Ciaran Hinds

Played a villain in "Race to Witch Mountain," a re-imagining of the original 1975 film "Escape to Witch Mountain"

Co-starred in the war drama, "Stop-Loss"; written and directed by Kimberly Peirce

Co-starred with Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the Noah Baumbach directed, "Margot at the Wedding"

Cast as FBI agent Fujima in the feature adaptation of the 80's series, "Miami Vice"; directed by Michael Mann

Portrayed King Herod in the biblical film, "The Nativity Story"

Cast in Steven Spielberg's "Munich," which centers on the aftermath of the tragic massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics

Portrayed Julius Caesar in the HBO original series, "Rome"

Cast in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera," the screen adaptation of the long-running stage musical

Appeared in "Calender Girls," which also starred Helen Mirren

Cast in the action feature, "Tomb Raider 2"

Co-starred in the feature "Veronica Guerin," which starred Cate Blanchett as the title character

Cast as President Alexander Nemerov in the drama, "Sum Of All Fears"

Portrayed Finn McGovern in the crime drama, "Road To Perdition"

Acted in the British TV drama, "The Sleeper"

Made Broadway debut reprising his London stage role in "Closer"

Co-starred with Liza Walker and Clive Owen in the original production of Patrick Marber's "Closer"

Had featured role in "Oscar and Lucinda"

Starred as Rochester in the BBC/A&E TV production of "Jane Eyre"

Co-starred in "Persuasion"

Portrayed a professor in "Circle of Friends"

First played Rochester in a radio presentation of "Jane Eyre"

Breakthrough stage role, "Richard III"

Played slightly sinister character in "Prime Suspect 3"

Appeared as Samuel Byck in the London premiere of the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical, "Assassins"

Starred with Colin Firth and Stephen Dillane in "Hostages"

Appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of "The Last Days of Don Juan"; directed by Danny Boyle

Featured in Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"; first film with Helen Mirren

Appeared in Peter Brook's staging of "The Mahabharata"

Spent part of one season with the Greenwich Theatre in London

Film debut in "Excalibur"

Made professional debut playing the rear end of a horse in "Cinderella" at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre in Scotland

Worked with Glasgow Citizens Theatre