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Ioan Gruffudd (; born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he started off in Welsh language film productions, then came to international attention as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in the film ''Titanic'' (1997), and as Lt John Beales in ''Black Hawk Down'' (2001). He is also known in the UK for playing the title role in ''Horatio Hornblower'' (1998–2003). In June 2012, he filmed ''Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box''〔Adam Dawtrey (11 April 2012). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052510. Variety Article; retrieved 30 July 2012.〕 throughout the south-west of England, playing the role of "Charles Mundi"; the film was released in 2014. Other film roles include Lancelot in ''King Arthur'' (2004), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) in ''Fantastic Four'' (2005) and its sequel ''Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (2007), and British anti-slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce in ''Amazing Grace'' (2006). He played Tony Blair in ''W.'' (2008). On television he played Andrew Martin in ''Ringer'', and Dr. Henry Morgan on the ABC drama, ''Forever''.〔http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/05/07/abc-renewals-and-cancellations-2015/70983442/〕 ==Family, early life and education== Gruffudd was born on 6 October 1973 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales,〔https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVWJ-YJQT〕 the eldest of three siblings. Gruffudd's parents, Peter and Gillian (née James) Gruffudd, were both teachers.〔 His father was headmaster at two Welsh comprehensive schools in South Wales, first at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari (in Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf) then later at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen (in Church Village, Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taf). He has a younger brother, Alun, two years younger, and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years his junior.〔 The Gruffudd siblings were raised in a Protestant non-conformist household. The Welsh name "Ioan", pronounced "Yo-Ann", is an equivalent of "John", and "Gruffudd" corresponds to the anglicised "Griffith". During his childhood, his family moved to Cardiff.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/ioan_gruffudd/pages/biography.shtml )〕 Gruffudd attended Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Aberdar (Ynyslwyd; now located in Cwmdare), Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd (in Whitchurch, Cardiff), and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (in Llandaff). He was an accomplished oboist in his teens, achieving a Grade 8 level in the ABRSM music examinations〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk/page.asp?partid=91 )〕 and playing in the South Glamorgan Youth Orchestra for several years,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=3492 )〕 but gave it up once acting took up most of his time.〔 He won prizes for his high baritone singing while at school, including one at the National Eisteddfod.〔 He has said, "As a Welshman, I grew up in a culture of singing and performing with music, and I think it was through this performing that I got my confidence as an actor."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.filmspot.com/people/132486/ioan-gruffudd/trivia.html )〕 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 () head out".〔In a July 2005 newspaper interview, Gruffudd said: "I hadn't been going to chapel. A guy stopped me in the street and asked if I would like to go to church. I thought it was a sign... I knew it wasn't right but I didn't feel that it was so wrong, so other-worldly – that's how convincing the whole thing was. In the end, my mum had to come up to London to sort my head out."〕 In June 2007, he said that he "wouldn't describe myself as a deeply religious man". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ioan Gruffudd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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