Ioan Gruffudd Warns Fans After Marvel Star’s Distressing Fan Claim
Fantastic Four actor Ioan Gruffudd, 53, said a woman told him at a convention she believed she had been in a relationship with him for over a year. He says someone posing as him sent her explicit AI images, and he has reported it to police.
Fantastic Four actor Ioan Gruffudd warned followers on Instagram on Monday that a fan had been scammed by someone impersonating him, in what he called a Marvel star's distressing fan encounter involving AI-generated images. The 53-year-old said the woman believed she had been in a relationship with him for over a year.
Gruffudd said "something incredibly distressing and disturbing" had been brought to his attention.
What Gruffudd said happened
"A woman came to a convention I was recently attending and she was under the impression that she was in an extramarital relationship with me for over a year," the married actor wrote in his statement.
He said she showed him hundreds of AI images and videos that someone claiming to be him had sent her. "The images were explicit and disturbing," he wrote.
Gruffudd said the unnamed woman was targeted on a social media page. The person sent her a mobile number and asked her to communicate via Telegram, the messaging app. The impostor then sent AI images and videos to "prove" it was him, he said.
His warning to followers
The actor urged followers not to engage with, or send money to, anyone claiming to be him. He named his only official page as @ioangruffudd.
"If you believe you are speaking to me via message, telegram, any social media pages that aren't this page (@ioangruffudd), or any other means, this is not me," he wrote.
He added that he never gives out his cell number to people he does not personally know. He asked fans to ignore and block anyone who claims to be him.
Gruffudd advised anyone who has been targeted to file a police report. He said he had made a police claim himself and publicly shared the mobile number the apparent scammer used.
Background
Gruffudd is married to Australian actress and producer Bianca Wallace. They married in April 2025 and welcomed a daughter, Mila, in November 2025. He also has two daughters, Ella and Elsie, from a previous marriage.
His last public appearance was at a US fan convention over the weekend, where autograph and photograph sessions were offered. It has not been confirmed whether that was the convention where the woman approached him.
