Ioan Gruffudd
Ioan Gruffudd | |
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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse | [1] |
Partner(s) | Bianca Wallace (2021–present; engaged) |
Children | 2 |
Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh: [ˈjɔan ˈɡrɪfɪð] ⓘ; /ˈjoʊɑːn ˈɡrɪfɪθ/; born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh 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
Early life and education
Gruffudd was born on 6 October 1973 in Aberdare,[2] the eldest of three siblings. His parents, Gillian (née James) and Peter Griffiths (Ioan uses Gruffudd, the more traditional Welsh version of the surname[3]), were both teachers.[4]
His father was headmaster at two
During his childhood, his family moved to Cardiff.[6] Gruffudd attended three Welsh-medium schools: Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Aberdar (Ynyslwyd; now located in Cwmdare), Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd (in Whitchurch, Cardiff), and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (in Llandaff North).
He was an accomplished
Gruffudd's parents are committed Christians, and in his early 20s he was a member of the London Church of Christ, but his mother later came to London to "sort [his] head out".[11]
Career
Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 13 in a Welsh television film, Austin (1986), and later moved on to the Welsh language soap opera
In 1992, aged 18, he began attending the
After playing
His television work includes playing the character Pip in the BBC TV production of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (1999), Lt. John Feeley in BBC One's Warriors (1999) and architect Philip Bosinney in ITV's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga (2002). He has starred in the films 102 Dalmatians (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001) and King Arthur (2004).
Gruffudd, a native
In 2007, he starred in the historical drama Amazing Grace as William Wilberforce, the British abolitionist, receiving critical acclaim for the role. Gruffudd has also portrayed characters of both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, having appeared as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in Marvel's Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and provided the voice of Mister Miracle in DC's Justice League Unlimited (2004–06).
In 2008, he appeared in the
In July 2008, he featured in a promotional trailer in Welsh for
Gruffudd débuted his new male lead of Dr Andrew Earlham, a respected surgeon and widowed father of a teenage son, on 11 September 2017, in
In 2018, Gruffudd was cast as forensic pathologist Dr. Daniel Harrow in the Australian TV show Harrow airing on the ABC.[18] The show is set and filmed in Brisbane and focuses on Gruffudd's character Dr. Harrow - a forensic pathologist with a total disregard for authority, and an unfailing empathy for the dead which helps him to solve the most bizarre cases.[18] The series was a ratings hit in Australia and overseas, and was renewed for a second series in 2019 and a third series in 2020.[19][20]
Apart from television and film work, he starred in the music video of Westlife's version of "Uptown Girl" (2001) alongside Claudia Schiffer. On 7 July 2007 he was a presenter at the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London.[21]
His other film credits include 102 Dalmatians (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), The Gathering (2003), Fireflies in the Garden (2008), The Secret of Moonacre (2008), Sanctum, Horrible Bosses, Foster (all 2011), The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2014), and San Andreas (2015).
On television, Gruffudd has starred in the
(2018–2021).Personal life
Gruffudd met Alice Evans in 1999 during the production of 102 Dalmatians. They moved to Los Angeles together in 2003. [22]
On 14 September 2007, they married in Mexico.
