Charlie Hunnam is an 41 year old actor born and bought up in England, He is an Actor, Producer and writer who predominantly known to have worked in movies like “King Arthur: Legend of the sword (2017)” and most recently he is well known to have played ‘Charlie Waldo’ in “Last Looks (2021)”, here’s the detailed biography on British actor Charlie Hunnam read more to know about him here below.

Charlie Hunnam Biography
Real Name | Charles Matthew Hunnam |
Nicknames | Charlie |
Professions | Actor + Producer + Writer |
Date of Birth | 10 April 1980 |
Age | 41 years as of 2022 |
Birth Place | Newcastle Upon Tyne, England |
Religion | Christianity |
Hometown | United Kingdom |
School | Heaton Manor School, Newcastle, England Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Cumbria, England Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Cumbria, England |
Qualification | Graduate |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Charlie Hunnam also known by his real name Charles Matthew Hunnam was born on 10 April 1980 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, he is a very talented and good looking actors in English film industry. Charlie was very fond of acting since young age, at the age of 18 however he entered the film industry through some agent where he got the chance to play ‘Brad’ in an British made teen series Microsoap in year 1999.
Now the 41 year old actor Charlie Hunnam is an reputed british actor known to have worked in multiple movies and tv series of which he was very much appreciated and liked for playing lead roles in movies like “King Arthur: Legend of the sword”, “Pacific Rim” and “Children of men”.
In the year 1980 he was born to a lovely couple William Hunnam (a Gangster) and Jane Hunnam (Businesswoman), he was the second and younger biological child for the couple.
For his remarkable acting skills in many different movies of various genres he is also been awarded with “Male star of the year”, and “Best global emerging actor” by ‘CinemaCon award’ and ‘Huading award’ repectively.
Charlie Hunnam Education
British actor Charlie Hunnam was born on 10 April 1980 to William Hunnam and Jane Hunnam, apparently he is the second biological son for his parents and he also has an elder brother and two younger step brothers. However his elder brother is named after his father ‘William Hunnam’ and details on his two younger step brothers is still unknown.
Charlie Hunnam did not have the privilege to live with his father due to the separation of their parents after a short period of time after his birth, after his parents separation he chose to be with his mother who very well took care and successfully managed to bought up a new era superstar.
His childhood was spent in the streets of Newcastle Upon Tyne in England where he completed his schooling in Heaton Manor School, Newcastle, England. During this time his mother Jane married to an another man and moved to Cumbria, England alongwith her son Charlie Hunnam where he continued his education in Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Cumbria, England.
He was then expelled from Elizabeth Grammar school and made him to gave exams from his home and then he was later associated with Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Cumbria, England where he graduated with a degree in history and theory of film.
Charlie Hunnam Career
At the age of 17, he made his debut in film industry where he got the golden chance to play as ‘Jason’ in one of the episodes of British teen drama tv series “Byker Grove”, he was spotted in an shoe store on Christmas Eve by the production manager of this series and eventually gave a breakthrough for the actor.
The role in that tv series did not get him the amount of success and fame that he had thought off, so later in that year when he grew up and aged 18 he made himself into an British Children sitcom “Microsoap” through an external agent. Where he got the chance to play the role of Brad.
With an tremendous performance in “Microsoap” tv series which had got him the required amount of fame he was later casted as the lead role in an another british tv series “Queer as Folk”, where he could be seen playing the 15 year old teenager named ‘Nathan Maloney’.
The fame that he was waiting for such a long time to get he immediately received all of it after playing Nathan Maloney character in “Queer as Folk”, where his role was like a homosexual teenager which also made him the role model of many teenager and also recorded the highest rated tv series of channel 4 at that time.
Now at that moment due to his wide popularity in United Kingdom and throughout the world mainly in USA his next project was in USA so he immediately thought of moving to LA, USA where he started filming hi next project “Young Americans” which is an American drama tv series created by ‘Steven Antin’, where he played Gregor Rider in some of the episodes of this series.
British actor Charlie Hunnam made his debut in year 2002 in an American Thriller-Mystery film Abandon (2002) where he played role of ‘Embry Larkin’. Later, after this movie he emerged as the global star and role model in the youth in USA and all over the world.
Charlie Hunnam movies
Year | Title | Director | Role |
2002 | Abondon | Stephen Gaghan | Embry Larkin |
2003 | Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | Bosie |
2005 | Green Street Hooligans | Lexi Alenxander | Pete Dunham |
2006 | Children of men | Alfonso Cuaron | Patric |
2011 | The Ledge | Matthew Chapman | Gavin Nichols |
2013 | Pacific Rim | Raleigh Becket | Guillermo del Toro |
2016 | The lost city of Z | James Gray | Percy Fawcett |
2017 | King Arthur: Legend of the sword | Guy Ritchie | Arthut |
2018 | A million little pieces | Sam taylor Johnson | Bob Jr. |
2019 | The Gentleman | Guy Ritchie | Ray |
2021 | Last Looks | Tim Kirkby | Charlie Waldo |