Ioan Gruffudd

• Date of Birth:

  6 October 1973 Cardiff, Wales, UK

• Height:

  5' 11" (1.80 m)

Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera, "Pobol y Cwm" (1974) ("People of the Valley").At 18, he won a spot at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He won his first role in the TV film a few years later, in Poldark (1996) (TV).After playing Oscar Wilde 's lover in Wilde (1997) and Officer Lowe in Titanic (1997), Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series of TV movies between 1998 and 2003.He then played Pip in the big budget BBC production of Great Expectations (1999) (TV).

Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera, "Pobol y Cwm" (1974) ("People of the Valley").At 18, he won a spot at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He won his first role in the TV film a few years later, in Poldark (1996) (TV).After playing Oscar Wilde 's lover in Wilde (1997) and Officer Lowe in Titanic (1997), Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series of TV movies between 1998 and 2003.He then played Pip in the big budget BBC production of Great Expectations (1999) (TV).