One of the hundred sexiest men in the world according to Elle magazine, a favorite of girls and just a talented actor - all this is Charlie Hunnam. His career in film and television began quite early, and every year his popularity is gaining more and more growth.
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The actor is originally from the UK - it was there in Newcastle upon Tyne that he was born on April 10, 1980. I got on TV screens by pure chance, stumbling upon casting agents in a store. He was invited to play an episodic role in the series "Biker Grove". And already in 1999, at the age of 19, he starred in the rather scandalous project "Close Friends" as a teenager with a non-traditional sexual orientation. The series caused a lot of noise in the audience and was discussed for a long time, which probably “threw” the guy on a wave of popularity, and since 2000, Charlie Hunnam has already begun to conquer America and Hollywood. The first work on television was the series "Young Americans" (2002), and then "Undecided", which, however, was not successful with the audience. In 2003, he participates, along with already eminent Hollywood stars (N. Kidman, R. Zellweger), in the film Cold Mountain.
One day, Charlie said that he did not want to grab the first role that came across solely for the sake of money; he said he had at least 60 years ahead of him to make money, with the next five years defining his career. No sooner said than done. Now he is filming with eminent directors in the most rated projects.
Charlie Hunnam: personal life
A new stage of life with the United States was marked not only by promising work, but also by an early marriage to They met on auditions for the TV series Dawson's Creek and both did not get there, but family life lasted three years. Charlie Hunnam has never made a secret of his personal life with seven seals, and in frank interviews with reporters he admits that he has "scars all over his heart."
In the past seven years, the actor has settled down and is in a relationship with Morgana McNelis (pictured). The girl is engaged in jewelry design and, by the way, also starred in several films, albeit short ones. Despite the idyll reigning in their relationship, the actor is in no hurry to tie the knot.
Charlie Hunnam, whose filmography is not so great (quality is still better than quantity), has established himself as a versatile and talented actor. We offer you some of his most interesting works in film and television.
"Hooligans"
Returning to his homeland from Hollywood, Charlie took off and immediately starred in one of the most successful films of the year, along with Elijah Wood. The plot of the tape revolves around teenage maximalism and what shape it can sometimes take. A Harvard student who could have become a journalist is expelled for a crime not his fault. A promising future and a good career are going downhill. In search of solace and shelter, he travels to his sister. There, with the light hand of her husband's brother, he discovers the world of football and blind fanaticism. He finds new friends and new troubles...
The series "Sons of Anarchy"
One of America's most successful series, which lasted seven seasons (2008-2014) and earned not only the love of the audience, but also good reviews from critics, as well as awards. One of the main roles is played by Charlie Hunnam. The filmography of the actor this time was replenished with a project in the genre of crime drama. He appears before the viewer as the young leader of the biker club. They are doing their best to protect and protect their hometown from drugs and any harmful influence from the outside, but at the same time they themselves trade in weapons. The hero of Ch. Hunnam doubts the correctness of the chosen path and attempts to change something in his life, but not everyone is happy about this.
"The Price of Passion"
In 2011, Charlie Hunnam tries himself in a dramatic thriller, where Liv Tyler became his partner in the film. According to the plot, officer H. Luchetti has been working in the police for many years and has saved more than one life. He persuades the suicides to abandon the jump at the last moment. However, this time things didn't go the way they always did. He will have to learn not only the story of breathtaking love, but also the price at which everyone will pay for it.
"Pacific Rim"
A deadly threat hung over the future of mankind: from the very abyss of the ocean, armies of monsters called kaiju come out onto land. They bring destruction and millions of deaths with them. To combat them, scientists have invented special robots controlled from the inside by people. The interaction of a living organism and a machine is based on a subtle neural connection. It is they who will defend the right of mankind to life.
Charlie Hunnam (the photo is in the article) can rightly be proud of the work of one of the most famous directors of this genre, Guillermo del Toro, and among the fans there are already rumors about the continuation of the fantastic action movie. However, the collaboration between Toro and Hunnam did not end there, and in 2015 the actor starred in a new thriller, Crimson Peak. Well, in July 2016, all fans will see the release of the film "Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur", where he plays the future ruler of England.
