Jude Hill

Jude Hill
Born
Gilford, County Down, Northern Ireland
OccupationActor
Years active2020–present

Jude Hill is a Northern Irish actor. He is known for his lead role in Kenneth Branagh's film Belfast (2021) based on Branagh's childhood, for which Hill won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer. He has since starred in Branagh's A Haunting in Venice (2023).

Early life

Hill was born in Gilford, a village in County Down near Armagh to parents Shauneen and Darryl. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. He attended St John's Primary School and took drama classes at the Shelley Lowry School in Portadown from the age of four.

Career

Hill made his feature film debut in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast. The film's story is mostly told through the eyes of Hill's character Buddy, "a smart, cheery 9-year-old and a fictional version of Branagh himself", as described by Jeanette Catsoulis of The New York Times. Hill was nine when he was cast as the film's lead out of 300 young actors who auditioned, ten when filming took place, and eleven when the film premiered in 2021.

Hill also played the title role in the World War II-set short film Rian, which premiered at the 2021 CineMagic. In December 2021, Hill signed with United Talent Agency stateside.

In 2022, Hill attended Italy's David di Donatello ceremony as a special guest, picking up the Best Foreign Film award won by Belfast. In the same year, he made his television debut in Magpie Murders, a BritBox and PBS Masterpiece adaptation of the 2016 mystery novel of the same by Anthony Horowitz. He also appeared alongside Deirdre Mullins in the horror film Mandrake.

In September 2023, he appeared as Leopold Ferrier in the Agatha Christie supernatural mystery film A Haunting in Venice.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Rian Rian McMurphy Short film
Belfast Buddy
2022 Magpie Murders Sam Blakiston 4 episodes
Mandrake Luke
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Young Boy in Stands
A Haunting in Venice Leopold Ferrier
TBA Holland, Michigan TBA Post-production

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2021
British Independent Film Awards Breakthrough Performance Belfast Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Breakout Award Nominated
Indiana Film Journalists Association Breakout of the Year Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Youth in Film - Male Won
North Texas Film Critics Association Best Newcomer Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Performance by a Youth Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Youth Performance Nominated
2022
Columbus Film Critics Association Breakthrough Film Artist Runner-up
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress Won
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards Best Debut Performance Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association Breakthrough Award Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Newcomer Award Won
International Film Society Critics Best Youth Performance Nominated
Irish Film & Television Awards Lead Actor in a Film Nominated
London Film Critics Circle Young British/Irish Performer Nominated
Music City Film Critics Association Best Young Actor Won
Online Film & Television Association Best Youth Performance Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actor Nominated
Best Youth Performance Won
Breakthrough Artist Runner-up
Seattle Film Critics Society Best Youth Performance Nominated

This page was last updated at 2024-02-05 10:25 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari