Ben Cross
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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 |
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No Score Yet | Prey for the Devil |
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— | 2022 |
No Score Yet | Jarhead: Law of Return |
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— | 2019 |
100% | Master of Dark Shadows |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Olho do Furacão |
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— | 2018 |
47% | The Hurricane Heist |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | A Common Man |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Jack the Giant Killer |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Honey Sweet Love |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | William & Kate |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Super Tanker |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Ben Hur |
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— | 2010 |
94% | Star Trek |
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$257.8M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Hellhounds |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Lost City Raiders |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Finding Rin Tin Tin |
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— | 2008 |
29% | War, Inc. |
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$0.6M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Hero Wanted |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Species: The Awakening |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Tower of the Firstborn |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Grendel |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | When Nietzsche Wept |
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— | 2007 |
40% | Wicked Little Things |
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— | 2006 |
0% | Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | S.S. Doomtrooper |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | The Russian Specialist |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Frederick Forsyth's Icon |
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— | 2005 |
10% | Exorcist: The Beginning |
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$41.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Spartacus |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | In Paradise with Franz Schubert |
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— | 2002 |
0% | The Order |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Special Unit AT 13 |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Solomon |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Invader |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Ascent |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Robert Rylands' Last Journey |
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— | 1996 |
43% | First Knight |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | The Criminal Mind |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | The House That Mary Bought |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Temptress |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Cold Sweat |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Blood Song |
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— | 1994 |
0% | Live Wire |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | The Diamond Fleece |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Nightlife |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | The Jeweller's Shop |
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— | 1989 |
100% | Paperhouse |
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— | 1989 |
29% | The Unholy |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Steal the Sky |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | The Assisi Underground |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Attention Féministes! |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Coming Out of the Ice |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | The Flame Trees of Thika |
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— | 1982 |
82% | Chariots of Fire |
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— | 1981 |
62% | A Bridge Too Far |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Great Expectations |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Cold Sweat |
|
— | 1970 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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90% |
Banshee
2013-2016
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82% |
Tales from the Crypt
1989-1996
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50% |
Dark Shadows
1991
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No Score Yet |
The Twilight Zone
1985-1989
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No Score Yet |
The Far Pavilions
1984
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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. |