Ioan Gruffudd

In 'Titanic' even, as fifth officer Lowe, who finds Kate in the cold water. Here's an excellent page, with a lot of pictures: Http://www.ioangruffuddinternational.com

Found another great page: Http://www.ioan.palacecreations.com

Diane what a great idea to have a board for Ioan!! He's a sweetie!! There have been a few articles in the press about him recently, have you seen them?

Don't think so... last I've heard is that is to play Bosinney in 'The Fortsyte Saga'... Yes, he is a sweetie...oh my...the heart is going ballistic:oD

There was an article about him and Nick thingy who was in "Lock Stock ..." in one of the weekend papers recently - couple of neat pics. If I haven't recycled it, I'll try to scan the pic in for you.

Would you??? THat would be great, thanks! :oD

actually, we don't get much news of him, here in Denmark :o( Except from the internet of course... It's the same with Colin Firth...

When translated into English does "Ioan Gruffudd" mean "John Griffith" or "Handsome Welsh Actor"? He is wonderful.

Yes, it is him;oP A Welsh actor and veeeeeeery nice!

testing....

here he is (I hope)

corrrrr!! nice one Diane!

Yeah..isn't it??;oD It's from 'Warriors'.

I have one of these days (again)...searching the net thin for some new pictures, to drool over;o) Don't you just love his voice(accent)!!

Horatio Hornblower 2 got 7 Emmy nominations: Art direction Costumes Harstyling Makeup Single camera sound mixing Speciel visual effects Outstanding miniseries Just thought you should know:o)

No best actor? No director? How insulting.

Think so too, but one must admit that seven is quite many...Now if it doesn't get any prices in spite of the many nominations, THEN It'll be disapointing!! Well...lets be positive and believe that it'll get them all;o)

Here's to gorgeous Welshman!

Mrs. slow-off-the-mark here ... I saw the Westlife "Uptown girl" video today and actually watched it (instead of making sick noises), and, wehehey, isn't that our lovely Welshman sitting there, as one of the posh blokes, next to a rather yummy looking short haired Crispin B-C? or am I having delusions after being so struck down with despair after the Hamlet cancellation?

(rachael) isn't that our lovely Welshman sitting there, as one of the posh blokes, next to a rather yummy looking short haired Crispin B-C? or am I having delusions after being so struck down with despair after the Hamlet cancellation? No, you're not having delusions:o) It is indeed Ioan and Crispin...and looking good;oD

Diane, you know that means I'm going to have to watch VH1 all day til I tape it, to add to the VH1 BJD/geri/gabrielle collection?? ah who cares about earning a living ?!

LOL....when theres such guys to watch, you are entitled to forget everything else around you ;oD

Ioan Gruffudd fans might want to wend their way over to Fan Fiction for a peek--I'm currently working on a story starring Captain Horatio Hornblower involving some pretty racy scenes...just a little FYI...

Gee almost a year to the date that someone has posted on this topic. And with Ioan in FS and all! OK here's the deal. Someone over in the Tea Romm posted that Ioan Gruffudd is going to be in the City (Sydney that is) on the 29th for an appearance at an ABC shop. ABC shops sell lots of BBC videos, DVD's, books ect (that they show on their channel) and they carry the Hornblower series. Possibly FS too. So, should I shlep down there, just over and hour on the train, to catch a glimpse of a perfectly gorgeous Welshman? PGW.......AGW......might be better...... Whew! Does it for me......

Well, I let my boys take the day off of school and go into the City with me for Christmas shopping and to a book signing that Ioan Gruffudd was doing at an ABC Shop. The signing was at 12:30 and we were wandering around and didn't go up to the shop until 12. By that time there was already something of a line, or queue, and we got into it. They roped us off at one point as the line started getting quite long. At 12:40, with everyone's attention directed towards the stairway closest to the store, he comes walking up from the other direction. Very casual in faded jeans, a light shirt and a navy baseball cap. As soon as he reached the line, he took the cap off and ran his hand through that gorgeous hair (not quite as long as in Hornblower). He also offered up a very sheepish grin as he passed by. (Very attractive) The girls in the front of the line could be heard in a collective "Oooh and Ahhh" as he went into the store. He had five or six people with him, none looking like a girlfriend with him. Then the PR people went to work and got the line moving pretty fast. There were about 40 people in front of us, mostly young girls (18-22) but also a smattering of young guys (I make no comment here) and right in front of me, a grandmother possibly the most excited in the crowd. We only had to wait about ten minutes before we were right at the table where he was sitting inside the store. He was there by himself although there were two chairs so everyone who had brought cameras (sorry I didn't) went around and sat next to him and had a photo or two taken. Very casual atmosphere. Very Australian. I overheard him say to someone in front of us that this was his first book signing. When it was our turn, my two sons stepped up and even though I had primed them with some excellent questions, including "Did you get seasick when you were filming on the ships?" they were rather quite. Ioan was very nice to them both. They were the only kids in the line. Now to what really matters. He looked really good. No, I mean, he looked Really Good. I thought he looked quite young, I don't know how old he is. His hair was just wonderful. Easily could have jumped across the table and done a little fingerwork on it. It was perfectly tossled in just the right way. He didn't say a lot when we were at the table but as I listened when we were close by I could hear an absolutely heavenly accent. Of course he seemed to be in good shape. And he was very nice and polite to everyone. Some of the people had given him little gifts. I saw some carmello bears and a jar of Vegemite! And, boy when he was smiling for pics, man, a 1000 watt smile was shining!

