Ioan GruffuddIoan GruffuddIoan 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. He has two siblings – a brother, Alun, who is two years younger and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger than him. Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 14 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley). Aged 18 he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). His won his first major English language role a few years later in the 1996 TV remake of Poldark. After playing Oscar Wilde's gay lover in Wilde in 1997, he got his first international role as Fifth Officer Lowe in Titanic. He later got his best-known role as Horatio Hornblower in the ITV production of the C.S. Forester novels. Next, he played Pip in the BBC production of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. He has also starred in 102 Dalmatians, ITV's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, Black Hawk Down, and King Arthur. This page about Ioan Gruffudd includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Ioan Gruffudd News stories about Ioan Gruffudd External links for Ioan Gruffudd Videos for Ioan Gruffudd Wikis about Ioan Gruffudd Discussion Groups about Ioan Gruffudd Blogs about Ioan Gruffudd Images of Ioan Gruffudd |
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He has also starred in 102 Dalmatians, ITV's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, Black Hawk Down, and King Arthur. He is married to Irish actress Sinead Cusack, and is the father of two sons, of whom Nicholas Irons is also an actor. Next, he played Pip in the BBC production of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. His most famous role has turned out to be the voice of Scar in The Lion King. Forester novels. Butterfly, The House of the Spirits, Lolita (remake), and Die Hard With a Vengeance. He later got his best-known role as Horatio Hornblower in the ITV production of the C.S. Other films include Reversal of Fortune (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Kafka, Damage, M. After playing Oscar Wilde's gay lover in Wilde in 1997, he got his first international role as Fifth Officer Lowe in Titanic. In 1988 he starred in the dual role of mad twin physicians in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. His won his first major English language role a few years later in the 1996 TV remake of Poldark. In 1984 Irons won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing. Aged 18 he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Also in 1981, he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman. Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 14 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley). Brideshead brought him back together with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years earlier. He has two siblings – a brother, Alun, who is two years younger and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger than him. The role which shot him to fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited in 1981. 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. After several appearances on British television, his film debut came in 1980 in Nijinsky. Born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, he began his acting career in Bristol, then appeared on the London as John the Baptist opposite David Essex in Godspell. Jeremy Irons (born September 19, 1948) is a British actor. Nijinsky (1980). The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). Moonlighting (1982). Betrayal (1983). The Wild Duck (1983). Un amour de Swann (1984). The Mission (1986). Dead Ringers (1988). A Chorus of Disapproval (1988). Australia (1989). Reversal of Fortune (1990). Zebracka opera (1991). Kafka (1991). From Time to Time (1992). Waterland (1992). Fatale (1992). Butterfly (1993). M. The House of the Spirits (1993). The Lion King (1994) (voice). Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). Stealing Beauty (1996). Chinese Box (1997). Lolita (1997). The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). Faeries (1999) (voice). Dungeons & Dragons (2000). The Fourth Angel (2001). The Night of the Iguana (2001). The Time Machine (2002). Ladies and Gentlemen (2002). And Now.. Callas Forever (2002). Being Julia (2004). |