Ioan Gruffudd was born 6 October 1973 and is a Welsh actor who first came to public attention as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in James Cameron's Titanic (1997).
In an anecdote from the film's historical advisor, Don Lynch, "Ioan Gruffudd's stand-in for the movie was a speaker at several Titanic Historical Society events. Gruffudd injured his arm during filming, and when you see him holding the flashlight in the lifeboat there is actually a brace holding it in place."