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. Other film credits include Anna Madden's father in Paperhouse (1988), Prince Malagant in First Knight (1995), Captain Samuel Bowen in Turbulence (1997) and Sheriff Jimmy Dixon in The Hurricane Heist (2018) He's also best remembered for voicing The Sorcerer in the second season of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, replacing Tim Curry. Cross died of cancer in Vienna on 18 August 2020, aged 72. He had recently finished two films, Prey for the Devil and The Last Letter from Your Lover, which were released posthumously.