Continuing our series on screen portrayals of Pilate that I began in 2011 during Holy Week. The posts on portrayals of Pilate by Rod Steiger, Richard Boone, Barry Dennen, Hristov Shopov, Telly Savalas, Frank Thring, Stephen Russell, Greg Hicks, Cyril Richard, Stephen Moyer, Dennis King, Brian Mitchell, Leif Erickson, Peter Firth, David Bowie, Lowell Gilmore, Hurd Hatfield, Vincent Regan, Arthur Kennedy and Gary Oldman may be viewed here, here, here, here here , here, here, here, here , here , here, here, here , here , here , here , here , here, here and here.
Bilbo Baggins as Pilate. Actor Ian Holm voice acted Pilate in the claymation version of the life of Christ in The Miracle Maker (2000). British actors have a long history of being cast in roles as Roman aristocrats. However Ian Holm does the role of Pilate without a trace of a British accent. He portrays Pilate as quite stern but not unsympathetic to Jesus who he finds completely puzzling. When Caiaphas states that Pilate is no friend of Caesar if he spares Jesus, Pilate gives up in disgust, washes his hands and orders the crucifixion of Jesus.
