20 Actors Who Died In 2020

Winner of Tony, BAFTA, and Laurence Olivier awards as well as receiving a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in Chariots of Fire, Ian Holm was one of his generation's most lauded actors, and passed away with with over six decades of acting work behind him.

Holm will be best remembered for his performances as Ash in Alien, Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element, Chef Skinner in Ratatouille, and Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises.

His final acting appearance was in 2014's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, where he briefly reprised his role of an older Bilbo Baggins.

Holm died from a Parkinson's-related illness on June 19 at the age of 88.