Ian Holm Moroccan in "March or Die". The following year he played J. M. Barrie in the award-winning BBC TV series "The Lost Boys", in which his son Barnaby played the young George Llewelyn Davies. In 1981, he played Frodo Baggins in BBC radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Holm's first film role to have a major impact was that of the treacherous android, Ash, in Ridley Scott's "Alien" (1979). His portrayal of Sam Mussabini in "Chariots of Fire" (1981), earned him a special award at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best
Ian Holm Supporting Actor. Back home in England, he won a BAFTA award, for Best Supporting Actor, for "Chariots". In the 1980s, he had memorable roles in "Time Bandits" (1981), "" (1984) and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" (1985). He played Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice in Wonderland" in the Dennis Potter-scripted fantasy "Dreamchild" (1985). In 1989, Holm was nominated for a BAFTA award for the TV series "Game, Set and Match". Based on the novels by Len Deighton, this tells the story of an intelligence officer (Holm) who discovers that his own wife is an enemy spy. He continued to perform Shakespeare, and