John Beales in Black Hawk Down (2001). However, he is probably best known for playing the role of Horatio Hornblower in Hornblower, the British made-for-TV films (1998-2003) based on C. S. Forester’s novels. Gruffudd was raised in a Protestant non-conformist household. The popular Welsh name “Ioan” is an equivalent of “John”, and “Gruffudd” corresponds to the Anglicised “Griffith”.
