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Ian Charleson

Highest Rated: 100% Jubilee (1978)

Lowest Rated: 79% Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Birthday: Aug 11, 1949

Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

This tall, lithe Scottish actor won international recognition as Olympic hopeful Eric Lidell, the Presbyterian missionary who refused to compete on the Sabbath, in Hugh Hudson's Oscar-winning "Chariots of Fire" (1981). Although he only appeared in a handful of films, Ian Charleson had a distinguished stage career for close to two decades before his untimely death from AIDS complications in 1990.

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Highest rated movies

100% 58% Jubilee
Watchlist 90% 79% Opera Watchlist 89% 92% Gandhi Watchlist
84% 80% Chariots of Fire
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79% 60% Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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Ascendancy
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Codename: Kyril
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50% Car Trouble
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Troubles
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Ian Charleson

Ian Charleson CAR TROUBLE, Ian Charlson, 1985, (c) Thorn EMI CAR TROUBLE, Ian Charleson, 1985, (c) Thorn EMI CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, 1981. TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. CAR TROUBLE, from left: Ian Charleson, Julie Walters, 1985, © Thorn EMI CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, 1981, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Ian Charleson, Ben Cross, 1981. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Ian Charleson, 1981, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. GANDHI, Ian Charleson, Ben Kingsley, 1982. (c) Columbia Pictures. CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Ian Charleson, 1981, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Troubles Maj. Brendan Archer (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Codename: Kyril Kyril (Character) - 1988
90% 79% Opera Marco (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 50% Car Trouble Gerald (Character) - 1985
79% 60% Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Jeffson Brown (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ascendancy Lt. Ryder (Character) - 1983
89% 92% Gandhi Rev. Charlie Andrews (Character) - 1982
84% 80% Chariots of Fire Eric Liddell (Character) - 1981
100% 58% Jubilee Angel (Character) - 1978

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet BBC Television Shakespeare Octavius Caesar (Character) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Master of the Game Jamie McGregor (Character)