Ben Cross
Highest Rated: 100% Paperhouse (1988)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Dec 16, 1947
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Composed, cerebral actor Ben Cross first came to international attention as the Olympic runner Harold Abrahams in Hugh Hudson's inspiring drama "Chariots of Fire" (1981). The Oscar-winning drama set the tone for much of Cross' subsequent film and television career, which found him playing upstanding young men whose passions - either romantic or professional - clashed with the established order in projects like "The Citadel" (BBC, 1983) and "The Far Pavilions" (HBO, 1984). Cross' popularity cooled in subsequent years, but he remained remarkably active in a wide-ranging selection of projects around the globe, which cast him as everything from vampires in "Dark Shadows" (NBC, 1991) to Biblical kings in "Solomon" (1997). In 2009, he enjoyed a return to Hollywood with a small role in J.J. Abrams' big-screen revamp of "Star Trek" (NBC, 1966-68) before continuing his career as one of international film's most dependable and talented performers.
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Filmography
Movies
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17% | 69% | Prey for the Devil | Unknown (Character) | $19.8M | 2022 |
56% | 80% | The Last Letter From Your Lover | Older Anthony (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 26% | Jarhead: Law of Return | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
100% | No Score Yet | Master of Dark Shadows | Himself (Voice) | - | 2019 |
47% | 23% | The Hurricane Heist | Dixon (Character) | $6.1M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty | King Aaron (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Loving Carmen | Narrator | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 11% | Viking Quest | King Orn (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 10% | Jack the Giant Killer | Agent Hinton (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 19% | A Common Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Black Forest | Cazmar (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Tanker | Jordan (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 39% | William & Kate | Prince Charles (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ice | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 13% | Hellhounds | King Leander (Character) | - | 2009 |
94% | 91% | Star Trek | Sarek (Character) | $257.7M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Lost City Raiders | Nicholas Filiminov (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Hero Wanted | Cosmo Jackson (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Grendel | King Hrothgar (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Finding Rin Tin Tin | Nikolaus (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 57% | When Nietzsche Wept | Josef Breuer (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Species: The Awakening | Tom Hollander (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Tower of the Firstborn | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 45% | SS Doomtrooper | Professor Ullman (Character) | - | 2006 |
0% | 37% | Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | Cmdr. Tim Mackey (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Undisputed II: Last Man Standing | Steven Parker (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 34% | Wicked Little Things | Hanks (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hannibal | Fabius (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Frederick Forsyth's Icon | Anatoly Grishin (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 46% | The Mechanik | William Burton (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Spartacus | Titus Glabrus (Character) | - | 2004 |
11% | 27% | Exorcist: The Beginning | Semelier (Character) | $41.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Phone: Checkmate | Nigel Ballister (Character) | - | 2003 |
13% | 28% | The Order | Maj. Ben Ner (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tower of the First Born |
Michael Shannon/ |
- | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Potato Factory | Ikey Solomon (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Blades | Cardinal Richelieu (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Venice Project |
Rudy Mestry/ |
- | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Solomon | Solomon (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 34% | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Captain Nemo (Character) | - | 1997 |
19% | 20% | Turbulence | Captain Samuel Bowen (Character) | $11.5M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 0% | The Invader | Renn (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Corporate Ladder | Jay Williams (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robert Rylands' Last Journey | Cromer (Character) | - | 1996 |
43% | 54% | First Knight | Prince Malagant (Character) | $36.7M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The House That Mary Bought | Malcolm Close (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood Song | Marius Carnot (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Temptress | Dr. Samudaya (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ascent | Major Farrell (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honey Sweet Love | Pearson (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deep Trouble | Campagna (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 38% | The Criminal Mind | Carlo Augustine (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 52% | Cold Sweat | Mark Cahill (Character) | - | 1993 |
0% | 29% | Live Wire | Mikhail Rashid (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Diamond Fleece |
Rick Dunne/ |
- | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Stood Alone | William Lloyd Garrison (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Nightlife | Vlad (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 25% | The Jeweller's Shop | Stephane (Character) | - | 1988 |
100% | 71% | Paperhouse | Dad Madden (Character) | $6.7K | 1988 |
25% | 44% | The Unholy | Father Michael (Character) | $5.5M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Steal the Sky | Munir Redfa (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Assisi Underground | Padre Rufino (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Attention | Alberto (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lie | Alberto (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Coming Out of the Ice | Gen. Tuchachevsky (Character) | - | 1982 |
83% | 80% | Chariots of Fire | Harold M. Abrahams (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Great Expectations | Gentleman at Ball (Character) | - | 1974 |
TV
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90% | 91% | Banshee | Mr. Rabbit (Character) | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
82% | 97% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Ettil Vyre (Character) | 1992 |
50% | No Score Yet | Dark Shadows | Barnabas Collins (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twist of Fate | Israeli Brig. Gen. Benjamin Grossman (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Far Pavilions | Unknown (Character) | 1984 |