Ben Cross

Ben Cross

1947-12-16 London, England, UK 78 Credits

Biography

Ben Cross (16 December 1947 - 18 August 2020) was a British actor of the stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and as Sarek in the 2009 reboot film Star Trek. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Cross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Prey for the Devil

Prey for the Devil

2022

as Cardinal Matthews

6.9
Acting

In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this sp...

The Last Letter from Your Lover

The Last Letter from Your Lover

2021

as Older Anthony O'Hare

7.4
Acting

A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

Rats in the Walls

Rats in the Walls

2021

as Narrator

Acting

“Rats in the Walls” is a short animation that is inspired by one of H.P. Lovecraft’s most gripping horror tales. The film presents the story of a midd...

The Rest Is Ashes

The Rest Is Ashes

2020

as Old George Smith

7.9
Acting

Atanas Burov (played by Assen Blatechki) is considered as the most influential politician in Bulgaria's history. The movie is about him and his love s...

Once There Was a War

Once There Was a War

2019

Acting

Is a war big or small for someone who has lost his life in it? It's a film-trip or, as it's called today, a road movie. The road to the war is a great...

Jarhead: Law of Return

Jarhead: Law of Return

2019

as USMC General Betz

6.5
Acting

Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian a...

Master of Dark Shadows

Master of Dark Shadows

2019

as Self

9.1
Acting

Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes storie...

Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty - Concept Short

Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty - Concept Short

2018

as King Aaron

Acting

73 BC pre-Columbian New World. A humble soldier rises unexpectedly as the protector of a young republic. Now Chief Captain of a war-weary nation, Moro...

The Hurricane Heist

The Hurricane Heist

2018

as Dixon

5.7
Acting

Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.

Another Love Building

Another Love Building

2014

as Stephen Anderson

7.7
Acting

Nine couples attend a weekend retreat to mend their troubled relationships, only to find their counselors need more help than they do.

Viking Quest

Viking Quest

2014

as King Orn

4.2
Acting

Erick, a young Viking warrior, joins forces with a rival clan in order to rescue a kidnapped princess from the great Midgard Serpent. It's a perilous ...

A Common Man

A Common Man

2013

as DIG

5.7
Acting

A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.

Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer

2013

as Agent Hinton

3.3
Acting

A giant beanstalk brings Jack to a land in the clouds filled with snarling, evil beasts. When the creatures make their way to the ground, Jack must fi...

Black Forest

Black Forest

2012

as Cazmar

4.1
Acting

Tourists trapped in an enchanted forest do battle with evil fairy tale creatures.

William & Kate

William & Kate

2011

as Prince of Wales

5.5
Acting

Inspired by the royal wedding and retelling the highs and lows of the nine-year courtship of Kate Middleton and Prince William. The couple struggles t...

Super Tanker

Super Tanker

2011

as Jordan

4.5
Acting

A meteorite brings a powerful element to the Earth during the Cold War, too powerful to ever be used it's contained until a decision is made to dispos...

Ice

Ice

2011

as Stephen

5.6
Acting

It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacie...

The Guardian

2010

as Sergeant

5.2
Acting

A widowed mother, who lives alone in a secluded house, has a premonition that her son in the Air Force is going to die in a plane crash. No one believ...

Hellhounds

Hellhounds

2009

as King Leander

3.6
Acting

A Greek warrior must travel to the Underworld and battle killer hellhounds in order to rescue his murdered bride from the clutches of Hades.

Star Trek

Star Trek

2009

as Sarek

7.4
Acting

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan...

Lost City Raiders

Lost City Raiders

2008

as Nicholas Filiminov

4.7
Acting

The year is 2048, and global warming has flooded much of Earth's land areas. A father and his two sons try to salvage treasures from sunken buildings ...

War, Inc.

War, Inc.

2008

as Medusa Hair

5.5
Acting

In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the Unite...

Hero Wanted

Hero Wanted

2008

as Cosmo Jackson

5.3
Acting

Liam Case is a garbage man whose life hasn't quite turned out the way he expected it would. In order to impress the girl of his dreams, Liam plans an ...

Species: The Awakening

Species: The Awakening

2007

as Tom Hollander

4.7
Acting

A scientist, Dr Hollander, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the ...

Finding Rin Tin Tin

Finding Rin Tin Tin

2007

as Nikolaus

5.4
Acting

The true story of the legendary German Shepherd who was found by American pilot Lee Duncun in France during World War I, and later became the most fam...

When Nietzsche Wept

When Nietzsche Wept

2007

as Josef Breuer

6.2
Acting

Viennese doctor Josef Bruer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.

Grendel

Grendel

2007

as King Hrothgar

3.6
Acting

King Higlack of the Gauths entrusts prince Finn and a fire ball weapon to his champion, slayer Beowulf. They lead twelve men on a mission to help king...

Wicked Little Things

Wicked Little Things

2006

as Aaron Hanks

5.8
Acting

Karen, Sarah, and Emma Tunney are all moving to a small town in Pennsylvania where, unknown to them, in 1913, a horrid mine accident trapped dozens of...

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil

2006

as Cmdr. Tim Mackey

4.8
Acting

Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...

Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

2006

as Fabius Maximus

5.6
Acting

It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destin...

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

2006

as Steven Parker

7.3
Acting

Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the...

S.S. Doomtrooper

S.S. Doomtrooper

2006

as Professor Ullman

5.6
Acting

A genetically bred Nazi super soldier fights Allied troops.

The Russian Specialist

The Russian Specialist

2005

as William Burton

5.1
Acting

A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.

Icon

Icon

2005

as Anatoly Grishin

5.5
Acting

A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former...

Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning

2004

as Semelier

5.4
Acting

Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

The Red Phone: Checkmate

2004

as Nigel Ballister

4.6
Acting

The special unit "AT-13" is a top-secret, multinational anti-terrorist unit whose unconventional problem-solving methods are its trademark. It impress...

Spartacus

Spartacus

2004

as Titus Glabrus

6.7
Acting

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when h...

She Me and Her

2002

6.5
Acting

About a pair of twin sisters who both want to succeed in showbiz. Problems arise when it's obvious only one sister has the talent to succeed. The othe...

The Red Phone: Manhunt

The Red Phone: Manhunt

2001

as Nigel Ballister

4.0
Acting
The Order

The Order

2001

as Ben Ner

5.1
Acting

When Rudy, an artifacts smuggler, goes to Jerusalem to rescue his kidnapped archeologist father, he faces deportation by a scheming police chief. Now,...

Young Blades

Young Blades

2001

as Cardinal Richelieu

5.8
Acting

Young Blades follows D'Artagnan (Hugh Dancy), a young arrogant swordsman; Radegonde (Sarah-Jane Potts), a clever girl he meets in the woods; and a tri...

The Venice Project

The Venice Project

1999

as Rudy Mestry / Bishop Orsini

5.0
Acting

Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father is near death and ann...

Tower of the First Born

Tower of the First Born

1998

as Michael Shannon / Zadick

2.0
Acting

Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searchi...

Solomon

Solomon

1997

as Salomone

6.6
Acting

David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon, fierce rivals, since both are prospecti...

The Invader

The Invader

1997

as Renn

3.6
Acting

A good alien from a dying race must impregnate an Earth woman to avoid extinction of his race. A bad alien whose race helped wipe out good alien's rac...

The Corporate Ladder

The Corporate Ladder

1997

as Jay Williams

2.4
Acting

A new assistant to a powerful executive wants more than just to do a good job, she wants to run the company! And she'll do anything to get to the top,...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1997

as Capt. Nemo

5.7
Acting

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows ...

Turbulence

Turbulence

1997

as Captain Samuel Bowen

5.3
Acting

On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various peop...

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

1996

as Cromer

6.1
Acting

Loosely (and controversial) adaptation of the novel "All Souls" by Javier Marias. It tells the story of a Spanish professor at Oxford who witnesses th...

Honey Sweet Love

Honey Sweet Love

1996

as Pearson

Acting

A British commander falls in love with a local Sicilian girl during World War II.

First Knight

First Knight

1995

as Malagant

6.1
Acting

The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel...

