Charlie Hunnam

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Charlie Hunnam at the Berlinale 2017

Charles Matthew "Charlie" Hunnam (born April 10, 1980 in Newcastle upon Tyne , England ) is a British actor .

Life

Charlie Hunnam, the second oldest of four brothers, had some guest appearances on the British series Byker Grove (1989) at the age of nine .

His first successful television role was that of Nathan Maloney in the original series Queer as Folk (1999-2000). Independent films, TV series and auditions for blockbusters like Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones followed, but it was not until 2002 that Hunnam was able to attract attention in the cinema alongside Katie Holmes in the film Abandon . In the same year, Hunnam played the title role of Nicholas Nickleby in the Charles Dickens film adaptation Nicholas Nickleby alongside Anne Hathaway , which made him known worldwide. He was now considered the embodiment of the idealist and broke with this image with the film Unterwegs nach Cold Mountain (2003) alongside Nicole Kidman and Jude Law . In the 2005 film Hooligans , he played alongside Elijah Wood as the leader of a hooligan group , Pete Dunham .

In 2008 he returned to the television screen in the lead role of Jackson "Jax" Teller in the US series Sons of Anarchy on the American broadcaster FX . By 2014, seven seasons (92 episodes) of the series about the antiheroes of the biker club Sons of Anarchy were produced and broadcast in the USA.

The filming of the film drama Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur (German King Arthur: Legend of the Sword ) took place from March to July 2015 in Wales and Scotland. The film was due to hit theaters in July 2016, but wasn't shown until May 2017. The shooting of the film , the lost city of Z (The Lost City of Z) found from August to October 2015, Ireland , England and Colombia instead.

Charlie Hunnam was married to actress Katharine Towne from 1999 to 2002 .

Career

Early work

Hunnam was discovered in a shoe store on Christmas Eve at the age of 17 buying shoes for his brother. A production manager for the Newcastle-based children's show Byker Grove approached Hunnam, who was later cast in his first role as Jason in three episodes of the show. He also had a brief modeling career where he did a photo shoot for Kangols Caps and then decided that modeling wasn't for him. Hunnam's first lead role came at the age of 18 when he was cast by Russell T. Davies as a 15-year-old student Nathan Maloney in Davies' Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk.

This was followed by his role as Daz in Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999) and then moved to the United States.

His career expanded to include a recurring role as Gregor Ryder in the WB series Young Americans. He then appeared in the short-lived Fox series Undeclared as an English drama student named Lloyd Haythe. Despite all the criticism, the series was canceled after one season. Hunnam then appeared on the big screen in Abandon (2002), Nicholas Nickleby (2002) and Cold Mountain (2003).

Hunnam has stated that he doesn't want to just take on any role that is offered by saying, "I have 60 years to make the money, but the choices I make over the next five years will be my career really determine ".

That decision led to his return to the UK to star Pete Dunham in Green Street (2005); however, his attempt to provide a Cockney accent resulted in his inclusion on the list of "worst accents in film history" for many critics.

Hunnam said his role as Patric, a member of "The Fishes" in Children of Men (2006), was the final installment in his "Trilogy of the Crazy".

"I played the psycho in Cold Mountain, my character in Green Street Hooligan is pretty psychotic and now I have that role."

2013 - today

Hunnam played as Raleigh Becket in Guillermo del Toro's science fiction film Pacific Rim , which opened in July 2013 and grossed $ 411 million worldwide. On September 2, 2013, it was announced that Hunnam would play the lead role of Christian Gray in the film adaptation of EL James' novel Fifty Shades of Gray . However, on October 12, 2013, Universal Pictures announced that Hunnam had withdrawn from the film due to conflicts with the schedule of his series Sons of Anarchy .

On June 2, 2014, Hunnam received the Huading Award for Best Global Young Actor for his role as Raleigh in Pacific Rim. Hunnam reunited with del Toro in the horror film Crimson Peak , alongside Mia Wasikowska , Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain . The film began in February 2014 and was released on October 16, 2015.

Hunnam played as geographer Percy Fawcett in James Gray's adventure drama The Lost City of Z , filmed from August - October 2015, premiered at the 2016 New York Film Festival , and was released in April 2017. Hunnam also starred in Guy Ritchie's action-adventure film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which was filmed between March and July 2015 and released in May 2017. In September 2019 it was announced that Charlie Hunnam would play the lead role in the Shantaram series produced exclusively for Apple TV +. He embodies a fictional version of the Australian felon Gregory Roberts, who wrote the novel himself.

Filmography

Awards and nominations (selection)

Critics' Choice Television Award
Further

Web links

Commons : Charlie Hunnam  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charlie Hunnam 'Sons of Anarchy' Season 6 Interview . In: ShowbizJunkies . September 2, 2013 ( showbizjunkies.com [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Martin Chilton: Mel Gibson joins the worst Cockney accent film set . May 6, 2011, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Chronicle Live: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity gossip. Retrieved June 19, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Casting Call: Charlie Hunnam to Star in Guillermo del Toro's PACIFIC RIM; Amber Heard and Shiloh Fernandez Like SYRUP . In: Collider . May 9, 2011 ( collider.com [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Justin Kroll: Charlie Hunnam Falls Out of 'Fifty Shades of Gray' . In: Variety . October 12, 2013 ( variety.com [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Justin Kroll: Legendary, Universal Date Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak' for October 2015 . In: Variety . January 30, 2014 ( variety.com [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  7. ^ Robert Pattinson Spotted With Brad Pitt, While FKA Twigs Tries On Wedding Dresses . In: The Inquisitr . July 29, 2015 ( inquisitr.com [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro: Guy Ritchie's King Arthur Film Gallops To 2017; 'Lights Out' Set For Summer . In: Deadline . December 21, 2015 ( deadline.com [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  9. ↑ According to Sons of Anarchy: Charlie Hunnam becomes a real felon. In: Moviepilot.de. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hunnam, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunnam, Charles Matthew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle upon Tyne , England, UK