Ben Cross

Highest Rated: 100% Master of Dark Shadows (2019)

Lowest Rated: 0% Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006)

Birthday: Dec 16, 1947

Birthplace: London, England, UK

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.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Prey for the Devil	Cardinal Matthews	—	2022
No Score Yet	Jarhead: Law of Return	Actor	—	2019
100%	Master of Dark Shadows	Actor	—	2019
No Score Yet	No Olho do Furacão	Actor	—	2018
47%	The Hurricane Heist	Dixon	—	2018
No Score Yet	A Common Man	Morris Da Silva	—	2013
No Score Yet	Jack the Giant Killer	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Honey Sweet Love	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	William & Kate	Prince Charles	—	2011
No Score Yet	Super Tanker	Robert Jordan	—	2011
No Score Yet	Ben Hur	Tiberius	—	2010
94%	Star Trek	Sarek	$257.8M	2009
No Score Yet	Hellhounds	King Leander	—	2009
No Score Yet	Lost City Raiders	Nicholas Filiminov	—	2008
No Score Yet	Finding Rin Tin Tin	Nikolaus	—	2008
29%	War, Inc.	Medusa Hair	$0.6M	2008
No Score Yet	Hero Wanted	Cosmo Jackson	—	2008
No Score Yet	Species: The Awakening	Tom Hollander	—	2007
No Score Yet	Tower of the Firstborn	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Grendel	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	When Nietzsche Wept	Josef Breuer	—	2007
40%	Wicked Little Things	Hanks	—	2006
0%	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	S.S. Doomtrooper	Professor Ullman	—	2006
No Score Yet	Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing	Steve Parker	—	2006
No Score Yet	The Russian Specialist	William Burton	—	2005
No Score Yet	Frederick Forsyth's Icon	Anatoli Grishin	—	2005
10%	Exorcist: The Beginning	Semelier	$41.8M	2004
No Score Yet	Spartacus	Glabrus	—	2004
No Score Yet	In Paradise with Franz Schubert	Actor	—	2002
0%	The Order	Major Ben-Ner	—	2002
No Score Yet	Special Unit AT 13	Actor	—	2001
No Score Yet	Solomon	Solomon	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Invader	Renn	—	1997
No Score Yet	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Capt. Nemo	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Ascent	Major Farrell	—	1996
No Score Yet	Robert Rylands' Last Journey	Alfred Cromer-Blake	—	1996
43%	First Knight	Malagant	—	1995
No Score Yet	The Criminal Mind	Carlo	—	1995
No Score Yet	The House That Mary Bought	Malcolm Close	—	1995
No Score Yet	Temptress	Dr. Samudaya	—	1995
No Score Yet	Cold Sweat	Mark Cahill	—	1994
No Score Yet	Blood Song	Actor	—	1994
0%	Live Wire	Mikhail Rashid	—	1992
No Score Yet	The Diamond Fleece	Rick Dunne/Alex Breuer	—	1992
No Score Yet	Nightlife	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Jeweller's Shop	Stephen	—	1989
100%	Paperhouse	Dad Madden	—	1989
29%	The Unholy	Father Michael	—	1988
No Score Yet	Steal the Sky	Munir Redfa	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Assisi Underground	Padre Rufino	—	1985
No Score Yet	Attention Féministes!	Alberto	—	1985
No Score Yet	Coming Out of the Ice	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Flame Trees of Thika	Ian Crawfurd	—	1982
82%	Chariots of Fire	Harold Abrahams	—	1981
62%	A Bridge Too Far	Trooper Binns	—	1977
No Score Yet	Great Expectations	Actor	—	1974
No Score Yet	Cold Sweat	Actor	—	1970

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
90%	Banshee 2013-2016	Mr. Rabbit	2016 2015 2014 2013
82%	Tales from the Crypt 1989-1996	Actor Guest	1992
50%	Dark Shadows 1991	Barnabas Collins	1991
No Score Yet	The Twilight Zone 1985-1989	Frederick	1986
No Score Yet	The Far Pavilions 1984	Ashton Pelham-Martyn	1984

Quotes from Ben Cross' Characters

Harold Abrahams:	If I can't win, I won't run!
Sybil Gordon:	If you won't run, you can't win.

Sarek:	Speak your mind Spock.
Spock:	That would be unwise.
Sarek:	What is necessary is never unwise.

Harold Abrahams:

Aubrey, I've known the fear of losing but now I am almost too frightened to win.

Sarek:

Spock, you are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is: which path will you choose? This is something only you can decide.

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Ben Cross

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

TV

Quotes from Ben Cross' Characters