Hellfire

Hellfire

1995

as Marius Carnot

6.8
Acting

Gabriella finds an unfinished symphony that was written by her late uncle Octave Barron who found inspiration through murder. Thrilled by it's possibi...

Temptress

Temptress

1995

as Dr. Samudaya

3.9
Acting

Karin brings a statue home from her travels to Asia and it soon begins to have a strange effect on her. She has an insatiable sexual appetite and deve...

The House that Mary Bought

The House that Mary Bought

1995

5.0
Acting

When a brilliant artist and her husband become subject to a series of bizarre occurrences in their isolated house in Brittany they both suspect that t...

The Ascent

The Ascent

1994

as Major Farrell

5.5
Acting

The real-life adventure of a dashing Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp because he dreams of climbing 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya an...

The Criminal Mind

The Criminal Mind

1993

as Carlo Augustine

2.3
Acting

A Los Angeles district attorney must choose between family loyalty and his job when his long-lost brother turns out to be a powerful mob figure.

Deep Trouble

Deep Trouble

1993

as Campagna

Acting

Charles Madigan visits Alice, to tell her that her father died in an accident while the two professional treasure hunters were diving at the coast of ...

Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

1993

as Mark Cahill

4.5
Acting

Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a...

The Diamond Fleece

The Diamond Fleece

1992

5.0
Acting

Jeweller Phillippe Golden purchases one of the largest diamonds ever from an auction. Diamond thief Rick Dunne is released from prison to consult in c...

Live Wire

Live Wire

1992

as Mikhail Rashid

5.3
Acting

Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within t...

Eye of the Widow

Eye of the Widow

1991

as Nassiri

3.0
Acting

A new international terrorist group attack the castle of an Austrian prince during his party, but one of the guests, a contractor, deals with them. Th...

She Stood Alone

She Stood Alone

1991

as William Lloyd Garrison

7.5
Acting

Prudence Crandall establishes herself in Cantenbury, and starts a girls-school. When Eliza Harris, a black girl, wants to take lessons at this school,...

Nightlife

Nightlife

1989

as Vlad

4.1
Acting

At a museum of Mexico City arrives a perfectly conservated mumie. It is a vampire who has died years ago and who returns to life in search of his lost...

The Jeweller's Shop

The Jeweller's Shop

1989

as Stephane

3.4
Acting

Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's best-selling play "The Jeweller's Shop," an inspiring d...

Paperhouse

Paperhouse

1988

as Dad

6.6
Acting

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in he...

Steal the Sky

Steal the Sky

1988

as Munir Redfa

3.5
Acting

An Israeli agent entices an Iraqi jet pilot to defect with his MIG fighter.

The Unholy

The Unholy

1988

as Father Michael

5.3
Acting

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

The Grand Knockout Tournament

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on ...

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

1986

as Martin Taylor

7.0
Acting

TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious ...

The Assisi Underground

The Assisi Underground

1985

as Padre Rufino

5.2
Acting

This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.

Attention

Attention

1985

as Alberto

3.9
Acting

On the plane back to Rome, a well-known journalist indulges in an unbridled and somewhat melodramatic erotic fantasy involving his estranged wife and ...

Coming Out of the Ice

Coming Out of the Ice

1982

as Gen. Tuchachevsky

7.0
Acting

A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name.

Life After Death

Life After Death

1982

as Simon

Acting

"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles with the sudden death of her husband.

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

1981

as Harold Abrahams

6.8
Acting

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a d...

The Winkler

1979

as Terry Jones

Acting

Set in the near future, civil servants are busy winkling out and repatriating all first generation immigrants. The attempt drowns in paper until the f...

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Trooper Binns

7.2
Acting

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in H...

The Reprieve

1972

as Bolshevik

Acting

Set on a remote Russian steppe during the Russian Civil War of 1917-1921, a captured White Guard Officer is about to be hanged by the Bolsheviks. Will...

Liberty

Liberty

N/A

as Dr. Boucher

Acting

Born with valuable and powerful abilities, a young woman escapes a confidential, brutal experiment. Federal agents will stop at nothing to capture her...