Date of Birth
6 October 1973, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

Mini Biography
Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd (Pronounced YO-an GRIFF-ith) got his start at age 14 in the Welsh Soap Opera, "Pobol y Cwm" (1974) ("People of the Valley").

Next, at 18, he won a spot at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He won his first role a few years later in the TV film, Poldark (1996) (TV).

After playing "Oscar Wilde"'s gay lover in Wilde (1997) and "Officer Lowe" in Titanic (1997), Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series.

Next he played "Pip" in the big budget BBC production of Great Expectations (1999) (TV).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Denise Riley