Long careers are rarer than they look, and Ben Cross has become a familiar face whose work covers more eras of the industry than most. Drama is where the largest part of the work sits. Work has kept arriving for 54 years, which is its own kind of achievement. Ask a viewer to place Ben Cross and the answer usually comes back 'Star Trek'. 'Jarhead: Law of Return' is a second title with real reach. The first credits arrived long before the title most people know.
Ben Cross
72 years (Dec 16, 1947 – Aug 18, 2020)London, England, UK
45 Movies24 Series
Long careers are rarer than they look, and Ben Cross has become a familiar face whose work covers more eras of the industry than most. Drama is where the largest part of the work sits. Work has kept arriving for 54 years, which is its own kind of achievement. Ask a viewer to place Ben Cross and the answer usually comes back 'Star Trek'. 'Jarhead: Law of Return' is a second title with real reach. The first credits arrived long before the title most people know.
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.