Ben Cross (December 16, 1947 to August 18, 2020; 76 years old) was a British actor of stage and screen, known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and playing Billy Flynn in the original West End production of the musical Chicago.
Cross played Ikey Solomon in the Australian production The Potato Factory in 2000. In 2005, Cross, an anti-death penalty campaigner, starred as a death-row prisoner in Bruce Graham's play Coyote on a Fence, at the Duchess Theatre. He played Rudolf Hess in the 2006 BBC production Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial. In November 2007, Cross was cast in the role of Sarek, in the 2009 Star Trek film directed and produced by J.J. Abrams. He also worked on Tales from the Crypt, The Citadel, Banshee and Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja.
He was the voice of Dr. Mindstrong in Space Heroes, Leonardo's favorite show in the 2012 TV series.