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.' He won prizes for his high baritone singing while at school, including one at the National Eisteddfod. He 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. 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 North).

ĭuring his childhood, his family moved to Cardiff. The Gruffudd siblings were raised in a Protestant non-conformist household. He has a brother, Alun, two years younger, and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years his junior. His father was headmaster at two Welsh-language comprehensive schools in South Wales, first at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari (in Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf) then later at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen (in Rhydfelin).

His parents, Gillian (née James) and Peter Griffiths (Ioan uses Gruffudd, the more traditional Welsh version of the surname ), were both teachers. Gruffudd was born on 6 October 1973 in Aberdare, the eldest of three siblings. On television, Gruffudd has starred in the CW series Ringer (2011–2012), the ABC drama Forever (2014–2015), the Lifetime series UnREAL (2016), Sundance/ ITV's Liar (2017–2020), and the Australian series Harrow (2018–2021). His other film credits include 102 Dalmatians (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), The Gathering (2003), Fireflies in the Garden (2008), The Secret of Moonacre (2008), Sanctum, Horrible Bosses, Foster (all 2011), The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2014), and San Andreas (2015).

Subsequent roles have included Lancelot in King Arthur (2004), Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four (2005) and its 2007 sequel, William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006), and Tony Blair in W. He first came to public attention as for his portrayal of Harold Lowe in Titanic (1997), and then for his portrayal of Horatio Hornblower in the Hornblower series of television films (1998–2003). Ioan Gruffudd ( Welsh: ( listen) / ˈ j oʊ ɑː n ˈ ɡ r ɪ f ɪ θ/ born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh actor.

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