Ben Cross, ‘Chariots of Fire’ and ‘Star Trek’ actor, dead at 72
In 1995, Cross starred as the villain Prince Malagant opposite Richard Gere, Sean Connery and Julia Ormond in Columbia Pictures’ action-adventure pic “First Knight,” and in 2007, he was cast in the role of Sarek in the then-new “Star Trek” film directed and produced by JJ Abrams.Among recent performances were The CW series “Pandora” and the 2018 action movie “The Hurricane Heist.” The actor wrapped his last role as Cardinal Mathews in the Lionsgate horror film “The Devil’s Light” only 10 days ago.In post-production is the Netflix romance “Last Letter from Your Lover,” in which Cross starred with Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn and Callum Turner.