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In May 2008, Ioan collected the Tlws Sian Philips award at the Welsh BAFTA award with a black eye due to his wife accidentally hitting him with a golf club during a game of golf. Ioan received the award for his contribution to film.
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Ioan married British actress Alice Evans in Mexico on September 14, 2007.
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In May 2007, Ioan and Fantastic Four co-stars, Michael Chiklis and Jessica Alba, presented awards at the 2007 TV Week Logie Awards in Australia.
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His movie Solomon and Gaenor (in which Ioan played Solomon) was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Academy Award in 2000.
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In 2003 Ioan was invited to join the Welsh Bardic Order of Great Britain (Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain).
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His first major English speaking role was in a 1996 TV movie Poldark.
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He moved to the U.S. to live full-time in 2002.
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Ioan grew a beard to play Lancelot in 2004's King Arthur, but they didn't like the reddish color so his beard was colored brown to match his hair.
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Along with Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis, Ioan was nominated for "Best On-Screen Team" (for Fantastic Four) at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.
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Ioan appears in a fashion pictorial in the September/October 2006 issue of Vogue Magazine, modeling clothes by David Chu.
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At the 1999 Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming he received a Golden FIPA award for his role in the Hornblower series.
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His first language is Welsh. The correct pronunciation of his name is pronounced "Yo-wahn Griffith".
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He was "Officer Lowe" in the 1997 film Titanic.
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He used to share a house with his best friend, actor Matthew Rhys.
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His girlfriend Alice Evans was his love interest in 102 Dalmatians.
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Ioan Gruffudd lives in LA with his actress girlfriend Alice Evans.
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He learned Yiddish for his role in the film Solomon and Gaenor.
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He appears in the British pop group Westlife's music video for "Uptown Girl".
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As a youth, he played oboe in the South Glamorgan Youth Orchestra.
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Both of his parents were teachers.
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He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
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He is a fan of British comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.