Charlie Hunnam's talent is multifaceted, and this is confirmed by the professionalism with which he plays the most diverse roles.
brief information
Date of Birth : 10.04.1980
Place of Birth: Newcastle, England, UK
His career began from the moment when he was just walking through a shoe store in his hometown of Newcastle and met agents. He was invited to star in the BBC series Byker Grove (Byker Grove) in the role of a recurring long-haired model. After this series, Charlie played in the BBC's teen series Microsoap, followed by his starring role in the Channel 4 television series Intimate Friends in 1999.
Throughout the eight-episode film about gay life, Hunnam portrayed Nathan (the main character) from a modest, inquisitive and innocent guy to a determined and self-confident playboy. In 2000, Charlie reprized the role in the two-hour sequel Close Friends 2. The role of Nathan has become a kind of model for young homosexuals. And the influence of this series has spread so widely that the young actor was invited to take part in a parliamentary debate on the discussion of Britain's discriminatory law on the age of majority.
In 2000, Hunnam made his debut in the American teen drama series Young Americans on The WB, where he played a recurring character. He then landed a recurring role on the Fox sitcom Undeclared, a college drama series based on the earlier short series Freaks and Geeks.
Like its predecessor, The Unrecognized was based on well-thought-out details and well-formed characters. For example, Hunnam's character, Lloyd, the lead actor in the college theater studio, turned out to be a completely atypical character. Charlie's charm and smug demeanor have taken his character Lloyd to the extreme, and the series itself has gone far beyond typical teenage stereotypes.
The first film in which Hunnam starred was released in 1999 in the actor's homeland, and in 2001 was shown in theaters in America. It was the British comedy What Happened to Harold Smith? (Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?), in which Charlie played the role of a rock singer. Hunnam made his American film debut opposite Katie Holmes in the 2002 thriller Abandon, and at the end of the same year he starred in a feature drama based on Charles Dickens' novel of the same name, Nicholas Nickleby.
In 2003, Charlie appeared in another drama by Anthony Minghella, Cold Mountain, in which such famous Hollywood stars as Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renee Zellweger became his colleagues. Based on the novel by Charles Fraser, Cold Mountain is a film about the American Civil War.
As for the actor's personal life, Charlie already had experience of family life: from 1999 to 2002 he was married to Katarina Town, whom they met during the filming of The Unrecognized.
Filmography
1999 What happened to Harold Smith? (film) Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Daz
1999 Close Friends (TV series) Queer as Folk Nathan Maloney
2000 Close Friends - 2 (TV) Queer as Folk Nathan Maloney
2000 with Young Americans (TV series) Young Americans Gregor Ryder
2001 with Undeclared Lloyd Haythe
2002 Abandoned (film) Abandon Embry Larkin
2002 Nicholas Nickleby (film) Nicholas Nickleby Nicholas Nickleby
2003 Cold Mountain (film) Cold Mountain Bosie
2005 Green Street Hooligans (film) Pete Dunham
2006 Child of Men (film) Children of Men Patric
2011 Stanford Prison Experiment William H. Pitsenbarger
2010 Last Frontier (film) Last Full Measure
2008-2011 with Children of Anarchy Sons of Anarch Jackson "Jax" Teller
2012 Blackbird Jay
2013 Pacific Rim
The career of this Briton is actively gaining momentum. From an actor with a baggage of mediocre roles, Charlie Hunnam, for several years of fruitful work, has climbed into the top of the most promising and in demand, and all thanks to his selectivity to characters and scripts. In Charlie's piggy bank for a rather long acting life, there are only 18 roles, and not all of them can be called successful in terms of "working for the future." What is the secret of his popularity? Perhaps this is because Hunnam does not go against his inner self, and therefore he is a celebrity of the first magnitude.
