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Ian Charleson‌

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Birthday

calendar1949-08-11

Popularity

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Ian Charleson

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Ian Charleson

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1949-08-11

Popularity

star1.5

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. 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 performed numerous major Shakespearean roles, and the annual Ian Charleson Awards were established in his honour in 1991, to reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors aged under 30. The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography describes Charleson as "a leading player of charm and power" and "one of the finest British actors of his generation." Alan Bates wrote that Charleson was "definitely among the top ten actors of his age group." Ian McKellen said Charleson was "the most unmannered and unactorish of actors: always truthful, always honest." Charleson was diagnosed with HIV in 1986, and died in 1990 at the age of 40. He requested that it be announced after his death that he had died of AIDS, in order to publicize the condition. This was the first show-business death in the United Kingdom openly attributed to AIDS, and helped to promote awareness of the disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Charleson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Gandhi

Gandhi‌
star7.6
calendar 1982

The Search for Alexander the Great

The Search for Alexander the Great‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire‌
star6.8
calendar 1981

Jubilee

Jubilee‌
star5.9
calendar 1978

Ascendancy

Ascendancy‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Louisiana

Louisiana‌
star4.1
calendar 1984

The Paradise Run

The Paradise Run‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Car Trouble

Car Trouble‌
star8.0
calendar 1986

Something's Got to Give

Something's Got to Give‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes‌
star6.3
calendar 1984

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Codename: Kyril

Codename: Kyril‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Hamlet

Hamlet‌
star6.1
calendar 1980

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well‌
star7.0
calendar 1981

Antony & Cleopatra

Antony & Cleopatra‌
star6.3
calendar 1981

Opera

Opera‌
star6.7
calendar 1987

Tv Credits

BBC Television Shakespeare

BBC Television Shakespeare‌
star5.2
calendar 1978

Oxbridge Blues

Oxbridge Blues‌
star5.0
calendar 1984

Troubles

Troubles‌
star10.0
calendar 1988

The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

Wogan

Wogan‌
star4.5
calendar 1982

Master of the Game

Master of the Game‌
star5.9
calendar 1984

Lady Killers

Lady Killers‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Reilly: Ace of Spies‌
star7.1
calendar 1983