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Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced /ˈjɘʊćn ˈgrɪfɪđ/) (born October 6, 1973 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh actor. His parents, Peter and Gillian Gruffudd, were teachers. He has two siblings – a brother, Alun, who is two years younger, and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger than he is. The popular Welsh name 'Ioan' is an equivalent of 'John', and 'Gruffudd' corresponds to the Anglicized 'Griffiths'. He attended Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd, and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, where he sat his GCSEs and A Levels.

A natural musician, Gruffudd was an accomplished oboist in his teens, but gave it up once acting overtook his time. He also won prizes for his singing while at school.

Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 12 in a Welsh television film named Austin and then later moved onto the Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley). At the age of 18, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He won his first major English language role a few years later in the 1996 TV remake of Poldark.

After playing Oscar Wilde's lover John Gray in Wilde in 1997, he took his first international role as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in the blockbuster film Titanic. He later got his best-known role as Horatio Hornblower in the Meridian production of the C.S. Forester novels, shown on ITV1 and A&E. Next, he played Pip in the BBC production of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. He has also starred in 102 Dalmatians, ITV's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, Black Hawk Down, King Arthur (as Lancelot) and most recently Fantastic Four. Gruffudd also starred in the music video of Westlife's version of "Uptown Girl" alongside Claudia Schiffer.

He is a native Welsh speaker. He was accepted into the Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain (=Bardic Order of Great Britain) at the highest rank in the National Eisteddfod at Meifod in 2003, with the bardic name Ioan.


Personal life

Gruffudd is currently living with his English fiancée, Alice Evans, in Los Angeles, California. They met during the production of 102 Dalmatians.

Selected filmography

Year Film Role
1974 Pobol y Cwm (TV series) Gareth Wyn Harries (1987–1994)
1986 Austin (TV) Dafydd
1996 Poldark (TV) Jeremy Poldark
1997 Wilde John Gray
1997 Titanic Harold Godfrey Lowe, Fifth Officer of the RMS Titanic
1998 Hornblower: The Even Chance (TV) Midshipman Horatio Hornblower
1998 Hornblower: The Examination For Lieutenant (TV) Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower
1999 Warriors (TV) Lt. John Feeley
1999 Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (TV) Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower
1999 Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (TV) Lt. Horatio Hornblower
1999 Great Expectations (TV) Pip
1999 Solomon & Gaenor Solomon Levinsky
2000 The Miracle Maker (TV) (voice)
2000 102 Dalmatians Kevin Shepherd
2001 Another Life Freddy Bywaters
2001 Very Annie Mary Hob
2001 Happy Now Sgt Max Bracchi
2001 Hornblower: Mutiny (TV) 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower
2001 Hornblower: Retribution (TV) 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower
2001 Black Hawk Down Lt. John Beales
2002 Shooters Freddy Guns
2002 The Gathering Dan Blakeley
2002 Man and Boy (TV) Harry Silver
2002 The Forsyte Saga (TV) Phillip Bosinney
2003 Hornblower: Loyalty (TV) Commander Horatio Hornblower
2003 Hornblower: Duty (TV) Commander Horatio Hornblower
2003 This Girl's Life Daniel
2004 Century City (TV) Lukas Gold
2004 King Arthur Lancelot
2005 Fantastic Four Reed Richards
2006 The TV Set Richard McAllister
2007 Amazing Grace William Wilberforce
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Reed Richards

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