| Ioan Gruffudd aka Horatio Hornblower |
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| "...The shoes have a bit of a heel, and it's a strange sensation for a man. Especially when you're running." He mimes a mincing trot. "I am mighty Hornblower! Watch me run like a girl!" Ioan on the shoes he had to wear for HH -from Nov. 99 Minx Ioan Gruffudd (say Yo-an Griffiths - click here to hear him say it) was born on October 6th 1974 in Cardiff, Wales to Gill (Jill) and Peter Gurffudd. ~Credits~ Here is a list (with as much info as I can find) of Ioan's credits TV 1987-1992 Pobol Y Cwm (People of the Valley in English) ....Gareth Wyn 1994 Austin ...Defi Lewis (?) 1996 Double Exposure- A Relative Stranger...Nigel Fraiman William Jones ...Arfon (I have no info on this) 1996 A Mind to Kill (and the Welsh version : Yr Heliwr (The Hunter) Episode: Strange Territory) ...Karl Stranger 1996 Poldark ...Jeremy Poldark 1998 Horatio Hornblower: The Even Chance/The Duel ....... M'Man Horatio hornblower 1998 Horatio Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant/The Fire Ships ....... M'man HH 1998 Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and The Devil ......M'man/Lt HH 1998 Horatio Hornblower: The Frogs and Lobsters/The Wrong War ........ Lt HH 1999 The Priory (episode # 1.6 aired: 12/14/99) .... himself 1999 Great Expectations...... Pip 1999 Peacekeepers......John Feeley 1999 Love in the 21st Century (UK TV Mini-series episode: Masturbation)...... Jack 1999 Gwr y Gwyrthiau (The Miracle Maker in Welsh)......... The Voice of Jesus 2000 Canrif o Brifwyl 1999-2000 (A century of Festival in Welsh)....... Narrator 2000 Extreme Lives....... Narrator 2001 Extreme Lives ...... Narrator 2001 Horatio Hornblower: Mutiny...Horatio Hornblower 2001 Horatio Hornblower: Retribution.....Horatio Hornblower 2002 - The Forsyte Saga ..................Phillip Bosinney 2002 Man and Boy.....Harry Silver 2003 Horatio Hornblower:Loyalty.....Horatio Hornblower 2003 Hoartio Hornblower:Duty......Horatio Hornblower I know he's been on a lot of talk shows , but I am trying to get a list of them :@ ) Movies 1997 Wilde .......John Gray 1997 Titanic ....Fifth Officer Lowe 1998 Solomon and Gaenor.......Solomon 2000 102 Dalmations..............Kevin Sheperd 2001 Another Life.........Freddie Bywater (release date sketchy) 2001 Very Annie Mary .......Nob (Matthew Rhys is in it as well) Click here to read what the boyos had to say about these roles. 2001 Shooters, A Nasty Little Gangster Film (no release date yet- also with Matthew Rhys in it) 2001 Happy Now? .....Max Bracchi-policeman (supposed to be released the end of 2001) Ioan on Happy Now? 2001 Black Hawk Down ......Ranger Beale- a pilot 2002 The Gathering...............Dan 2003 This Girl's Life.......Daniel Theater The Decameron (The only info I have on this is that it was a play at the Gate Theater) Untitled Nick Ward Play (I have no info on it) Radio Breuddwyd Rhy Bell..... Wolf Tone Fi A Fe........... Dylan Y Fflam (I have no info on these except what's above) Awards 2001 BBC Radio Cymru Showbusnesan award for Best Actor ~Sounding Off~ The danger is I'll sound very sycophantic but he's got a lot of good characteristics and it's hard to separate his best. He's nice. It sounds cr@p but he is. He has the most open generous personality and is honest. Immense loyalty as well. -his best mate Matthew Rhys We get on very well anyway, Ioan and I, which is always helpful. We're always having fun on the set. But also, I think the fact that they are slightly different does help. -Jamie Bamber "Ioan is lazy, he's ugly, he's uncharismatic, and I just find him a waste of time." -Robert Lindsay (all this was said in jest- see the next quote!) Tell me about working with Ioan. Have you kept in touch since the last episodes were shot? RL: No. Don't want to see him. Actually, that's not true. I did Richard III in Cardiff where Ioan was born, and his parents wrote to me and offered me to come over, because they knew I looked after Ioan. I was very much a fatherly figure. Now he looks after me. -Robert Lindsay I have to say that Ioan was one of the nicest, most professional, and most modest leading men I have ever worked with. He was just delightful, and I wish him every success in his career. -Jonthan Aris ~Links~ The Ioan Gruffudd Homepage Gifted (A Ioan Gruffudd page) The Ioan Gruffudd FAQ Ioan Gurffudd International Sally's Ioan Gruffudd Picture Page (her old site) A Gumby and Her Latest Obsession The Ioan Grufudd Appreciation Site Ioan Gruffudd Net Ioan's IMDB listing ~Ioan on Hornblower ~ Have you read the books and which one is your favorite? IG: I have read them all, and Hornblower and the Hotspur I like a lot. Of all the films, which has been you're favorite and why? IG: Of the first series, I love The Frogs & the Lobsters. In that movie, Hornblower has developed into more of a man, I think, compared to when he first arrives. And I enjoyed the location and story and action. How would you describe Hornblower's personality? IG: He's a very cerebral sort of character. Where I sort of act on instinct and emotion, he's very cerebral, very thought out, very clear. He's compassionate towards everybody and towards his cause and towards the fight for justice against injustice. He's very loyal. I think he's charming because of that. He is vulnerable. He's very human and very heroic. He is heroic because he is so human. People find that amazing, extraordinary. He's got this ability of getting people to do things they don't necessarily want to do by instilling confidence in them, and not shouting at themhe's not a leader in that sort of sense. How much of Ioan would you say comes out in the character of Hornblower? IG: Well, I suppose quite a lot. It's difficult not to, because it is me playing him. This is going to sound egotistical, because he's such a brilliant character, but I suppose there are aspects like the loyalty and the compassion and the honorable aspects of him that I think I possess. But as I said, I'm probably more instinctive and emotional than he is. Also, Hornblower is tone deaf, and I'm actually quite musical. Hornblower is scared of heights, and I'm not really that scared. But we do both get the same seasickness feeling. But I don't actually get physically sick. But I get that sort of feeling. Of all of the locations you've worked in so far, which one has been your favorite and why? IG: Menorca [Spain]. Portugal was fantastic as well. Just the fact that you could go swimming in the Mediterranean at the end of every day was a bit of a treat. - From the A&E Interview ~Agent Info~ You can write to Ioan c/o Hamilton Asper Management Ground Floor 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH England (His mum writes the letters and he signs the pictures , due to the amount of fan mail he gets it may take a while) |
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