Personal Info
Ian Charleson
Acting
Biography
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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 Hot Tin Roof, Fool for Love, and Hamlet, among many others. Over the course of his life Charleson per…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Codename: Kyril
as Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'
Opera
as Marco
Car Trouble
as Gerald
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Jeffson Brown
Louisiana
as Clarence Dandridge
Ascendancy
as Lt. Ryder
Gandhi
as Reverend Charlie Andrews
Something's Got to Give
as Ian Arthur
Chariots of Fire
as Eric Liddell
Antony & Cleopatra
as Octavius Caesar
TV Shows
Troubles
as Major Brendan Archer · 2 ep.
Codename: Kyril
as Kyril · 2 ep.
Oxbridge Blues
as Victor Geary · 1 ep.
Master of the Game
as Jamie MacGregor · 9 ep.
The Sun Also Rises
as Mike Campbell · 2 ep.
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Lockhart · 3 ep.
Wogan
as Self · 2 ep.
Lady Killers
as Neville Heath · 1 ep.
Plays for Britain
as Henry · 1 ep.
Churchill's People
as John Ross · 1 ep.