Ioan Gruffudd

He has also starred in 102 Dalmatians, ITV's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, Black Hawk Down, and King Arthur. Fluent in the French language, he maintains a home outside Paris, France where he lives with actress Sandrine Bonnaire with whom he has a daughter. Next, he played Pip in the BBC production of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. He has also appeared in Eyewitness, Body Heat, The Big Chill, Kiss of the Spider Woman (winning the Academy Award for Best Actor), Children of a Lesser God (Oscar nomination), Broadcast News (another Oscar nomination), Gorky Park, The Accidental Tourist, I Love You to Death and Alice. Forester novels. He appeared on stage, then debuted in films in the starring role in Altered States. He later got his best-known role as Horatio Hornblower in the ITV production of the C.S. He studied theology when young, but turned to acting after attending the Juilliard School.

After playing Oscar Wilde's gay lover in Wilde in 1997, he got his first international role as Fifth Officer Lowe in Titanic. Born in Washington, DC, he is the stepson of Henry Luce, the founder of Time Magazine. His won his first major English language role a few years later in the 1996 TV remake of Poldark. William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. Aged 18 he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 14 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley).

He has two siblings – a brother, Alun, who is two years younger and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger than him. Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced YO-an GRIFF-ith) is a Welsh actor, born in Cardiff, Wales, UK on 6 October 1973. His parents, Peter and Gillian Gruffudd, were teachers.