Charles Matthew "Charlie" Hunnam was born in Newcastle, England on 10 April 1980 and he is also the ex-son-in-law of Robert Towne and Julie Payne. Charlie Hunnam said that growing up, his favorite actors were Academy Award winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn.
Discovered while he was in a shoe shop by a production manager for the British Children's show Byker Grove, Charlie Hunnam was cast in his first role as the long-locked child model "Jason" in three episodes of the T.V. show. His first major role came soon after as Nathan Maloney in the Channel 4 drama “Queer as Folk”. He followed this up with his role as "Daz" in the British film “Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?”. Upon completion of both projects, Charlie Hunnam relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue his acti
ng career.
He had a role as Gregor Ryder in a T.V. Series for The WB Network called “Young Americans” and then appeared in the short-lived Fox series “Undeclared” as the British drama student Lloyd Haythe. The series was a success and was cancelled after only one season. Then he appeared in “Abandon”, “Nicholas Nickleby” in 2002, and “Cold Mountain”.
In 2009, Charlie Hunnam sold his screenplay named “Vlad” to Summit Entertainment with Brad Pitt's Plan B Studios co-producing. The movie was been directed by music video director and photographer Anthony Mandler and will focus on “Dracula” as a young prince.
In 2010, Charlie Hunnam participated in both “The Last Full Measure”, a film starring Robert Duvall, Bruce Willis, and Morgan Freeman as well as “The Ledge”, a complicated love story with themes of religious faith co-starring Evan Rachel Wood, Peter Sarsgaard, and Terrence Howard.
Why is Charlie Hunnam famous?
Charlie Hunnam is an English actor and he is perhaps known to UK audiences as Pete Dunham in “Green Street” and as Nathan Maloney in the Channel 4 hit drama “Queer as Folk” and to US audiences as Jackson "Jax" Teller in the FX network series, “Sons of Anarchy”.
Why do we like Charlie Hunnam?
Charlie Hunnam was voted nr.9 in Elle Girl's top 100 sexiest men in 2005.