Ioan Gruffudd
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 was first 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/Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four (2005) and its sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006), Tony Blair in W. (2008), and Adam Lockwood in Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.5314 |
| Birthday | 1973-10-06 |
| Place of Birth | Llwydcoed, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, UK |
| Also Known As | Йоан Гріффідд, یوان گریفید, |
1997
Titanic
7.9/27706
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fian...
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Titanic
2008
W.
6.145/712
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up...
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W.
2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
5.635/8566
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is...
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2000
102 Dalmatians
5.503/1505
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely allia...
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102 Dalmatians
2003
The Gathering
5.65/206
Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with partial memory loss. The deeply regretful driver allows her...
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The Gathering
1999
Warriors
6.887/31
If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the...
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Warriors
2004
King Arthur
6.305/3003
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy...
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King Arthur
2005
Fantastic Four
5.81/10197
During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible...
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Fantastic Four
2004
Quest for King Arthur
7/1
Patrick Stewart narrates the investigation into the true origin of Britain's King Arthur and his fabled heroes, and whether or not Camelot exists in s...
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Quest for King Arthur
1998
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
7.5/52
Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew...
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Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
2010
The Kid
6.519/27
Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life tog...
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The Kid
2004
This Girl's Life
5/56
The porn star Moon spends her time working, nursing her widowed father that has Parkinson disease and with her friends Jessie and Martine. Her boss Ar...
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This Girl's Life
1999
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
7.2/47
Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.
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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
2001
Hornblower: Mutiny
7.4/47
Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, th...
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Hornblower: Mutiny
1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
7.2/52
Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
2006
Amazing Grace
6.9/331
The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, bu...
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Amazing Grace
2001
Very Annie Mary
5.348/23
Set in the fictional village of "Ogw" in the valleys of south-east Wales. After her father Jack suffers a stroke Annie Mary Pugh is forced to take car...
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Very Annie Mary
1999
Great Expectations
6.4/21
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood...
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Great Expectations
2003
Hornblower: Loyalty
7.25/42
Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
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Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Hornblower: Duty
7.3/38
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napo...
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Hornblower: Duty
The Little Things
7/1
After a failed suicide attempt, Claire has nothing better to do than go to work. During a cigarette break, she meets Simon, a man with a few issues of...
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The Little Things
2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
7.313/3461
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2009
The Secret of Moonacre
6.6/512
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live...
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The Secret of Moonacre
2007
The TV Set
6.053/95
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network e...
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The TV Set
2011
Sanctum
6.062/1201
Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—inc...
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Sanctum
1998
Hornblower: The Even Chance
7.547/64
Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval car...
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Hornblower: The Even Chance
2011
Foster
6.745/137
Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpected...
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Foster
2001
Happy Now
6/8
All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be c...
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Happy Now
1999
Solomon & Gaenor
5.9/19
A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he...
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Solomon & Gaenor
2001
Hornblower: Retribution
7.3/43
Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving t...
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Hornblower: Retribution
2002
Man and Boy
5.375/7
When television executive Harry has a one-night-stand, his wife Gina walks out on him, leaving Harry to look after the couple's young son.
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Man and Boy
2003
Otherworld
5.667/9
Whilst celebrating Lleu's 18th birthday, Lleu and two friends go for a boat ride, when they discover beneath the water the golden doorway to the Mabin...
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Otherworld
1996
Poldark
6.813/8
The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama, s...
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Poldark
2004
The Making of King Arthur
8.8/5
Short documentary of the making of Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur (2004).
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The Making of King Arthur
2013
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
5.741/255
Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues...
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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2017
Keep Watching
5.028/317
A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become...
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Keep Watching
2015
San Andreas
6.251/9191
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estra...
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San Andreas
2014
Under Milk Wood
6.208/12
An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National...
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Under Milk Wood
2014
Playing It Cool
5.855/822
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
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Playing It Cool
2008
Agent Crush
4.75/4
To fight crime, a new hero is created but there are a few small glitches to iron out.
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Agent Crush
2015
Forever
5.794/17
An investigative reporter finds the will to live again after discovering an enigmatic commune.
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Forever
2015
Mr. Calzaghe
6.5/6
The story of the rise to glory of boxer Joe Calzaghe.
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Mr. Calzaghe
2001
Another Life
5.727/11
A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend...
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Another Life
1996
A Relative Stranger
5.5/2
Twenty year-old student Peter Fraiman falls asleep in 1975 a happy man, having asked his girlfriend to marry him. But when he wakes up, it's 1995; he...
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A Relative Stranger
2019
The Professor and the Madman
7.116/1311
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 1...
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The Professor and the Madman
1997
Wilde
6.588/297
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Bein...
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Wilde
2014
Justice League: War
7.436/1202
The world is under attack by an alien armada led by the powerful Apokoliptian, Darkseid. A group of superheroes consisting of Superman, Batman, Wonder...
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Justice League: War
2002
Shooters
5.5/24
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to h...
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Shooters
2011
Horrible Bosses
6.574/6956
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting...
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Horrible Bosses
2018
Buttons
5.952/21
During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn th...
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Buttons
2008
Fireflies in the Garden
6.202/235
The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced with an unexpected tragedy.
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Fireflies in the Garden
2020
Ava
5.827/2802
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
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Ava
2001
Black Hawk Down
7.399/6576
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and...
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Black Hawk Down
2007
Stories USA
3.9/15
Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strange...
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Stories USA
2003
Still: Here/Now
9/1
A search for the poetic soul of Wales - a feature documentary which explores poetic responses, historical & contemporary, to the issues of social & cu...
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Still: Here/Now
2012
Reflections on Titanic
7.161/31
An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew sp...
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Reflections on Titanic
Zipline
0/0
A group of college friends find their adventurous spirits tested to the limit when an exhilarating zipline excursion leaves them hanging perilously hu...
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Zipline
2026
Seven Snipers
6.058/129
When a former elite sniper is hunted down by the ruthless warlord who once held her captive, she must fight to the death to protect the daughter she h...
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Seven Snipers
2004
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
7/1
Making-of documentary featuring producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Antoine Fuqua, stars Keira Knightley, Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, and many more. P...
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Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
2005
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion
0/0
Screenwriter David Franzoni hosts a discussion with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Antoine Fuqua, and cast members Clive Owen, Keira Knightley,...
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King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion
2005
Fantastic Four Video Diary Tour
0/0
This piece starts on June 4, 2005 and follows Jessica Alba on the movie's press tour. We see the other main actors as well, but Alba remains the focus...
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Fantastic Four Video Diary Tour
2005
Making of 'Fantastic Four'
0/0
This short features movie clips, behind the scenes shots, and comments from actors Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffudd, and Juli...
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Making of 'Fantastic Four'
2007
Family Bonds: The Making of 'Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer'
0/0
Documentary exploring the making of 'Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer.'
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Family Bonds: The Making of 'Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer'
2007
The Four Elements
0/0
Short documentary interviewing the cast of "Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer." as well as Marvel editior Ralph Macchio and writer Mark Wa...
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The Four Elements
2007
The Fantasticar: State of the Art
0/0
This short provides notes from Tim Story, concept artist Tim Flattery, TransFX project manager Charlie Zurian, TransFX Fantasticar project manager Mar...
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