Ian Charleson

Personal Info

Birthday

August 11, 1949

Day of Death

1990-01-06

(40 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Ian Charleson

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.

Known For

Master of the Game

Lady Killers

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Oxbridge Blues

Gandhi

Chariots of Fire

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Opera

Filmography

1988
Codename: Kyril
as Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'
1987
Opera
as Marco
1986
Car Trouble
as Gerald
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Jeffson Brown
Louisiana
as Clarence Dandridge
1983
Ascendancy
as Lt. Ryder
1982
Gandhi
as Reverend Charlie Andrews
Something's Got to Give
as Ian Arthur
1981
Chariots of Fire
as Eric Liddell
Antony & Cleopatra
as Octavius Caesar
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Hephaistion
All's Well That Ends Well
as Bertram
1980
Hamlet
as Fortinbras
1978
Jubilee
as Angel
1976
The Paradise Run
as Henry