1. Ioan Gruffudd is known for his roles in film and television series in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
17 Facts About Ioan Gruffudd
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Ioan Gruffudd was born on 6 October 1973 in Aberdare, the eldest of three siblings.
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Ioan Gruffudd's father was headmaster at two Welsh-language comprehensive schools in South Wales, first at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari then later at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen.
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Ioan Gruffudd attended three Welsh-medium schools: Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Aberdar, Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd, and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf.
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Ioan Gruffudd was an accomplished oboist in his teens, achieving a Grade 8 level in the ABRSM music examinations and playing in the South Glamorgan Youth Orchestra for several years, but gave it up once acting took up most of his time.
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Ioan Gruffudd won prizes for his high baritone singing while at school, including one at the National Eisteddfod.
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Ioan Gruffudd's parents are committed Christians, and in his early 20s he was a member of the London Church of Christ, but his mother later came to London to "sort [his] head out".
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Ioan Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 13 in a Welsh television film, Austin, and later moved on to the Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm from 1987 to 1994.
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Ioan Gruffudd played football with the Pobol y Cwm football team Cwmderi FC alongside co-stars Hywel Emrys, Gwyn Elfyn, and Ieuan Rhys.
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Ioan Gruffudd has starred in the films 102 Dalmatians, Black Hawk Down and King Arthur.
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In early 2014, Ioan Gruffudd was among the stars of Wales in a short film from the BBC to mark the centenary of the birth of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
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Ioan Gruffudd debuted his new male lead of Andrew Earlham, a respected surgeon and widowed father of a teenage son, on 11 September 2017, in ITV's new 6-part thriller miniseries, Liar.
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In 2018, Ioan Gruffudd was cast as forensic pathologist Dr Daniel Harrow in the Australian TV show Harrow airing on the ABC.
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Ioan Gruffudd met Alice Evans in 1999 during the production of 102 Dalmatians.
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On 14 February 2022, Ioan Gruffudd filed for a domestic violence restraining order against Evans.
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On 2 August 2022, Ioan Gruffudd was granted a three-year permanent domestic violence restraining order against Evans.
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In 2024, Ioan Gruffudd confirmed that he was engaged to Bianca Wallace.