Jude Hill

Jude Hill (born January 1, 2010) is a Northern Irish actor. He is best known for his leading role in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast (2021), based on Branagh's childhood, for which he won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor.

Hill made his feature film debut in Belfast. The film's story is told mostly through the eyes of Hill's character Buddy, described by Jeanette Catsoulis of the New York Times as "a bright, cheerful 9-year-old and a fictionalized version of Branagh himself". Hill was nine when he was chosen as the film's lead out of 300 young actors who auditioned.

Hill was born in Gilford, a village in County Down, near Armagh, to Shauneen and Darryl. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. He attended St John's Primary School. From the age of four, she took drama classes at Shelley Lowry School in Portadown.

Hill also played the lead role in the World War II-themed short film Rian, which premiered at CineMagic 2021.

In the 2023 film "A Haunting in Venice", he worked with Branagh again.

Jude Hill is early in his on-screen career, with 5 credits to date from 2021 to 2025.

Jude Hill's most notable role to date came in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), where he played Boy in Stands. He also appeared in A Haunting in Venice (2023) as Leopold Ferrier. Most recently appeared in Belfast (2021) as Buddy.

Fans wanting to catch up on Jude Hill's work can find exactly where his movies are streaming below — and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to keep track of them all. Just search the title, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers what you've already watched.