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.

Filmography

• 2022Prey for the Devil — Cardinal Matthews
• 2021Rats in the Walls — Narrator
• 2021The Last Letter from Your Lover — Older Anthony O'Hare, In Memory Of
• 2020The Rest Is Ashes — Old George Smith
• 2019Jarhead: Law of Return — USMC General Betz
• 2019Once There Was a War
• Pandora — Harlan Fried
• 2018Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty - Concept Short — King Aaron
• 2018The Hurricane Heist — Dixon
• 12 Monkeys — Nicodemus
• 2014Another Love Building — Stephen Anderson
• 2014Viking Quest — King Orn
• 2013A Common Man — DIG
• Banshee — Mr. Rabbit
• Banshee: Origins — Mr. Rabbit
• 2013Jack the Giant Killer — Agent Hinton
• 2012Black Forest — Cazmar
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja — The Sorcerer (voice)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Dr. Mindstrong (voice)
• 2011Ice — Stephen
• Ice — Stephan
• 2011Super Tanker — Jordan
• 2011William & Kate — Prince of Wales
• Ben Hur — Emperor Tiberius
• 2010The Guardian — Sergeant
• 2009Hellhounds — King Leander
• 2009Star Trek — Sarek
• 2008Hero Wanted — Cosmo Jackson
• 2008Lost City Raiders — Nicholas Filiminov
• 2008War, Inc. — Medusa Hair
• 2007Finding Rin Tin Tin — Nikolaus
• 2007Grendel — King Hrothgar
• 2007Species: The Awakening — Tom Hollander
• 2007When Nietzsche Wept — Josef Breuer
• 2006Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil — Cmdr. Tim Mackey
• 2006Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare — Fabius Maximus
• Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial — Rudolf Hess
• 2006S.S. Doomtrooper — Professor Ullman
• 2006Undisputed II: Last Man Standing — Steven Parker
• 2006Wicked Little Things — Aaron Hanks
• Frederick Forsyth's Icon — Anatoly Grishin
• 2005Icon — Anatoly Grishin
• 2005The Russian Specialist — William Burton
• 2004Exorcist: The Beginning — Semelier
• 2004Spartacus — Titus Glabrus
• Spartacus — Titus Glabrus
• 2004The Red Phone: Checkmate — Nigel Ballister
• 2002Meine Schwester das Biest — David Greenbaum
• 2002She Me and Her
• 2001The Order — Ben Ner
• 2001The Red Phone: Manhunt — Nigel Ballister
• 2001Young Blades — Cardinal Richelieu
• The Potato Factory — Ikey Solomon
• 1999The Venice Project — Rudy Mestry / Bishop Orsini
• 1998Tower of the First Born — Michael Shannon / Zadick
• 199720,000 Leagues Under the Sea — Capt. Nemo
• 1997Solomon — Salomone
• Solomon — Solomon
• 1997The Corporate Ladder — Jay Williams
• 1997The Invader — Renn
• 1997Turbulence — Captain Samuel Bowen
• 1996Honey Sweet Love — Pearson
• Poltergeist: The Legacy — Samuel Warden
• 1996Robert Rylands' Last Journey — Cromer
• 1995First Knight — Malagant
• 1995Hellfire — Marius Carnot
• 1995Temptress — Dr. Samudaya
• 1995The House that Mary Bought
• 1994The Ascent — Major Farrell
• 1993Cold Sweat — Mark Cahill
• 1993Deep Trouble — Campagna
• 1993The Criminal Mind — Carlo Augustine
• 1992Live Wire — Mikhail Rashid
• 1992The Diamond Fleece
• Dark Shadows — Barnabas Collins
• 1991Eye of the Widow — Nassiri
• 1991She Stood Alone — William Lloyd Garrison
• 1989Nightlife — Vlad
• Tales from the Crypt — Benjamin A. Polosky
• 1989The Jeweller's Shop — Stephane
• Twist of Fate — Benjamin Grossman
• 1988Paperhouse — Dad
• 1988Steal the Sky — Munir Redfa
• 1988The Unholy — Father Michael
• 1986Strong Medicine — Martin Taylor
• 1985Attention — Alberto
• 1985The Assisi Underground — Padre Rufino
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
• The Far Pavilions — Ashton Pelham-Martyn
• The Citadel — Dr. Andrew Manson
• 1982Coming Out of the Ice — Gen. Tuchachevsky
• 1982Life After Death — Simon
• 1981Chariots of Fire — Harold Abrahams
• The Flame Trees of Thika — Ian
• 1979The Winkler — Terry Jones
• Strangers — Nick Carmos
• 1977A Bridge Too Far — Trooper Binns
• The Professionals — Stuart
• Wessex Tales — Matthaus Tina
• 1972The Reprieve — Bolshevik
• Play for Today — Simon
• ITV Playhouse — Terry Jones
• Liberty — Dr. Boucher

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2019Master of Dark Shadows — Self
• 1987The Grand Knockout Tournament — Self