Ioan Facts
Name: Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced Yo-an Griffith... so no
Eye-oh-an Gruf-fudds please and thank you)
Birthday: October 6, 1973
Hometown: Cardiff, Wales
Parents: Peter and Gillian Gruffudd (both teachers)
Siblings: Brother- Alun, Sister- Siwan (Ioan is the oldest)
Education: Graduated RADA (Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts), in June 1995
Height: 5'11
Favourite Sport: Rugby
Favourite Bands: Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, Steriophonics and Oasis
He wears contacts
Played the oboe in the South Glamorgan Youth Orchestra for several years
Learned Yiddish for his role in Soloman and Gaenor (The movie is in English,
Welsh and Yiddish)
Had the honour of lighting the National Millenennium Beacon for Wales in Cardiff
City Centre for the New Year's Eve 2000 celebration
Won the BBC Radio Cymru Showbusiness Award for Best Actor in 2001
Ioan previously lived in Kilburn, England with fellow Welsh actor, and
longtime best friend, Matthew Rhys, but now lives in LA with girlfriend, actress Alice Evans
Ioan has his own question in Trivial Pursuit (20th
Anniversary edition). Question: What swashbuckler did 102 Dalmatians co-star Ioan Gruffudd play in an A&E mimiseries?
Answer: Horatio Hornblower