In an interview in 2020, Gruffudd said that working away from home meant that he and his wife had struggled to spend time with each other in the previous four years.[26] Evans announced the couple's separation in January 2021.[27] On 1 March 2021, Gruffudd filed for divorce.[28] On 14 February 2022, Gruffudd filed for a domestic violence restraining order against Evans. This included protection of his girlfriend Bianca Wallace.[29] On 2 August 2022, Gruffudd was granted a three-year permanent domestic violence restraining order against Evans.[30] On 3 July 2023, an LA judge declared Gruffudd and Evans legally divorced.[31]
In 2024, Gruffudd confirmed that he was engaged to Bianca Wallace. The couple had confirmed their relationship in 2021.[32][33]
Filmography
Film
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Wilde | 1997 | John Gray | |
Titanic | 1997 | Harold Lowe | |
Solomon & Gaenor | 1999 | Solomon Levinsky | |
102 Dalmatians | 2000 | Kevin Shepherd | |
Another Life | 2001 | Freddy Bywaters | |
Very Annie Mary | 2001 | Hob | |
Happy Now? | 2001 | Sgt. Max Bracchi | |
Black Hawk Down | 2001 | Lt. John Beales | |
Shooters | 2002 | Freddy Guns | |
The Gathering
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2002 | Dan Blakeley | |
This Girl's Life | 2003 | Daniel | |
King Arthur | 2004 | Lancelot | |
Fantastic Four | 2005 | Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic | Nominated—) |
The TV Set | 2006 | Richard McAllister | |
Amazing Grace | 2006 | William Wilberforce | |
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | 2007 | Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic | Nominated— Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Jessica Alba )
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Stories USA | 2007 | Simon | |
Agent Crush | 2008 | Agent Crush | Voice role, never released |
Fireflies in the Garden | 2008 | Addison | |
The Secret of Moonacre | 2008 | Sir Benjamin Merryweather | |
W. | 2008 | Tony Blair | |
The Kid | 2010 | Teacher | |
Horrible Bosses | 2011 | Wetwork Expert (actually a urine-play prostitute) | Cameo |
Sanctum | 2011 | Carl Hurley | |
Foster | 2011 | Alec | Also titled Angel in the House |
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | 2013 | Charles Mundi | |
Eddie | 2013 | The Killer | Short |
Justice League: War | 2014 | Thomas Morrow | Voice role |
Playing It Cool | 2014 | Stuffy | |
San Andreas | 2015 | Daniel Riddick | |
Keep Watching | 2017 | Adam Miller | |
Buttons | 2018 | William Kingsley | |
The Professor and the Madman | 2019 | Henry Bradley | |
Ava | 2020 | Peter | |
Bad Boys: Ride or Die | 2024 | Post-production |
Video games
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Fantastic Four | 2005 | Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic | Based on the film of the same name |
Diablo III | 2012 | Necromancer (male) |
Television
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Austin | 1986 | Dafydd | |
Pobol y Cwm | 1987–1994 | Gareth Wyn Harries | |
Poldark
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1996 | Jeremy Poldark | |
Hornblower: The Even Chance | 1998 | Midshipman Horatio Hornblower | |
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant | 1998 | Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower | |
Warriors | 1999 | Lt. John Feeley | |
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil | 1999 | Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower | |
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters | 1999 | Lt. Horatio Hornblower | |
Great Expectations | 1999 | Pip | |
Hornblower: Mutiny
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2002 | 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower | |
Hornblower: Retribution
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2002 | 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower | |
Man and Boy | 2002 | Harry Silver | TV movie |
The Forsyte Saga | 2002 | Phillip Bosinney | |
Hornblower: Loyalty | 2003 | Commander Horatio Hornblower | |
Hornblower: Duty | 2003 | Commander Horatio Hornblower | |
Century City | 2004 | Lukas Gold | |
Justice League Unlimited | 2005 | Mister Miracle | Voice role |
The Meant to Be's | 2008 | The Man | TV movie |
Ben 10: Alien Force | 2010 | Devin Levin | Voice role |
Batman: The Brave and the Bold | 2010 | Armor/Red Ryan | Voice role |
Ringer | 2011–2012 | Andrew Martin | |
Family Guy | 2012 | Prince Charles
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Voice role, episode: "Family Guy Viewer Mail #2" |
The British | 2012 | Narrator | |
Monday Mornings | 2013 | Dr. Stewart Delaney | Guest role |
Castle | 2013 | Erik Vaughn | Season 5, Episode 21: "The Squab and the Quail" |
Necessary Roughness | 2013 | Nolan Powers | Guest role |
Glee | 2013 | Paolo San Pablo | 2 episodes ("Love, Love, Love"; "The End of Twerk") |
Under Milk Wood | 2014 | Mog Edwards | TV movie |
Forever | 2014–2015 | Dr. Henry Morgan | Lead, 22 episodes |
UnReal
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2016 | John Booth | Guest role |
Liar
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2017–2020 | Andrew Earlham | Lead, 12 episodes |
Harrow | 2018–2021 | Dr. Daniel Harrow | Lead role |
The Reunion | 2022 | Thomas Degalais | Lead role |
Theatre
Title | Year | Location | Role |
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Hedda Gabler | 1995 | London (RADA) | George (Jörgen) Tesman |
Trouble Sleeping[34][35] | 1995 | National Theatre Studio, London | Unknown |
The Decameron[36][35] | 1995 | Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London | Unknown |
The Play What I Wrote | 2001 | Wyndham's Theatre, London | Mystery Guest |
Music video
Title | Year | Performer | Album | Ref. |
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"Uptown Girl" | 2001 | Westlife | World of Our Own | [37] |
References
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- ^ BBC Wales(in Welsh). 4 August 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ Moring, Mark (20 February 2007). "A Fantastic Role". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- BBC Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ a b Liz Hoggard (2 July 2005). "Ioan Gruffudd: Enter the dragon". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Ioan Gruffudd CV". Hamilton Hodell Talent Management. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
- ^ "The Gruffudd saga". GMTV. 16 January 2004.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Ioan Gruffudd trivia". Filmspot.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
- ^ In a July 2005 newspaper interview, Gruffudd said: "I hadn't been going to chapel. A guy stopped me in the street and asked if I would like to go to church. I thought it was a sign... I knew it wasn't right but I didn't feel that it was so wrong, so other-worldly – that's how convincing the whole thing was. In the end, my mum had to come up to London to sort my head out." Liz Hoggard (2 July 2005). "Ioan Gruffudd: Enter the dragon". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008.