Star dossier
The Newcastle Boy - Short Biography
Watching this self-confident and stately handsome man, one gets the impression that he is a minion of fate, born with a silver spoon in his mouth. In fact, Charlie Hunnam is an ordinary guy who, as a child, only dreamed of prosperity and a better life. Apparently, the universe is favorable to this handsome man with a radiant smile and a tempered character, but first things first.
Charlie was born in April 1980 in Newcastle. His father was a scrap metal dealer, and his mother had a small souvenir shop. Parents divorced when Charlie was two years old, but he always had a good relationship with his father and they talked until his death in 2014.
“My dad was the toughest guy I know, sometimes I feel like I play him in movies.”
After the divorce, my mother remarried only 10 years later and moved to the provincial Melmerby. Charlie has two younger brothers. Parents worked from morning to evening to feed their huge family. Funds were constantly lacking, so Charlie, being the second oldest offspring, began to earn money from an early age.
The actor recalls his youthful labors with a bitter smile. He knows how sheared sheep smell and how to harvest raspberries on an industrial scale.
As a child, Hunnam, like many children, loved to ride his bike through the streets of his native town and played rugby. On his bike, he was simply unstoppable and often got into accidents, and once cut his eyebrow so badly that he had to get several stitches in the hospital. The surgeon did not clean the wound well, so that Charlie had a few pebbles in his eyebrow, which for a long time caused him great discomfort. In general, the ordinary life of an ordinary teenager, but there is one thing. Charlie grew up in a harsh place where the guys constantly proved to each other who is stronger. So the actor knows firsthand about street fights.
And yet the guy was different from his peers. In adolescence, when his friends hung out after girls and measured fists, Charlie, running away from reality, disappeared at home, reviewing films. Even then, he had grandiose plans for his future, and the universe gave him a chance.
The desire to become an actor appeared in the boy at the age of eight, after watching the movie "Excalibur". Therefore, when Guy Ritchie launched a project about King Arthur, the actor realized that this was a sign from above.
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Hunnam had every chance to become a model. At the age of 16, Charlie was “lucky” to advertise Walls ice cream, and soon one of the little-known English brands invited him to participate in his campaign. Then he advertised hats from Kangol, but the modeling business did not attract the guy. After earning some money, he entered the University of Cumbria and completed a course in film theory and history.
Unlike most newcomers, Charlie did not go to auditions and did not send his portfolio to producers and directors. He was spotted by a casting agent in a supermarket on Christmas Eve. After a few drinks at the pub, Hunnam went shopping for Christmas presents an hour before the supermarket closed. He tried on sneakers and fooled around in front of the mirror. A woman was staring at Charlie, and he, in turn, winked at her and blew a kiss. It turned out that it was the casting director of the series "Biker Grove", so the guy got on television.
In the show Close Friends, 18-year-old Hunnam turned into a guy with a non-traditional sexual orientation, and this role made him famous in England
He appeared in several episodes of the show as a guest model. Then the aspiring actor was cast in the soap "My Wonderful Life". The next series literally glorified the young man. Charlie was selected for the role of a gay in the TV show "Close Friends". The project and the participation of the young actor in it were favorably appreciated by critics. Inspired by the first success, Charlie went to conquer Hollywood.
Unsuccessful start overseas
Hunnam is one of the few Hollywood actors of the new generation who is not chasing massive recognition from colleagues and multimillion-dollar fees. He rejected in batches the scripts that could have long elevated him to the rank of world celebrities, this list included "50 Shades of Gray" and "Game of Thrones", but first things first.
After a good start in his native Britain, Hunnam moved to Hollywood. Star Hills met the novice actor very cool. He took part in the TV shows "Young Americans" and "Undecided" and even appeared in the same company with Katie Holmes in the thriller "Abandoned", but these fruits of the acting profession did not bring Charlie any aesthetic or material satisfaction. Although, as Hunnam has repeatedly stated, he does not dream of fame and does not gravitate towards wealth, he just wants to live a life full of emotions, adventures, and that is what cinema gives him. 
