Ciarán Hinds’ acting pursuits have taken him far from his roots in Northern Ireland.  

A quality actor - he lends himself to both villainy and simmering heroics.  

His long career has included intimate Shakespearean theatre productions right through to major franchises like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and the Disney animated film Frozen.  

His latest project ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ is an intimate character study on human spirit – the Prime Video series based on the novel by Richard Flanagan. 

He told Jack Tame when he was first introduced to the project, he’d heard of the book but never read it.  

“They sent me a couple of scripts and I was immediately hooked by the quality of the writing and the story itself,” Hinds said. 

“So I went out and got myself the book.” 

“Deeply moved, I was, by the savagery, the cruelty, the brutality, the love, the deep passion, the haunting... it’s a huge and hugely emotional read for anybody,” he told Tame. 

“And from then, I said I’m very interested in this project, and so we went on from there.” 

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