Charlie Hunnam

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Charlie Hunnam
Charlie Hunnam as Pete Dunham in Green Street (2005).
Birth name	Charles Matthew Hunnam
Born	April 10, 1980 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Spouse(s)	Katharine Towne 1999–2002
Notable roles	Nathan Maloney in Queer as Folk Lloyd Haythe in Undeclared Pete Dunham in Green Street

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

1 Career
2 Filmography
3 Trivia
4 Footnotes
5 External links

[edit] Career

Hunnam's first major role was as Nathan Maloney in the Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk (1999). Immediately following his role in Queer as folk came the role as the young anarchist Daz in the British film Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999) – on the completion of both projects Hunnam relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue his acting career.

His career then expanded to include a recurring role as Gregor Ryder in a TV Series for The WB Network called Young Americans (2000). He then appeared in the much loved yet short lived FOX series Undeclared (2002) as the cocky British drama student Lloyd Haythe. The series was cancelled after only one season – many believe that this is because of the network continually changing the time slot for the show.

Following Undeclared, Hunnam then appeared in a selection of films: Abandon (2002) and the film adaptations of Nicholas Nickleby (2002) and Cold Mountain (2003).

A personal decision to concentrate on films he wholeheartedly believed in resulted in his return to the United Kingdom to take the lead as Pete Dunham in Green Street (also known as Green Street Hooligans, Hooligans and The Yank) (2005).

His most recent role was Patric – a member of the "The Fishes" – in Children of Men (2006) directed by Alfonso Cuarón. It is a film adaptation of the P.D. James novel of the same title.

Hunnam seems to have been able to avoid being typecast as a hunk by playing various kinds of roles such as villainous psychopaths in both Cold Mountain (2003) and Children of Men (2006).

[edit] Filmography

Beast of Bataan (2007) (unconfirmed) .... Major John Skeen^[1]
Memoirs of Hadrian (2007) (unconfirmed) .... Antinous^[2]
Children of Men (2006) .... Patric
Green Street (also known as Green Street Hooligans, Hooligans and The Yank). (2005) .... Pete Dunham
Cold Mountain (2003) .... Bosie
Nicholas Nickleby (2002) .... Nicholas Nickleby
Abandon (2002) .... Embry Larkin
Undeclared (2001-2002) (TV) .... Lloyd Haythe
Young Americans (2000) (TV) .... Gregor Ryder
- Episode entitled: "Free Will"
- Episode entitled: "Gone"
- Episode entitled: "Kiss and Tell"
Queer as Folk 2 (2000) (TV) .... Nathan Maloney
My Wonderful Life (1997) (TV) .... Wes (unknown episodes, 1999)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999) .... Daz
Queer as Folk (1999) (TV) .... Nathan Maloney
Microsoap (1998) (TV) .... Brad
Byker Grove (1989)(TV) .... Unknown

[edit] Trivia

Married to American actress Katharine Towne from 1999 to 2002.

Hunnam states the character of Patric in the movie Children of Men was the final part in his "trilogy of mad men" ""I played the psycho in Cold Mountain, my character in Green Street is fairly psychotic and now I've got this role."^[3]

Does not wish to simply take any role that he is offered "I have 60 years to make the money, but the choices I make in the next five years are really going to define my career."^[4]