The Lord Of The Rings star passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to his agent.
Bernard Hill's final TV performance in BBC 's The Responder left viewers in tears on Sunday, just hours after the actor's death was confirmed aged 79.As well as appearing in billion pound fantasy LOTR trilogy which won 11 Oscars , he also starred in Titanic and iconic 1980's TV play The Black Stuff and it's sequel which catapulted him to stardom.
Tributes have been paid to the thespian, with praise for his 'incredible talent' and a career that saw him 'blaze a rail across the screen' following the news of his death. Alongside a photo of them together, she wrote: 'It's with great sadness that I note the death of Bernard Hill.'A really marvellous actor. It was a privilege to have crossed paths with him. RIP Benny x.'
Born in Blackley into a family of coal miners, he would attend acting school with Richard Griffiths, before moving into television. The sequel won a Bafta for best drama series in 1983 and was listed as the seventh best TV show ever made on a British Film Institute list in 2000.
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