Ioan Gruffudd

He has also starred in 102 Dalmatians, ITV's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, Black Hawk Down, and King Arthur. Hurt was awarded the CBE in June 2004. Next, he played Pip in the BBC production of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. He is likely best known to American audiences as the memorable first victim of the title creature in the film Alien. Forester novels. The following year, Hurt gave a memorable performance as the emperor Caligula in the major BBC drama serial, I, Claudius. He later got his best-known role as Horatio Hornblower in the ITV production of the C.S. However, it was his portrayal of the outrageous Quentin Crisp in the 1975 TV play, The Naked Civil Servant, that he shot to fame, earning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor in the process.

After playing Oscar Wilde's gay lover in Wilde in 1997, he got his first international role as Fifth Officer Lowe in Titanic. His first film was 1962's The Wild and the Willing, but his first major role was as Richard Rich in 1966's A Man for All Seasons. His won his first major English language role a few years later in the 1996 TV remake of Poldark. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Aged 18 he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Martin's School for Art, but turned to the stage in 1962. Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 14 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley). Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Hurt studied art at the St.

He has two siblings – a brother, Alun, who is two years younger and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger than him. John Vincent Hurt (born January 22, 1940) CBE, is a British actor. 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. The Plague Dogs (voice only). The Black Cauldron (voice only). Hellboy.

Harry Potter and the Sorceror's/Philosopher's Stone. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). Love and Death on Long Island (1997). 1984.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. King Ralph. Frankenstein Unbound. The Field.

Scandal. White Mischief. Aria. Spaceballs (cameo appearance spoofing his role in Alien).

The Osterman Weekend. Watership Down (voice only). Champions. History of the World, Part I (cameo appearance as Jesus).

The Elephant Man (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor). Heaven's Gate. Alien. Midnight Express (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor).