Ian Charleson
✓ Source-basedrisingScottish actor (1949-1990)
Fame62.5
Momentum25.0
Languages21
In century#11,756
Ian Charleson was a Scottish stage and screen 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.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 3
Filmography 16
Chariots of Fire
Gandhi
Opera
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Jubilee
Hamlet
Louisiana
Ascendancy
Antony & Cleopatra
All's Well That Ends Well
Car TroubleSomething's Got to Give
A Month in the Country
The Paradise Run
Codename: KyrilJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
28 credits on file
Television 12
Wogan
ITV Playhouse
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Master of the Game
Churchill's People
Lady Killers
Oxbridge Blues
Troubles
The Sun Also Rises
Codename: Kyril
Plays for Britain
The Search for Alexander the GreatMoments 1
4 September 2026
No cause we could source
14 times their usual readership
Usual834At peak11,712readers a day
Over 16 days
Connected to Ian 6
About this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1949 to 1990 · aged 40
Written about in
21 languages
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.