Jude Hill

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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).

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Early life

Hill was born in 2010 in Gilford, a village in County Down near Armagh to parents Shauneen and Darryl. [1] He has a younger sister and a younger brother. [2] He attended St John's Primary School [3] [4] and took drama classes at the Shelley Lowry School in Portadown from the age of four. [5]

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 . [6] 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. [7]

Hill also played the title role in the World War II-set short film Rian, which premiered at the 2021 CineMagic. [8] In December 2021, Hill signed with United Talent Agency stateside. [9]

In 2022, Hill attended Italy's David di Donatello ceremony as a special guest, picking up the Best Foreign Film award won by Belfast. [10] 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 Branagh's supernatural mystery film A Haunting in Venice , based on Agatha Christie's Hallowe'en Party . [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021RianRian McMurphyShort film
Belfast Buddy
2022 Magpie Murders Sam Blakiston4 episodes
MandrakeLuke
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Young Boy in Stands
A Haunting in Venice Leopold Ferrier [12]
TBA Holland, Michigan TBAPost-production
Way of the Warrior Kid MarcFilming

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2021
 British Independent Film Awards Breakthrough Performance Belfast Nominated [13]
Florida Film Critics Circle Breakout AwardNominated [14]
Indiana Film Journalists Association Breakout of the YearNominated [15]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Youth in Film - MaleWon [16]
North Texas Film Critics AssociationBest NewcomerNominated [17]
Phoenix Film Critics SocietyBest Performance by a YouthWon [18]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Youth Performance Nominated [19]
2022
Columbus Film Critics AssociationBreakthrough Film ArtistRunner-up [20]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress Won [21]
DiscussingFilm Critics AwardsBest Debut PerformanceNominated [22]
Georgia Film Critics Association Breakthrough AwardNominated [23]
Hollywood Critics Association Newcomer AwardWon [24]
International Film Society CriticsBest Youth PerformanceNominated [25]
Irish Film & Television Awards Lead Actor in a FilmNominated [26]
London Film Critics Circle Young British/Irish PerformerNominated [27]
Music City Film Critics AssociationBest Young ActorWon [28]
Online Film & Television Association Best Youth PerformanceNominated [29]
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actor Nominated [30]
Best Youth PerformanceWon [31]
Breakthrough ArtistRunner-up
Seattle Film Critics Society Best Youth Performance Nominated [32]

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