Ioan Gruffudd will reprise his role as Mr Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, based on the Marvel Comic Superheroes, starring alongside Julian McMahon, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chilkis, following the success of the last year's blockbuster The Fantastic Four.

Ioan began acting in his teens in his home town of Cardiff. He enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and immediately began work upon graduation. He starred in the Welsh language Academy nominated romantic drama Soloman and Gaenor.

He first found fame in the title role of the award-winning television series Hornblower. Other recent television successes include the popular miniseries The Forsyte Saga, with Damian Lewis and Gina McKee; the lead role in the adaptation of Tony Parson's bestselling novel Man and Boy, and the role of Pip in Tony Marchant's Great Expectations, starring alongside Charlotte Rampling and Justine Waddell.

His film profile continued to rise with recent leading roles in 102 Dalmations, co-starring with Glenn Close and Alice Evans and TV Set, starring with David Duchovny and Sigourney Weaver.

Filmography

• Agent Crush (2007)
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
• Amazing Grace (2006)
• The TV Set (2006)
• "American Dad!" (1 episode, 2006)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• The Little Things (2005)
• "Justice League" (1 episode, 2005)
• King Arthur (2004)
• "Century City" (1 episode, 2004)
• This Girl's Life (2003)
• Y Mabinogi (2003)
• Hornblower: Duty (2003)
• Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
• "The Forsyte Saga" (2002)
• Man and Boy (2002)
• Shooters (2002)
• The Gathering (2002)
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
• Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
• Happy Now (2001)
• Very Annie Mary (2001)
• Another Life (2001)
• 102 Dalmatians (2000)
• The Miracle Maker (2000)
• Warriors (1999)
• "Love in the 21st Century" (1999)
• Solomon and Gaenor (1999)
• Great Expectations (1999)
• Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
• Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
• Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
• Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
• Titanic (1997)
• Wilde (1997)
• Poldark (1996)
• "A Mind to Kill" (1 episode, 1996)
• A Relative Stranger (1995)
• "Pobol y Cwm" (1 episode, 1987-1994)