Frame from the film "Abandoned"
In 2002, Hunnam first appeared on the screens as the main violin. Dixon's "Nicholas Nickleby" did not bring the actor the long-awaited recognition in the film industry, but the young man gained experience and real friends in the person of Anne Hathaway and Jamie Bell. In 2003, Charlie played a cameo role in the drama Cold Mountain.
As a result, after several years of hard work overseas, the Briton did not receive worthwhile offers from producers in Hollywood. In addition, he acquired a bunch of unnecessary fears, a feeling of complete dissatisfaction with himself and his acting skills. He decided to complete his wanderings in Hollywood, went to his native Britain and did not lose.
Hunnam is known for his picky roles even early in his career. He participated only in worthwhile, in his opinion, projects. The actor was broke, but did not take the job if the script did not captivate him. Charlie believes in his star, and he also believes that if you sacrifice something, but do not give up on a dream, it will definitely come true.
Through hardship to the stars
Charlie returned to his homeland and continued to look for the very script that he was completely imbued with. Such a project was found. The low-budget drama "Hooligans" became for the actor a breath of fresh air, which was necessary for his inner world and career. Charlie reincarnated as Peter Dunham, the desperate leader of the football fans of one of the clubs in Britain. The drama paid off at the box office, and directors noticed Hunnam's charisma. Of course, connoisseurs completely criticized his terrible Californian accent, but they saw huge potential in a blond guy with a sparkling look and a raised abs.
After arriving in Hollywood, Hunnam was very upset that he was not being cast as bad guys. At the castings, he was told that he was "too nice." Charlie did not know what to do and even decided to fight with someone on the set in one of the castings, but education took over, and Hunnam went to the gym to look more impressive. The actor gained weight and became the owner of seductive reliefs. Only after such reincarnations did the directors begin to see him as a tough guy.
In 2006, Hunnam auditioned for the drama Child of Men. The secondary hero performed by the British was immediately remembered by the audience. It was he who became the personification of the horror that threatened humanity. Despite a short stay on the set, the actor was lucky enough to take part in the film along with recognized Hollywood gurus Clive Owen, Michael Caine and Julianne Moore.
During a period when Charlie was out of work and almost lost his house due to being unable to pay his bills, he wrote and sold a script about Vlad the Impaler, the prototype of Dracula. Brad Pitt's production center became interested in the story.
son of anarchy
One of the right people who was impressed by the Brit's performance in Hooligans was screenwriter and director Kurt Sutter. He can rightfully be called the Hollywood father of Hunnam, because it was he who offered Charlie the role of Jax Teller in the mega-popular series Sons of Anarchy.
Surprisingly, Charlie Hunnam's wide popularity, at least in Europe and America, was brought not by a big movie, but by a TV show. In 2008, he was invited to audition for a series about bikers. The actor's creative dream came true, he was entrusted with the role of not a pretty boy, but a bad boy.
"Sons of Anarchy" is the series that made the Briton a star of the first magnitude. The TV show has been in the works for eight years. With each season, the hero Charlie Jacks Teller transformed and fought his inner demons.
Hunnam put all his acting skills into his character. As a result, the viewer saw not just a tough killer biker, but also a father, a loving husband, a man torn between duty to the brotherhood and his own feelings and desires. Hunnam showed such a flurry of conflicting emotions on the screens that it became clear to film critics that the range of his acting roles could be huge. The audience applauded the Briton, and the directors began to invite him to participate in new projects in big cinema.
Photo gallery: In the company of the acting family of "anarchists"
Kurt Sutter Becomes Hunnam's Hollywood Father
After a long day of shooting
After participating in the show, the actors became friends in everyday life.
On the set of "Sons", 2011
The audience of the show after the third season exceeded 5 million viewers
At the Season 7 premiere of "Sons"
In 2014, the seventh final season of the show was filmed. The actor admitted that the people on the set became a real family and transformed into friends, which is why it is very difficult for him to part with the series and the image of Jax Teller. Nevertheless, the show about bikers and the criminal world of the small town of Charming has become so popular that its creators have already launched a project about the Mayantsy motorcycle club, which also featured in the series Sons of Anarchy. So according to unconfirmed reports, Charlie Hunnam in the shell of Jax Teller will return to the screens.
