well if you know Chariots of Fire at all, you know that what you heard was the eulogy in the first scene that 'Harold Abrahams' gave for 'Eric Liddell', which means that the actor was Ben Cross, who played 'Sarek' in Star Trek this year. It's a good thing that the movie involved time travel, as Cross is 16 years younger than his 'son' Nimoy.