A year after Alien, he played John Merrick in The Elephant Man, a role for which he won a BAFTA and was nominated for a Golden Globe and and Academy Award.
His last major motion picture appearance was playing Father Richard McSorley in Jackie, and he will posthumously appear in That Good Night and My Name is Lenny.
In the years afterwards, his notable roles included Jesus Christ in History of the World Part I, Winston Smith in 1984 and voicing The Horned King in The Black Cauldron.
His cinematic work over the last two decades included playing Mr. Ollivander in the Harry Potter movies, Professor Trevor in the Hellboy movies, Harold Oxley in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Gilliam in Snowpiercer and Cotys in Hercules.