Big cinema - filmography
Over the course of eight years of work on television, Hunnam managed to light up in a big movie. So the actor appeared in the complex drama "The Price of Passion". His partners on the set were Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson and Terrence Howard. The film received mixed reviews from critics as it touched on many deep themes - life and death, religious fanaticism and atheism, gay issues, adultery and many others. As a result, the picture got into the nominations at the Sundance festival.
In 2012, Hunnam took part in two projects - in the comedy "Frankie Makes a Rustle" and the thriller "Blackbird". As the actor himself admits, he is closer in spirit to dramatic cinema. Charlie does not see in himself the makings of a comedian, although in good company he is not averse to joking. This is probably why dramas predominate in his filmography. As for the thriller "Blackbird", it turned out to be very chaotic, despite the rather strong cast. Hunnam was accompanied on set by Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde. The film did not win much love among fans.
One of the first brilliant directors who noted the potential in the actor was the legendary Guillermo Del Toro. Hunnam's first attempt at collaboration was Hunnam's failed audition for the Hellboy project. When the director told Charlie about his new brainchild, Pacific Rim, the actor was so inspired that he could not sleep, drawing giant robots and monsters in his imagination. As a result, Hunnam reincarnated as the main character and helped prevent the on-screen apocalypse. The picture received average reviews from critics, but was favorably received by viewers around the world, especially Chinese fans liked it. As for Del Toro, he was so consumed by Hunnam's creative magnetism that he even talked him into playing a supporting character in his next project, Crimson Peak.
Guillermo Del Toro: “I am fascinated by Charlie Hunnam, he is a great actor, bright and kind guy. I would love it if my daughters brought someone like Charlie to our house as a boyfriend."
In 2013, it was announced that Hunnam had been cast as sadistic billionaire Christian Gray in the acclaimed 50 Shades of Grey franchise. The actor himself confirmed his participation in the project and even spoke about the palpable chemistry between him and Dakota Johnson, but after a few months he dropped out of it, which extremely upset the filmmakers. Nevertheless, many film industry experts believe that with this decision, Charlie did a great favor to his career by not putting a bullet on it. Today, it is not known for certain what caused the actor to refuse to participate in Shades. Hunnam stated that he left the cast for family reasons and because of the banal mismatch of filming schedules.
The actor wanted to participate in the sequel to the film "Pacific Rim", but due to lack of time, he abandoned this idea.
Not so long ago, the actor admitted that he is a germaphobe (germophobia is a panicky fear of germs). And all because as a child he received a psychological trauma - in the town where his family lived, an unknown infection spread, due to which a couple of children went blind. The fear remained with the actor to this day. That is why kissing in front of the camera is a real torture for him. The director of Sons of Anarchy doesn't think so. In an interview, he said that shooting intimate scenes with Charlie is a pleasure. The actor is as liberated as possible on the site, cheerful and always thinks about his partner. For Hunnam, intimate scenes are the choreography.
In 2016, Charlie Hunnam took part in the historical thriller about explorer Percy Fawcett, The Lost City of Z. The British lieutenant colonel and traveler was looking for an advanced civilization in the Amazon Delta. While trying to scientifically prove this fact, he and his eldest son disappeared in 1925. Director James Gray recreated the story and presented the film at the 2016 New York Film Festival. Critics greeted the film with applause. Hunnam got the lead role of Percy Fawcett. The actor called this film the best he has done in his career.
Filming took place in the Colombian jungle for five months. According to the director, at the end of the filming process, everyone went a little crazy, they were exhausted physically and mentally.
To get used to the role, Hunnam hardly spoke to anyone, except for moments on the set, and did not communicate with his common-law wife. Gray said that Charlie looked very unhappy and lonely, but diligently did everything that was said. In addition, in 8 weeks of filming, the actor lost 20 kg of weight, lightning knocked him down and an insect got into his ear, so this experience will be remembered by Hunnam for a lifetime.
