Ian Charleson
Birthday
1949/08/11
Day of death
1990/01/06 (40 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also know as
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ian Charleson (11 August 1949 – 6 January 1990) was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Charlie Andrews in the 1982 Oscar-winning film Gandhi. Charleson was a noted actor on the British stage as well, with critically acclaimed leads in Guys and Dolls, Cat on a H...Read more
Acting
(1982) Gandhi
as Reverend Charlie Andrews
(1981) The Search for Alexander the Great
as Hephaistion
(1981) Chariots of Fire
as Eric Liddell
(1978) Jubilee
as Angel
(1983) Ascendancy
as Lt. Ryder
(1984) Louisiana
as Clarence Dandridge
(1976) The Paradise Run
as Henry
(1986) Car Trouble
as Gerald
(1982) Something's Got to Give
as Ian Arthur
(1984) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Jeffson Brown
(1972) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as ---
(1988) Codename: Kyril
as Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'
(1980) Hamlet
as Fortinbras
(1981) All's Well That Ends Well
as Bertram
(1981) Antony & Cleopatra
as Octavius Caesar
(1987) Opera
as Marco
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1984) Oxbridge Blues
as Victor Geary
(1988) Troubles
as Major Brendan Archer
(1984) The Sun Also Rises
as Mike Campbell
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1984) Master of the Game
as Jamie MacGregor
(1980) Lady Killers
as Neville Heath
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Lockhart