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Charlie Cox Born 15 December 1982
London, England, UKOccupation Actor Years active 2002–present Charlie Cox (born 15 December 1982) is an English actor.
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Life and career
Cox, the youngest of five children, was born in London, England and raised in East Sussex, the son of Trisha and Andrew, who is a publisher.[1][2] He was raised Roman Catholic.[3]
Cox was educated at two independent schools: at Ashdown House in the village of Forest Row in East Sussex in Southern England, and Sherborne School in the market town of Sherborne in Dorset, in South West England. He later trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the city of Bristol, also in South West England.
Cox played the role of Tristan Thorne in the 2007 movie Stardust. He was next seen in the 2008 film Stone of Destiny in which he played Ian Hamilton. He made his West End debut in a double bill of Harold Pinter's The Lover & The Collection at the Comedy Theatre in London, and in the same year played the Duke of Crowborough in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey. He also appeared in Kleist's The Prince of Homburg, playing the title role, at the Donmar Warehouse in London in 2010. He played the part of St. Josemaría Escrivá in the 2011 Roland Joffé film There Be Dragons. Also in 2011, Cox signed on to play a recurring role in the second season of the Martin Scorsese-produced HBO original series Boardwalk Empire as an Irish immigrant with possible ties to the IRA.[4][5]
Filmography
- Judge John Deed (2002) guest starring as Young Vicar
- dot the i (2003) as Theo
- Things To Do Before You're 30 (2004) as Danny
- The Merchant of Venice (2004) as Lorenzo
- Casanova (2005) as Giovanni
- Lewis (2006) as Danny
- A for Andromeda (2006) as Dennis Bridger
- Tirante el Blanco (2006) as Diafebus
- Stardust (2007) as Tristan Thorne
- Stone of Destiny (2008) as Ian Hamilton
- Glorious 39 (2009) as Lawrence
- Moby Dick (2010) as Ishmael
- Downton Abbey (2010) as Duke of Crowborough
- There Be Dragons (2011) as Josemaría Escrivá
- Boardwalk Empire (2011) as Owen Slater
References
- ^ "Charlie Cox: Star turn". The Independent (London). 29 January 2008. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/features/charlie-cox-star-turn-775098.html.
- ^ Hardy, Rebecca (11 October 2007). "Fantasy movie sprinkles unknown actor in Stardust". Daily Mail (UK). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=487149&in_page_id=1879. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
- ^ "British actors line up for film about life of Opus Dei founder". Catholic Herald. 4 September 2009. http://www.archive.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000632.shtml. Retrieved 20 June 2010. "St Josemaria is played by the English actor Charlie Cox, who is a Catholic. "I've been brought up a Catholic.""
- ^ Marty Shaw (1 February 2011). "Charlie Cox Joins The Boardwalk Empire". BSC. http://www.bscreview.com/2011/02/charlie-cox-joins-the-boardwalk-empire/. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "TV CASTINGS: Teri Polo, Darrell Hammond Book Pilots, 'Boardwalk' Adds A Recurring". Deadline.com. 31 January 2011. http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/tv-castings-teri-polo-darrell-hammond-book-pilots-boardwalk-adds-a-recurring/. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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Categories:- 1982 births
- Actors from London
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Living people
- Old Shirburnians
- English Roman Catholics
- English screen actor stubs
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