Ioan Gruffudd

Ioan Gruffudd

actor, director, producer

Ioan Gruffudd was born on Oct 06, 1973 in UK. Ioan Gruffudd's big-screen debut came with Poldark directed by Richard Laxton in 1996, strarring Jeremy Poldark. Ioan Gruffudd is known for The Professor and the Madman directed by Farhad Safinia, Mel Gibson stars as James Murray and Sean Penn as Dr. William Chester Minor. Ioan Gruffudd has got 2 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Ioan Gruffudd achieved is BAFTA Awards, Wales. The upcoming new movie Ioan Gruffudd plays is Ava which will be released on Sep 25, 2020.

Ioan 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 Oscar 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 dalmatiens (2000), La chute du faucon noir (2001), Le roi Arthur (2004), Amazing Grace (2006), Les 4 Fantastiques (2005) and Les 4 Fantastiques et le Surfer d'argent (2007).He resides in Los Angeles, California.

  • Birthday

    Oct 06, 1973
  • Place of Birth

    Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations

BAFTA Awards, Wales
2008
Winner - Sian Phillips Award
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
1999
TV Series and Serials: Actor
Winner - Golden FIPA

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