- ^ Malone, Sam (2 February 2010). "S4C drama tribute".
- ^ Gina Petonito (1999–2007). "Biography". Ioancentral [fan site]. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
- ^ "Gruffudd made honorary druid". BBC News. 20 June 2003.
- GamesRadar. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Eisteddfod hapus!". The Guardian. London. 30 July 2008.
- ^ Higgs, David (28 February 2014). "Watch this amazing video of Welsh stars reading Dylan Thomas' most famous poem". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ a b White, Peter (10 October 2019). "Ioan Gruffudd To Move Into Directing As ABC Studios' 'Harrow' Is Renewed For Third Season". Deadline. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "SMASH-HIT CRIME DRAMA HARROW CONFIRMED FOR SEASON TWO". tv.press.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Skopp, Sam (13 April 2021). "Harrow Season 4 Release Date, Cast, And Plot - What We Know So Far". Looper.com. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "London Live Earth line-up revealed". NME. 5 July 2007.
- ^ Chrissy Iley (2 November 2008). "Ioan Gruffudd: set to charm Hollywood". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Mary Margaret (15 September 2007). "Fantastic Four Star Ioan Gruffudd Gets Married". People. Archived from the original on 18 September 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Welsh actors help spinal charity". BBC. 26 October 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ Andrew Asare (2 October 2013). "Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans welcome second child". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Ioan Gruffudd on sexism, Weinstein and playing a rapist: 'I found myself crying'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Alice Evans Tweets Husband Ioan Gruffudd 'Has Announced He Is to Leave His Family': We Are 'Confused and Sad'". People.
- ^ Macke, Johnni (2 March 2021). "Ioan Gruffudd Files for Divorce From Alice Evans After Messy Twitter Drama". Us Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Fernández, Alexia (16 February 2022). "Ioan Gruffudd Files for Domestic Violence Restraining Order Against Estranged Wife Alice Evans". People.com.
- ^ Denman, Amy (3 August 2022). "Ioan Gruffudd granted three-year restraining order against Alice Evans". walesonline.co.uk.
- ^ "Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans declared legally divorced two years on from split". Daily Mirror. 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Ioan Gruffudd Is Engaged to Girlfriend Bianca Wallace: 'The Most Precious Thing Happened'". People.com.
- ^ "Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd announces engagement to Bianca Wallace". Evening Standard. 20 January 2024.
- ^ According to the Hamilton Hodell Talent Management website, Gruffudd was involved in an "untitled Nick Ward play" written and directed by Nick Ward and performed at the Royal National Studios (see "Ioan Gruffudd CV". Hamilton Hodell Talent Management. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2008.) The website Doollee.com indicates that Nick Ward developed his play Trouble Sleeping at the National Theatre Studio in London, and that it was staged in 1995 in Croydons' Warehouse Theatre
- ^ a b "Nick Ward". Doollee.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Ian Shuttleworth (July 1996). "The Decameron. Gate Theatre, London. Opened 23 July 1996". Financial Times (reproduced on Ian Shuttleworth's homepage).
- ^ "Ioan Gruffudd – Biography". IMDb. 21 February 2018.
Bibliography
- Hoggard, Liz (2 July 2005). "Ioan Gruffudd: Enter the dragon". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008.
- "Ioan Gruffudd biography". BBC Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
External links
- Ioan Gruffudd at the TCM Movie Database
- Ioan Gruffudd at AllMovie
- Ioan Gruffudd at IMDb