Ian Charleson

Ian Charleson

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.

  • Titolu: Ian Charleson
  • Popolarità: 1.831
  • Magħruf għal: Acting
  • Għeluq is-snin: 1949-08-11
  • Post tat-twelid: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Ian Charleson Films

  • 1982
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    Gandhi

    Gandhi

    7.6 1982 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Search for Alexander the Great

    The Search for Alexander the Great

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire

    6.777 1981 HD

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  • 1978
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    Jubilee

    Jubilee

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1983
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    Ascendancy

    Ascendancy

    5 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    Louisiane

    Louisiane

    4.1 1984 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Paradise Run

    The Paradise Run

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1986
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    Car Trouble

    Car Trouble

    8 1986 HD

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  • 1982
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    Something's Got to Give

    Something's Got to Give

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1984
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    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

    6.331 1984 HD

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  • 1972
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    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1988
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    Codename: Kyril

    Codename: Kyril

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1980
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    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    6.1 1980 HD

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  • 1981
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    All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

    7 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Antony & Cleopatra

    Antony & Cleopatra

    6.3 1981 HD

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  • 1987
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    Opera

    Opera

    6.7 1987 HD

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  • 1978
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    BBC Television Shakespeare

    BBC Television Shakespeare

    5.2 1978 HD

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  • 1984
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    Oxbridge Blues

    Oxbridge Blues

    5 1984 HD

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  • 1988
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    Troubles

    Troubles

    10 1988 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Sun Also Rises

    The Sun Also Rises

    7.5 1984 HD

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  • 1982
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    Wogan

    Wogan

    4.5 1982 HD

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  • 1984
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    Master of the Game

    Master of the Game

    5.9 1984 HD

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  • 1980
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    Lady Killers

    Lady Killers

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1983
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    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    7.1 1983 HD

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