Ioan Gruffudd

Actor / Producer / Director

Birthdate – October 6, 1973 (51 Years Old)

Birthplace – Cardiff, Wales, UK

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 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 Dalmatians (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), King Arthur (2004), Amazing Grace (2006), Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).

He resides in Los Angeles, California.

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Filmography

Ava

Peter (2018)

Buttons, A New Musical Film

William Kingsley (2019)

Keep Watching

Adam (2017)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Lockwood (2024)

Amazing Grace

William Wilberforce (2019)

Titanic

Fifth Officer Lowe (1997)

San Andreas

Daniel Riddick (2015)

Black Hawk Down

Beales (2001)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Lockwood (2024)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Lockwood (2024)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Lockwood (2024)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Lockwood (2024)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Lockwood (2024)