Ioan Gruffudd
☼ Born on 6 December 1973, in Cardiff, Wales, UK
BiographyIoan Gruffudd was born on October 6, 1973 in Cardiff, Wales, UK to educators Gillian (James) and Peter Gruffudd. He has a brother, Alun, who is two years younger and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger. He got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (1974). He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1992 to 1995, and was then cast as the title role of the television remake Poldark (1996). After playing Oscar Wilde's lover John Gray in Wilde (1997) and Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in Titanic (1997), Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series of television movies between 1998 and 2003. He then played Pip in the big budget BBC production of Great Expectations (1999). Other film roles include 102 Dalmatians (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), King Arthur (2004), Amazing Grace (2006), Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).
He resides in Los Angeles, California.
In the role of actor
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (10/06/2024)
The Miami detectives find themselves fugitives while they try to clear the name of their departed captain in Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Veteran Miami detective Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) finally ties the knot by marrying his physical therapist Christine (Melanie Liburd). However, during the reception, Mike’s partner Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) has a near-fatal […]
San Andreas (01/06/2015)
The west coast of the United States is decimated by a large magnitude earthquake in San Andreas. Ray (Dwayne Johnson) is a rescue-chopper pilot, who is in the middle of a divorce with his wife Emma (Carla Gugino) and tries to maintain a close relationship with his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is about to head […]
Sanctum (06/02/2011)
The movie marketing machine has been heavily using executive producer James Cameron‘s name in the promotion of the film (to the point that I’m sure that there are some people who think he directed the film). I would guess that Cameron’s greatest contribution to the film was the use of his patented 3D system, which […]