Born in Wales, UK in 1973, Ioan appeared in many Welsh television and film productions, before getting his first "taste of Hollywood" playing the role of Fifth Officer Harold Howe in 1997's Titantic. Then, from 1998-2003 he played the role of Horatio Hornblower in the Hornblower series of tv films.
In 2004 he starred as Lancelot, alongside Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, and future James Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen in King Arthur.
Then in 2005 he was cast as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in the Fantastic Four feature film, and again in the 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer. Both films had a lot of deviations from the comic, and they had a heavy "E! Hollywood" feel to them, which was a shame as they we okay but they could've been SO much better.
In 2008, Ioan appeared as Tony Blair in W, the feature film about former US President George W Bush, and he then starred alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar in the tv series Ringer (which is now cancelled).
Now, onto the autograph (and it's a doozy!). In between his two Fantastic Four films, I wrote to Ioan c/o his talent agency in the UK. Soon after I received a signed colour 3x5 photo of Ioan as Hornblower, and I also received a delightful 'with compliments' slip from Gillian Gruffudd which stated "Thank you for writing to my son."
Gold!!!
You forgot to mention his hilarious cameo in Horrible Bosses. :)
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