *The Isle* (2019), as Douglas Innis, Executive Producer
- *Hang Ups* (2018), series, as Jon Pitt
- *Dave Allen at Peace* (2018), as John O'Mahony
- *Derry Girls* (2018), series, as Carlos Santini — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/derry-girls.md)
- *Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms* (2017), as Varys (voice)
- *National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* (2017), as George
- *Barristers* (2017), series, Acting
- *The Truth Commissioner* (2016), as Johnny Rafferty
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, as Reverend Huxley
- *Two Angry Men* (2016), as Ritchie McKee
- *A Patch of Fog* (2015), as Sandy Duffy
- *Arthur & George* (2015), as Sergeant Upton
- *Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience* (2015), as Varys
- *12 Monkeys* (2015), series, as Bonham
- *That Day We Sang* (2014), as Frank
- *Serena* (2014), as Doctor Chaney
- *Shooting for Socrates* (2014), as Jackie Fullerton
- *Tom & Gerri* (2014), as Stevie
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Stevie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *The Good Word* (2014), as Da Taggart
- *14 Days* (2013), as Narrator
- *The Week Before Christmas* (2012), as Sharon's Dad
- *Keith Lemon: The Film* (2012), as Delivery Man
- *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2012), as Bernard Sugden
- *National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard* (2011), as Lopakhin
- *Suits* (2011), series, as Edward Darby
- *Whole Lotta Sole* (2011), as Barber
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Lord Varys — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *The Shore* (2011), as Paddy
- *Perrier's Bounty* (2010), as Russ
- *National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well* (2009), as Parolles
- *Whatever Works* (2009), as Leo Brockman
- *The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle* (2007), series, Acting
- *Intermission* (2003), as Robert
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (2002), as Max Staefel
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Sir Ian Woodhead
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song* (2000), as Irish Tenor
- *Crown Prosecutor* (1995), series, as Neville Osborn
- *A Man You Don't Meet Every Day* (1994), as Michael
- *Trust Me* (1992), as Neil
- *Blue Heaven* (1992), series, as Roache
- *The Englishman's Wife* (1990), as Soldier
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Rob

## Gallery

- ![Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-148ae3bddf94.jpg) Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Conleth_Hill_%2828472857502%29.jpg/1280px-Conleth_Hill_%2828472857502%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-59a688dd7368.jpg) Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Conleth_Hill_%2828472870152%29.jpg/1280px-Conleth_Hill_%2828472870152%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Conleth Hill](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-b60449fea745.jpg) Conleth Hill — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Conleth_Hill_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Conleth_Hill_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-c6b86f9ff170.jpg) Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Conleth_Hil_%2828295129040%29.jpg/1280px-Conleth_Hil_%2828295129040%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Conleth Hill](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-7716e7d4c115.jpg) Conleth Hill — Image via TMDB
- ![Conleth Hill](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-23777897c10e.jpg) Conleth Hill — Image via TMDB
- ![Conleth Hill](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-39c16424126a.jpg) Conleth Hill — Image via TMDB
- ![Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-bca71eba5a6d.jpg) Conleth Hill speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Conleth_Hill_%2828294927350%29.jpg/1280px-Conleth_Hill_%2828294927350%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Conleth Hill speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/486643/gallery-92567eb362d5.jpg) Conleth Hill speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Game of Thrones", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Conleth_Hill_%2835323226334%29.jpg/1280px-Conleth_Hill_%2835323226334%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2012: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (nominated), for *Game of Thrones*

### Other awards — 4 won, 4 nominated

- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play 2008: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (won)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role 2008: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2008: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical 2005: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical (nominated)
- Drama Desk Special Award 2001: Drama Desk Special Award (won)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor 2001: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor (won)
- Theatre World Special Award 2001: Theatre World Special Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 2001: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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