Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020), known professionally as Ben Cross, was an English stage and film actor, 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 film Star Trek.
Cross was also a director, writer, and musician. He wrote the music, screenplays, and articles for English-language publications, and wrote the lyrics for an album with Bulgarian singer Vasil Petrov, which was released in late 2007. He sang two Sinatra songs with Petrov in the Apollonia Festival at the Black Sea in September 2007.
