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Ioan Gruffudd

Birth date: 01.01.1970

Ioan Gruffudd is a Welsh actor. 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 he is. The popular Welsh name 'Ioan' is an equivalent of 'John', and 'Gruffudd' corresponds to the Anglicized 'Griffiths'. He attended Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd, and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, where he sat his GCSEs and A Levels. A natural musician, Gruffudd was an accomplished oboist in his teens, but gave it up once acting overtook his time.[1] He also won prizes for his singing while at school. Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 12 in a Welsh television film named Austin and then later moved onto the Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley). At the age of 18, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He won his first major English language role a few years later in the 1996 TV remake of Poldark. After playing Oscar Wilde's lover John Gray in Wilde in 1997, he took his first international role as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in the blockbuster film Titanic. He later got his best-known role as Horatio Hornblower in the Meridian production of the C.S. Forester novels, shown on ITV1 and A&E. 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, King Arthur (as Lancelot) and most recently Fantastic Four. Gruffudd also starred in the music video of Westlife's version of "Uptown Girl" alongside Claudia Schiffer. He is a native Welsh speaker. He was accepted into the Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain (=Bardic Order of Great Britain) at the highest rank in the National Eisteddfod at Meifod in 2003, with the bardic name Ioan.

Filmography

# Agent Crush (2007) .... Agent Crush # Fantastic Four movie download page movie download page: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie download page (2007) .... Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic # Amazing Grace movie download page (2006) .... William Wilberforce # The TV Set (2006) .... Richard McAllister # "American Dad!" .... Dark Haired Man / ... (1 episode, 2006) - It's Good to Be the Queen (2006) TV Episode (voice) .... Dark Haired Man/Medic # Fantastic Four movie download page movie download page (2005) .... Reed Richards # Fantastic Four movie download page movie download page (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Reed Richards # The Little Things (2005/II) .... Simon # "Justice League" .... Mr. Miracle (1 episode, 2005) ... aka JL (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Justice League Unlimited (USA: new title) - The Ties That Bind (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... Mr. Miracle # King Arthur movie download page (2004) .... Lancelot ... aka King Arthur movie download page: Director's Cut (USA: DVD title (director's cut)) # "Century City" .... Lukas Gold (1 episode, 2004) - The Face Is Familiar (2004) TV Episode .... Lukas Gold # This Girl's Life (2003) .... Daniel # Y Mabinogi (2003) (voice) .... King Bendigeidfran ... aka Otherworld (International: English title) (UK) # Hornblower: Duty (2003) (TV) .... Commander Horatio Hornblower # Hornblower: Loyalty (2003) (TV) .... Commander Horatio Hornblower ... aka Horatio Hornblower 3 (USA) # "The Forsyte Saga" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Phillip Bosinney # Man and Boy (2002) (TV) .... Harry Silver # Shooters (2002) .... Freddy Guns # The Gathering movie download page (2002) .... Dan Blakeley # Black Hawk Down movie download page (2001) .... Lt. John Beales # Hornblower: Retribution (2001) (TV) .... 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower ... aka Horatio Hornblower: Retribution (USA) # Hornblower: Mutiny (2001) (TV) .... 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower ... aka Horatio Hornblower: The Mutiny # Happy Now (2001) .... Sgt Max Bracchi # Very Annie Mary (2001) (TV) .... Hob ... aka Annie-Mary à la folie! (France) # Another Life (2001) .... Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters # 102 Dalmatians (2000) .... Kevin Sheperd # The Miracle Maker (2000) .... Voice of Jesus (in Welsh version. Welsh title: Gwr y Gwyrthiau) # Warriors (1999) (TV) .... Lt. John Feeley ... aka Peacekeepers # "Love in the 21st Century" (1999) TV Series .... Jack (episode "Masturbation") (unknown episodes) # Solomon and Gaenor (1999) .... Solomon Levinsky ... aka Solomon & Gaenor (USA) # Great Expectations (1999) (TV) .... Pip # Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV) .... Horatio Hornblower ... aka Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (USA) # Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999) (TV) .... Horatio Hornblower ... aka Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (USA) # Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV) .... Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower ... aka Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (USA) # Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) (TV) .... Midshipman Horatio Hornblower ... aka Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (USA) # Titanic movie download page (1997) .... 5th Officer Harold Lowe # Wilde (1997) .... John Gray ... aka Oscar Wilde (Germany) (Japan: English title) # Poldark (1996) (TV) .... Jeremy Poldark # "A Mind to Kill" .... Karl Stranger (1 episode, 1996) ... aka Yr Heliwr (UK: Welsh title) - Strange Territory (1996) TV Episode .... Karl Stranger # A Relative Stranger (1995) (TV) .... Nigel Fraiman # "Pobol y Cwm" .... Gareth Wyn Harries (1 episode, 1987-1994) - Episode dated 24 March 1994 (1994) TV Episode .... Gareth Wyn Harries