Ioan Gruffudd

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-10-06 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Llwydcoed, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Ioan Gruffudd

Biography

Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh: [ˈjɔan ˈɡrɪfɪð]; /ˈjoʊɑːn ˈɡrɪfɪθ/; born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh-American actor. He is known for his roles in film and television series in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. He first was noted for his portrayal of Harold Lowe in Titanic (1997) and for his portrayal of Horatio Hornblower in the Hornblower series of television films (1998–2003). Subsequent roles have included Lancelot in King Arthur (2004), Reed Richards/MMister Fantastic in Fantastic Four (2005) and its 2007 sequel, William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006), Tony Blair in W. (2008), and Adam Lockwood in Bad Boys: Ride or Die (202...

Acting

1997

Titanic

as Fifth Officer Lowe

2008

W.

as Prime Minister Tony Blair

2007

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic

2000

102 Dalmatians

as Kevin Shepherd

2003

The Gathering

as Dan Blakeley

1999

Warriors

as Lt. John Feeley

2004

King Arthur

as Lancelot

2005

Fantastic Four

as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic

2010

The Kid

as Colin Smith

2004

1999

2001

Hornblower: Mutiny

as Horatio Hornblower

2006

Amazing Grace

as William Wilberforce

2001

2003

Hornblower: Loyalty

as Horatio Hornblower

2003

Hornblower: Duty

as Commander Horatio Hornblower

2009

The Secret of Moonacre

as Sir Benjamin Merryweather / Sir Wrolf Merryweather

2024

2007

The TV Set

as Richard McCallister

2011

Sanctum

as Carl

1998

Hornblower: The Even Chance

as Midshipman Horatio Hornblower

2011

Foster

as Alec

2001

Happy Now

as Sgt Max Bracchi

1999

Solomon & Gaenor

as Solomon Levinsky

2001

Hornblower: Retribution

as Horatio Hornblower

2002

Man and Boy

as Harry Silver

2003

Otherworld

as King Bendigeidfran (voice)

1996

Poldark

as Jeremy Poldark

2017

Keep Watching

as Carl Mitchell

2015

San Andreas

as Daniel Riddick

2014

Under Milk Wood

as Mog Edwards

2014

2008

Agent Crush

as Agent Crush (voice)

2015

Forever

as Anthony

2015

Mr. Calzaghe

as Himself

2001

Another Life

as Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters

1996

A Relative Stranger

as Nigel Fraiman

2019

1997

Wilde

as John Gray

2014

Justice League: War

as Thomas Morrow (voice)

2002

Shooters

as Freddy Guns

2011

Horrible Bosses

as Wetwork Man

2018

Buttons

as William Kingsley

2020

Ava

as Peter

2001

Black Hawk Down

as LT John Beales

2007

Stories USA

as Simon (segment "The Little Things")

2003

Production

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