Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-08-11 (41 years old)
Deathday
1990-01-06
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also known As
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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...
1982
as Reverend Charlie Andrews
1981
as Hephaistion
1981
as Eric Liddell
1978
as Angel
1983
as Lt. Ryder
1984
as Clarence Dandridge
1976
as Henry
1986
as Gerald
1982
as Ian Arthur
1984
as Jeffson Brown
1988
as Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'
1980
as Fortinbras
1981
as Bertram
1981
as Octavius Caesar
1987
as Marco
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