King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword
One of the long-awaited premieres of 2017 was Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: The Sword. The original director entrusted the main role in it to Charlie Hunnam. In the process of creating fantasy, Guy and Charlie became true friends. Watching the communication of these two at the premiere of the picture, it is even difficult to imagine that Richie initially rejected Charlie's candidacy for the role of Arthur. The backstory about Hunnam's involvement with the project is that he found out about Guy's new film and responded immediately, but director Charlie's portfolio was unimpressed and his request was denied.
Hunnam is a purposeful guy - he bought a ticket to London, invited Richie for a cup of tea and told him about his vision of the role, and what he can bring to this image. The actor's perseverance won over Guy, and he gave Charlie a chance. Hunnam came to the audition and saw that Henry Cavill and Jai Courtney were applying for this role, but such rivalry only spurred the purposeful Briton.
The director was impressed with the actor's performance, but his physical form after The Lost City of Z and the final season of Sons was unimpressive. Richie was looking for a man who would put pressure on his opponent with his appearance, but Hunnam, who had lost a fair amount of his weight, could not boast of this. Charlie emerged victorious and in this situation, Richie offered to arrange a fist fight between the applicants for the main role, but Guy decided to avoid such extremes and gave the role to the self-confident Hunnam. In turn, he made a promise with Charlie that he would gain impressive muscle mass before filming began. The actor spent days on end doing fitness and carrying a barbell, and during the filming he did push-ups a thousand times a day. The result has been achieved.
The film was daring, as usual in Richie's style. Foreign critics smashed it to smithereens, which ensured low box office for the picture overseas, and the Russian audience took the picture very warmly. Whether the fantasy franchise will become a franchise is still unknown, but the fact that Hunnam is already in the star top of Hollywood actors is a fact.
Future projects
Mr. Hunnam's work has increased lately, but knowing his selectivity and approach to each role, it's hard to predict something. Rumors are spreading in the media about two projects in which the actor can take part - this is the continuation of the adventures of King Arthur and the TV series Mayants. Hunnam also agreed to be reincarnated as Green Arrow and James Bond if such offers were received.
As for real projects, only one has been announced so far - this is the drama "Moth". Remake of the 1973 film of the same name. The Briton will play a major role and reincarnate as prisoner safecracker Henry "Moth" Charrière. The film is currently in the post-production stage.
Awards
Actor Charlie Hunnam already has three awards in his piggy bank:
- In 2002, the US National Board of Film Critics Award in the nomination "Best Cast Ensemble".
- In 2014, he received the Huading Film Awards as the best actor of the year in international projects for the film Pacific Rim.
- In 2017, the CinemaCon Award critics named Hunnam the winner of the Male Star of the Year award.
The actor also has 8 nominations for various awards as part of the TV show Sons of Anarchy.
Charlie Hunnam, like the rest of the Anarchists, has had a strained relationship with the Emmys. Charlie even burst into swearing at her. As it turned out, critics of the award for some reason ignored the series "Sons of Anarchy" for eight years, which unspeakably upset Kurt Sutter, the creator of the show.
Charlie Hunnam as a model
The attractive appearance of the Briton and success in the world of cinema have turned him into a model in demand in the world of gloss. Charlie is regularly invited to adorn advertising campaigns for famous brands. In 2005, he was the face of Armani, advertising one of the collections of the fashion house. In 2014, the actor was invited to become the face of the Calvin Klein fragrance - Reveal. The partner of the sexy blonde was the model Doutzen Cruz.
REVEAL Calvin Klein Perfume Roller
The actor has repeatedly collaborated with Vouge, Mens Hills, Mr. porter. Charlie is constantly on the list of the sexiest men on the planet.
Photo gallery: Charlie Hunnam on glossy pages
I love you endlessly: the personal life of an actor
Charlie Hunnam, despite all his unbridled sexuality, which goes off scale and seeps through the screens, is very stable in his personal life, although at the age of 37 he has already been married and divorced.
