Sam Claflin is an English actor, born in Ipswich, England, to financial officer Mark J. Claflin and classroom assistant Susan A. (Clarke).
He had a passion for football as a youth and frequently visited Norwich City, his favorite team. He had a passion for football as a youth and frequently visited Norwich City, his favorite team. He was a gifted football player who represented Norwich schools both at the city and county levels.
However, he gave up on that dream when he broke his ankles at the age of 16.
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The English actor started studying arts, and a teacher from Costessey High School urged him to study acting after seeing him in a school play and being impressed.
He became a member of the neighborhood youth group at Norwich’s Theater Royal before enrolling at LAMDA drama school in 2006 and earning a three-year acting degree in 2009.
He is the third oldest of four sons; his older brothers Dan and Ben are not actors, but his younger brother Joe Claflin started studying acting at the same theater school in 2009 and is currently pursuing a three-year degree there as well.
Claflin made his movie debut in 2010 in two critically acclaimed series, The Pillars of the Earth (2010) and Any Human Heart (2010).
In United, he made his acting debut as footballer Duncan Edwards, one of the “Busby Babes” (2011).
After that, Clafin caught the attention of cinema-goers across the world when he was cast as Philip in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011).
