Ian Charleson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 11, 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Died
- January 6, 1990
- Movies
- 15
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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 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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1987 | Opera | Marco |
| 1986 | Car Trouble | Gerald |
| 1985 | A Month in the Country | Rakitin |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Jeffson Brown |
| 1984 | Louisiana | Clarence Dandridge |
| 1983 | Ascendancy | Lt. Ryder |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Reverend Charlie Andrews |
| 1982 | Something's Got to Give | Ian Arthur |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Eric Liddell |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra | Octavius Caesar |
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | Bertram |
| 1980 | Hamlet | Fortinbras |
| 1978 | Jubilee | Angel |
| 1976 | The Paradise Run | Henry |
| 1972 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
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