The first love
Arriving in Los Angeles, the actor went to auditions for days on end. At an audition for Dawson's Creek, Charlie met Katherine, a charming blonde actress. Young people fell in love with each other to unconsciousness, and after three weeks of the novel they became legal spouses. The marriage lasted only three years. Gossips say that Catherine Town could not stand Hunnam's betrayals and simply left him. Charlie himself laughs off in an interview and admits that his wife was his first love, but three years of marriage were the most painful time in his life. Despite this fact, Katherine and Charlie are still friendly to this day.
Morgana McNelis
After the divorce, Charlie is credited with romances with Stella Parker, Rashida Jones and Sophie Dahl, but all these are fleeting affairs. But the jewelry designer Morgana McNelis managed to win the heart of the blonde. The history of the couple's acquaintance remains a secret to the public, but their romance has been going on for about twelve years.
Little is known about Charlie's beloved. She is the owner of her own jewelry brand, Maison de Morgana jewelry designs. Morgana is actively involved in charity, supporting veterans.
Morgana gave her lover a ring engraved with "I love you endlessly", and Charlie constantly wears it. So this fact indicates the seriousness of the relationship of both to each other.
A few years ago, young people moved to the suburbs of LA to their own ranch, acquired chickens, ducks, donkeys and ennobled their own garden. They eschew the Hollywood party, but their joint photos periodically flash on the gossip columns. Perhaps the decision to move came after McNelis was accused of illegally selling marijuana. This incident, not without the efforts of Hunnam, managed to make amends. Morgana got off with two days in prison, a suspended sentence and a fine of many thousands. Despite everything, young people remain devoted to each other.
The actor admitted that, as a real Californian, he already has a store of gold and a collection of weapons, and now his own autonomous farm, so if the apocalypse comes, he plans to survive.
After the popularity that hit Hunnam, it was not easy for his soulmate either. A group of fans constantly attacked Morgana on social networks and gave her a real persecution of insults. Charlie reacted immediately, reached out to inadequate fans through his Facebook fan page and asked him to stop attacking the person he loves infinitely. Hunnam revealed that he plans to spend another 60 years with his girlfriend.
Photo gallery: Love is a beautiful country
Charismatic actor Charlie Hunnam confidently climbs to the top of Hollywood, gets roles in box office films and TV shows, by the game in which the whole world recognizes him. Having reconciled with fame, the actor in life remains a modest and hardworking guy who loves loneliness and spits on the opinions of others. This blue-eyed Englishman is interesting for his simple and loyal character, as well as a conscious approach to developing his career.
Charlie was born in 1980 in the UK. The boy's parents divorced immediately after his birth, after which his mother remarried. Charlie has three brothers, he himself is the second oldest. He graduated with a profile in cinema and art. At a young age, he received an offer to become a professional model, but fate brought him to the cinema.
For the first time, Charlie got on TV screens at the age of 17, when, right on the street, he was accidentally met by the producers of the television series Biker Grove. Tall (Charlie's height was already 185 cm), bright, attractive and charismatic guy caught the eye of professionals. This filming was followed by another English series, after which Hunnam makes a serious bet on his film career and moves to Hollywood in search of his lucky star.
Movies and series
Even at an early stage of his acting career, Charlie came to the conclusion that projects for participation should be chosen very carefully, having carefully studied all the pros and cons. Hunnam quickly realized that the first roles would determine his entire future fate as an actor.
Despite his young age, he allowed himself to reject those roles that, according to his inner instinct, did not give him the opportunity to demonstrate all the facets of his talent. He really did not want to be a "hero of one role" and play one type of character all his life. In many ways, the actor was also hampered by the resemblance to the Australian actor. Of course, this type of actors will always be in demand in Hollywood, but Charlie still wanted to be an original, and not like a legendary colleague.
He takes on various projects in the US and UK. Charlie had roles in such successful projects as Hooligans, The Color of Passion (here she became his partner in the film) and Crimson Peak. The turning point in Hunnam's career was the invitation to the main role in the series "Sons of Anarchy", which became a real revelation among television projects of those years and therefore quickly won the love of viewers around the world.
