History Creator / IoanGruffudd

* ''[[Film/FantasticFour2005 Fantastic Four & Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic

->''"Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness."''

Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced Yo-wahn Griffith, born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor who rose to fame through two very different roles: As the hero of ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', the [[TheFilmOfTheBook Series of the Books]] by C. S. Forester, and as Mr. Fantastic in the two ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies. Born in Cardiff in 1973, he started out as an actor in his native Britain but moved to the US a couple of years ago and has since appeared in a number of guest appearances on TV shows as well as in movies. He landed a starring role on the CW's FilmNoir-style show ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' which was unfortunately cancelled after one season. Next, he played the main character in ''{{Series/Forever}}'', which was also, unfortunately, cancelled after one season.

* ''[[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic Four & Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic

Ioan Gruffudd (say: Yo-wahn Griffith) is a British actor who rose to fame through two very different roles: As the hero of ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', the [[TheFilmOfTheBook Series of the Books]] by C. S. Forester, and as Mr. Fantastic in the two ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies. Born in Cardiff in 1973, he started out as an actor in his native Britain but moved to the US a couple of years ago and has since appeared in a number of guest appearances on TV shows as well as in movies. He landed a starring role on the CW's FilmNoir-style show ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' which was unfortunately cancelled after one season. Next, he played the main character in ''{{Series/Forever}}'', which was also, unfortunately, cancelled after one season.

* AwesomeDearBoy: During one promotional interview for ''Fantastic Four,'' he mentioned rather enjoying playing a character nicknamed "Mr. Fantastic", and added that, frankly, as far as nicknames he might get stuck with go, it beats "Horatio Hornblower".

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: When he got famous as Hornblower in the late Nineties and early Naughties, he really seemed to be enjoying interaction with fans on-line, and he was even paying a considerable sum of money to run a web-page where fans could send him greetings and kudos and he would often reply. Fans were also collecting and preserving rare stuff like videos from his child actor days or various interviews. When he got engaged, supposedly many a FanDumb fan-girl forgot that CelebrityCrush should be just for fun. They started sending hateful messages directed at his fiancée. No wonder Mr Gruffudd refused to pay for that.

* ''Film/BlackhawkDown'' in a [[HeyItsThatGuy blink-and-you'll-miss-it]] role as the Ranger lieutenant who teases Sergeant Eversman for being so interested in Somali culture, and ends up being sidelined due to suffering a seizure, [[YouAreInCommandNow leaving their unit in Eversman's command]].

Ioan Gruffudd (say: Yo-wahn Griffith) is a British actor who rose to fame through two very different roles: As the hero of ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', the [[FilmOfTheBook Series Of The Books]] by C. S. Forester, and as Mr. Fantastic in the two ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies. Born in Cardiff in 1973, he started out as an actor in his native Britain but moved to the US a couple of years ago and has since appeared in a number of guest appearances on TV shows as well as in movies. He landed a starring role on the CW's FilmNoir-style show ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' which was unfortunately cancelled after one season. Next, he played the main character in ''{{Series/Forever}}'', which was also, unfortunately, cancelled after one season.

Ioan Gruffudd (say: Yo-wahn Griffith) is a British actor who rose to fame through two very different roles: As the hero of ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', the [[FilmOfTheBook Series Of The Books]] by C. S. Forester, and as Mr. Fantastic in the two ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies. Born in Cardiff in 1973, he started out as an actor in his native Britain but moved to the US a couple of years ago and has since appeared in a number of guest appearances on TV shows as well as in movies. He landed a starring role on the CW's FilmNoir-style show ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' which was unfortunately cancelled after one season. Now he's playing the main character on ''{{Series/Forever}}''.

* ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' as Officer Harold Lowe, the man captaining the lifeboat who rescues Rose

Ioan Gruffudd (say: Yo-wahn Griffith) is a British actor who rose to fame through two very different roles: As the hero of ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', the [[FilmOfTheBook Series Of The Books]] by C. S. Forester, and as Mr. Fantastic in the two ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies. Born in Cardiff in 1973, he started out as an actor in his native Britain but moved to the US a couple of years ago and has since appeared in a number of guest appearances on TV shows as well as in movies. Has landed a starring role on the CW's FilmNoir-style show ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' which was unfortunately cancelled after one season.

* AwesomeDearBoy: During one promotional interview for ''Fantastic Four,'' he mentioned rather enjoying playing a character nicknamed "Mr. Fantastic", and added that, frankly, as far as nicknames go, it beats "Horatio Hornblower".

* ''CenturyCity''

Ioan Gruffudd (say: Yo-wahn Griffith) is a British actor who rose to fame through two very different roles: As the emponymous character in ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', the [[FilmOfTheBook Series Of The Books]] by C. S. Forester, and as Mr. Fantastic in the two ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies. Born in Cardiff in 1973, he started out as an actor in his native Britain but moved to the US a couple of years ago and has since appeared in a number of guest appearances on TV shows as well as in movies. Has recently landed a role on the CW's new FilmNoir-style show {{Ringer}}.

Some of his works include:

* ''{{Ringer}}'' as Andrew Martin

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: When he got famous as Hornblower in the late Nineties and early Naughties, he really seemed to be enjoying interaction with fans on-line, and he was even paying a considerable sum of money to run a web-page where fans could send him greetings and kudos and he would often reply. Fans were also collecting and preserving rare stuff like videos from his child actor days or various interviews. When he got engaged, supposedly many a FanDumb forgot that CelebrityCrush should be just for fun. They started sending hateful messages directed at his fiancée. No wonder Mr Gruffudd refused to pay for that.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: When he got famous as Hornblower in the late Nineties and early Naughties, he really seemed to be enjoying interaction with fans on-line, and he was even paying a considerable sum of money to run a web-page where fans could send him greetings and kudos and he would often reply. Fans were also collecting and preserving rare stuff like videos from his child actor days or various interviews. When he got engaged, supposedly many a FunDumb fan-girl could not deal, forgetting that CelebrityCrush is supposed to be for fun. They started sending hateful messages directed at his fiancée. No wonder Mr Gruffudd refused to pay for that.

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* ''{{Titanic}}'' as Officer Harold Lowe, the man captaining the lifeboat who rescues Rose

* ''AmazingGrace'' as William Wilberforce

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