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Ben Cross

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Also known as Bernard Cross

British actor (1947-2020)

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Acting · London, England, UK

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.

Known for

  • Prey for the Devil — Cardinal Matthews2022
  • The Last Letter from Your Lover — Older Anthony O'Hare2021
  • Rats in the Walls — Narrator2021
  • The Rest Is Ashes — Old George Smith2020
  • Master of Dark Shadows — Self2019
  • Jarhead: Law of Return — USMC General Betz2019
  • Once There Was a War2019
  • Pandora — Harlan Fried2019
  • The Hurricane Heist — Dixon2018
  • Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty - Concept Short — King Aaron2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1947
Active to
2020

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
127
Total plays
284

Ben Cross is a bassist from Birmingham, England. He was a member of the now disbanded band, Platinum and has contributed work to the musical project, The Black Hearts. He is currently a member of the band, The Mannequin Republic and plays bass for the band, ispystrangers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ben+Cross">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

    · 2015 · cited 73,127x

  2. Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

    · 2012 · cited 52,750x

  3. HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements

    · 2015 · cited 21,476x

  4. Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

    · 2009 · cited 19,773x

  5. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,371x

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Key facts

Born
Harry Bernard Cross , ( 1947-12-16 ) 16 December 1947, London , England
Died
18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) (aged 72), Vienna , Austria
Alma mater
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1973–2020
Spouses
Penelope Butler ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) ​ Michele Moerth ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2005 ) ​ Deyana Boneva ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2018 ) ​

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date of birth
1947-12-16
birth name
Harry Bernard Cross
start of work period
1973-00-00
end of work period
2018-00-00
date of death
2020-08-18
name in native language
Ben Cross
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Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and for playing Billy Flynn in the original West End production of the musical Chicago.

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