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Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in films. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II. Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role in the 1998 West End production of King Lear. For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear (1998), and the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2003). He gained acclaim for his role in The Bofors Gun (1968) winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award win for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981). Other notable films he appeared in include Alien (1979), Brazil (1985), Henry V (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and The Aviator (2004). He gained wider appreciation for his role as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He also voiced Chef Skinner in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Serengeti is a 2000 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Don Bluth (in his feature directorial debut) and co-directed by Gary Goldman from a screenplay by Bradley Raymond, George A. Mendoza, and Tom Rogers, based on a story by Mendoza. It features the voices of Kevin James, Tom Kenny, Kevin Bacon, Samuel E. Wright, and Jack Black. Set during the days of the dry season in Africa the film centers around three main characters—Melvin (James), a no-nonsense African elephant; Seth (Kenny), a loudmouthed meerkat; and Donato (Bacon), a sardonic lion—who come across a human baby and work together to return it to its tribe. Additionally, the film occasionally follows Scot, a speechless "striped grass mouse" (Wedge), who is perpetually searching for a place in the ground to bury his seed.