When it was our turn, my two sons ... were rather quiet. And when you want them to keep quiet ... I'd have been sorry that I didn't have a camera.

I overheard him say to someone in front of us that this was his first book signing. What book was he signing ?

(Evelyn), What book was he signing ? LOL! We need to give CF anothier quotation. Thanks, Lisa.

Here his interview on ABC by following the following links http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s737491.htm There is also a reference to our (other) dear boy in the interview. Should point out that the interviewer went to mush on her program every Monday morning after an episode of "Hornblower" (shown here on Sunday night)

Oh Paddy now that I think about it I heard someone in line mention he had been interviewed earlier in the morning on the ABC. He was signing *anything* that he was associated with. Videos, DVD's and books from Hornblower, FS, GE....he signed very slow and made an interesting little symbol under his name!

There were about 40 people in front of us, mostly young girls (18-22)...and right in front of me, a grandmother possibly the most excited in the crowd. ROTFLOL!! Why doesn't that surprise me. ;-D

I know there must be some other Horatio Hornblower fans around here. Remember to watch the 2 new episodes tonight and tomorrow night on A&E. More info here (and a contest to win DVD player or VHS tapes): http://www.aetv.com/tv/shows/horatio_hornblower/index.html

I've been away from this board for far too long, time for a return. So far as I've been able to understand, Ioan is going to play Lancelot in some new King Arthur movie...is this true?

Oh God...I've forgotten simply EVERYTHING about how things work in here... got to read the guidelines once again (That's baaaaaaaad!)

Yes, this is true. In fact, the movie opens in the US tomorrow. We've had some discussion of it (articles, reviews, etc.) over on the Clive Owen board.

over on the Clive Owen board You have a CLIVE OWEN board??? yum.... *runs off in search of Clive*

10 in front of this one: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/drool/141/new And Mary Murphy, who has the great Clive Owen website at www.murphsplace.com is kind enough to leave some tidbits there when she's not too busy.

Ladies and gen...well ladies, I present to you: Lancelot ;)

Can't wait to see the movie, all the action, Ioan and Clive.....:P~~~~

Guesss Ioan will be busy in front of the blue screen soon;-) 20th Century Fox has cast Michael Chiklis (TV's The Shield) to play Ben Grimm/The Thing, Ioan Gruffudd (King Arthur) as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic and Chris Evans (Cellular) as Johnny Storm/the Human Torch in its Fantastic Four adaptation. Variety also says that Jessica Alba, currently shooting Dimension's Sin City, has emerged as most likely to play Sue Richards/the Invisible Woman, though Rachel MacAdams and Keri Russell are also candidates. "We see 'Fantastic Four' as the last great jewel in the comicbook crown," said Fox production president Hutch Parker. "The casting has been extremely important in terms of fulfilling expectations of an audience that's been incredibly loyal to these characters for over 40 years." The $85 million-$90 million adaptation of the Marvel comic is headed for an August or September start in Vancouver. The planned release date is July 1, 2005, when it will face off against Paramount's Mission: Impossible 3. Tim Story is directing from a script by Simon Kinberg.

Ioan is cute, but a superhero?? Hm....It will take some time for me to picture him as Mr. Fantastic.....

Dunno, looks pretty fantastic in that picture from King Arthur ;-)

Yeah...well....I have a weakness for men in armor (it's 'the knight in shining armor' syndrome) I can't wait to see him fight with those to swords...."Give them hell Lance!"