Ioan Gruffudd was born on October 6, 1973, in Cardiff, Wales. In 1986, the 13-year-old Ioan began a six-year run on the Welsh prime-time soap opera People of the Valley. Gruffudd later had a small but memorable part as a ship's officer in the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. Another sea-faring role saw Gruffudd promoted when he played Commander Horatio Hornblower in the Emmy Award-winning A&E miniseries.

He then played Pip in the big budget BBC production of Great Expectations (1999) (TV). Other film roles include 102 Dalmatians (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), King Arthur (2004), Amazing Grace (2006), Fantastic Four (2005/I) and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).

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