Ben Cross
Ben Cross
Formerly of the RADA and Royal Shakespeare Company, British leading man Ben Cross made an impressive film debut as Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in Chariots of Fire (1981). Cross' participation in this Oscar-winning film immediately opened up new professional doors and increased his asking price. But he was not about to blindly capitalize on his new fame; he turned down 100,000 dollars to play Prince Charles in a made-for-TV movie in favor of appearing for a comparative pittance in a BBC miniseries adaptation of A.J. Cronin's The Citadel. He has continued to select film, stage, and TV roles on the basis of quality rather than monetary potential. One exception may be Cross' acceptance of the role of centuries-old vampire Barnabas Collins in the failed 1991 revival of the cult-favorite TV series Dark Shadows. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Ben Cross:
- Solomon with Anouk Aimee , Max vonSydow
- The Invader with Sean Young , Nick Mancuso
- First Knight with Sean Connery , Richard Gere , Julia Ormond , John Gielgud
- Spartacus with Goran Visnjic , Alan Bates
- Star Trek with Leonard Nimoy , Eric Bana , Bruce Greenwood , Winona Ryder
- War, Inc. with John Cusack , Marisa Tomei , Joan Cusack , Dan Aykroyd , Ben Kingsley
- Hero Wanted with Cuba Jr. Gooding , Ray Liotta , Jean Smart
- A Bridge Too Far with Dirk Bogarde , James Caan , Michael Caine , Sean Connery , Edward Fox , Elliott Gould , Gene Hackman , Anthony Hopkins , Hardy Kruger , Laurence Olivier , Ryan O'Neal , Robert Redford , Maximilian Schell , Liv Ullmann , Arthur Hill , Wolfgang Preiss , Denholm Elliott , Jeremy Kemp , John Ratzenberger
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