Ian Charleson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-08-11 (41 years old)

Deathday

1990-01-06

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Ian Charleson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ian Charleson (11 August 1949 – 6 January 1990) was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Charlie Andrews in the 1982 Oscar-winning film Gandhi. Charleson was a noted actor on the British stage as well, with critically acclaimed leads in Guys and Dolls, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fool for Love, and Hamlet, among many others. Over the course of his life Charleson performed numerous major Shakespearean roles, and the...

Acting

1982

Gandhi

as Reverend Charlie Andrews

1981

Chariots of Fire

as Eric Liddell

1978

Jubilee

as Angel

1983

Ascendancy

as Lt. Ryder

1984

Louisiana

as Clarence Dandridge

1976

1986

Car Trouble

as Gerald

1982

1988

Codename: Kyril

as Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'

1980

Hamlet

as Fortinbras

1981

Antony & Cleopatra

as Octavius Caesar

1987

Opera

as Marco

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