Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced [ˈjoʊæn ˈgrɪfɪð], YOE-an GRI-fidh; listen (help·info); born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor.
Educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he came to international attention as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in the film Titanic (1997), and as Lt. John Beales in Black Hawk Down (2001). However, he is probably best known for playing the role of Horatio Hornblower in Hornblower, the British made-for-TV films (1998–2003) based on C.S. Forester's novels.
Gruffudd's recent notable film roles include Lancelot in King Arthur (2004), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) in Fantastic Four (2005) and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and British slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006).
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Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced [ˈjoʊæn ˈgrɪfɪð], YOE-an GRI-fidh; listen (help·info); born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor.
Educated at the Royal read more...
Gruffudd lives with his wife, American-born British actress Alice Evans, in Los Angeles, California. The couple met during the production of 102 Dalmatians, and married on 14 September read more...
Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 13 in a Welsh television film called Austin (1986) and then later moved on to the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley) read more...