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Ioan Gruffudd

Age: 36
Height: 5' 11"

Birth Place: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Born: Oct. 6th, 1973

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Ioan Gruffudd's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Hornblower (UK)	3rd Lt. Horat&hellip
Century City	Lukas Gold

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera, "Pobol y Cwm" (1974) ("People of the Valley").

At 18, he won a spot at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He won his first role in the TV film a few years later, in Poldark (1996) (TV).

After playing Oscar Wilde 's lover in Wilde (1997) and Officer Lowe in Titanic (1997), Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series of TV movies between 1998 and 2003.

He then played Pip in the big budget BBC production of Great Expectations (1999) (TV).

TRIVIA:

Best friend is 'Matthew Rhys' (qv).
Shared a flat in London with old friend and fellow Welsh actor 'Matthew Rhys' (qv).
In addition to playing Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards in _Fantastic Four (2005)_ (qv), he provided the voice of Mr. Miracle/Scott Free for the animated _"Justice League" (2001)_ (qv) series. Ironic, given that Mr. Miracle is owned by DC Comics, rival of Marvel Comics, which owns the Fantastic Four, and both characters were created by the late 'Jack Kirby' (qv).
Met his wife, actress 'Alice Evans (I)' (qv), on the set of _102 Dalmatians (2000)_ (qv), although at the time she was romantically involved with 'Pablo Picasso' (qv)'s grandson, Olivier.
Won the BBC Radio Cymru Showbusnesan Award for Best Actor (March 28, 2001).
Was already an accomplished singer and oboist by the age of 13.
Best friends with 'Jamie Bamber' (qv) who played Archie Kennedy in the Hornblower TV movie series and is currently playing Lee Apollo Adama on _"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)_ (qv).
Had the honor of lighting the National Millennium Beacon for Wales in Cardiff City Centre for the New Year's Eve 2000 celebration.