Edward Speleers

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Edward "Ed" John Speleers (born April 7, 1988 in Chichester , West Sussex , England ) is a British film actor . He became known in 2006 for his portrayal of Eragon in the fantasy film Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders .

Ed Speleers at Comic-Con in 2006

Life

Edward John Speleers (often called Ed) is the youngest child of John Speleers, who is a financial advisor. His mother Gill lives in Spain . Speelers has two older half-brothers. His parents divorced when he was 3 years old. Until 2006 he attended Eastbourne College .

As early as 2005, Speleers tried to become the leading actor in a fantasy film, but when auditioning for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia, he was defeated by Jaxin Hall and William Moseley . A year later he was more successful and was selected from 180,000 candidates for the role of Eragon , the main and title hero of the fantasy film Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders . Speleers only had acting experience through school performances. For example, he was in the school theater plays A Midsummer Night's Dream , End Station Sehnsucht , Richard III. and Hamlet active.

An article in The Sun magazine on January 29, 2007 caused great horror, especially among British fans . In it, a photographer shot Ed Speleers on a construction site while the then 18-year-old was busy working a wall covered with snow and ice with a hammer and chisel. Although his management did not elaborate on it, there has been speculation that after his debut as Eragon , Ed received no further film offers and his career as an actor was over. Only his grandfather denied the rumors and said that Ed was reading scripts sent to him, still giving interviews and that the construction job should only last a few weeks.

Since March 2010 Speleers has been an ambassador for YouthNet, a site that offers young people help and advice. In 2011 and 2013 he took part in the Virgin London Marathon to raise funds for YouthNet. In 2011 Speleers starred alongside Melissa George in the thriller A Lonely Place to Die - Highlands Death Trap . He also took on the leading role in the short film Deathless , and in 2010 in the TV film Witches - The Last Battle of the Templars . In 2012 he played the lead role of Jamies in the comedy Love Bite - Nothing is safer than sex . The following year Speleers starred in the short film Turncoat with Stephen McCole . In 2014 he was engaged again by director Julian Gilbey for a role after A Lonely Place to Die - Death Trap Highlands : He played the leading role of Sam in Gilbey's action crime comedy Plastic . In 2015 he starred in the lead role as train attendant Joe in the direct-to-video horror film Howl .

Speleers played the surfer Jimmy Penwarden in the British television series Echo Beach . In the movie Little Birds , he played a gay youth. From 2012 to 2014 he played the lead role of Jimmy Kent in the Golden Globe , Emmy and BAFTA TV series Downton Abbey . In 2015 he played the supporting role of Edward Seymours in the television series Wolves developed by BBC Two . The adaptation of the book of the same name by the British writer Hilary Mantel deals with the story of Henry VIII. In 2016 the series was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series and a year earlier it received 8 Emmy nominations, but without winning a single one. In the same year, he also played a supporting role in the British television series Partners in Crime , which is two crime novels by Agatha Christie . He was also part of the main cast of the British television series Beowulf in 2016 . In mid-October 2017, he confirmed that he would play the role of pirate Stephen Bonnet in the fourth season of Outlander , which is based on the novel The Call of the Drum by Diana Gabaldon .

Ed Speleers is married and had a son in early February 2015.

Filmography (selection)

Award

Speleers was nominated for the Saturn Award 2007 in the category Best Young Actor in a Feature Film for his role in Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Speleers in an interview
  2. ↑ Speleer's biography
  3. ^ From top billing to top building
  4. ↑ Ed Speleers is an ambassador for YouthNet ( memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.youthnet.org
  5. ↑ Ed Speleers takes part in the Virgin London Marathon ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.youthnet.org
  6. ↑ Downton Abbey Star Ed Speleers is A New Father
personal data
SURNAME Speleers, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Speleers, Edward John (full name); Speleers, Ed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Chichester , England