Working on the series Sons of Anarchy presented Hunnam with a serious task - to gain impressive muscle mass and create an athletic figure for himself. He began hard training, and the result was not long in coming - the whole world began to envy the figure of the actor. Maintaining a pace of 4 workouts a week, the actor has been a "model" rebel with a mountain of muscles for many years.
The relationship between the character of Charlie and his lover, who was successfully played by Maggie Siff, was engaged in spectators in many countries for seven long seasons. By the way, after filming the series, Charlie fell in love with riding a motorcycle with all his heart, now it is his favorite hobby.
It was Charlie who was offered the role of Christian Gray in the 50 Shades of Gray trilogy. According to fans of this love story, interviewed online, the actor Hunnam and the actress were the best candidates for the main roles in such an extravagant picture. Charlie perfectly fit the description of a "confident, attractive millionaire", and Alexis' piercing gaze and innocence of the image fit perfectly into the characteristics of the main character of the novel. However, as a result of the casting for the role of Anastacia, a completely different actress was approved -.
Judging by the rumors, during the audition between her and Charlie literally sparks flew, namely, the producers were looking for such a “chemistry” between the actors. As a result, the actors were approved, and even before the filming of the film, both of them began to be attacked by representatives of the media with tricky questions about the sex scenes. Hunnam did not like the noise, increased attention and the general tone of the discussions, so after a while he refuses the scandalous role and leaves the project, giving him the role.
Another possible reason for failure is called a busy schedule. The fact is that continuous shooting in a successful series greatly exhausted the actor. He generally prefers to take a break between major projects and engage in self-reflection, clear his mind from past filming and prepare for the next role. And working in "shades" meant an immediate arrival from one set to another. In addition, personal life and family required the presence of Charlie - so he made his choice.
Personal life
Such a handsome man must have a stormy romantic life, but the actor is quite stable in relationships. In 1999, during the auditions, he met with an actress who became his wife 4 years later - Charlie and Catherine Towne legalized their relationship in Las Vegas.
The wife could not keep Hunnam from falling in love for a long time - he files for divorce and starts a relationship with a representative of the art world - an artist named Morgana McNelis. Charlie and his girlfriend have been actually in a civil marriage for many years, but they are in no hurry to officially sign.
The actor actively maintained a personal account on the social network Instagram, where he posted behind-the-scenes photos, but his page was hacked by attackers. After this incident, Hunnam stopped posting his pictures online.
Charlie Hunnam now
Currently, Charlie has a very busy schedule - box office films with his participation come out with enviable constancy. In 2016, Hunnam presented the film The Lost City of Z to the world, in which they starred with him and.
In 2017, the long-awaited film will appear at the world box office - the historical film King Arthur of the Sword, where Charlie plays the main role. King Arthur performed by Hunnam will appear before the audience in all its glory - critics have already noted the actor's performance extremely positively.
An interesting fact is that Hunnam has achieved his goal of becoming an original among actors, because now some colleagues are compared to him. So, it has been repeatedly noticed by many publications that Charlie is very similar to a successful actor, who gained fame thanks to the main role in the series about the Vikings.
Filmography:
- "Close Friends" series 1999-2001
- "Young Americans" series 2000
- "Cold Mountain" 2003
- "Hooligans" 2004
- "The Price of Passion" 2011
- Pacific Rim 2013
- "Sons of Anarchy" series 2008-2014
- Crimson Peak 2015
- "The Lost City of Z" 2016
- "King Arthur's Sword" 2017
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The fact that he did not play Gray in the Fifty Shades of Gray film is probably for the best: Jamie Dornan, who received this role, is not enthusiastic about the film. Although, perhaps, in the biography of Charlie Hunnam, along with this image, a new stage would begin, he is still a good actor, and the movie collected an impressive box office.
Biography of Charlie Hunnam
"Gay Icon"
A native of Newcastle, Charles Matthew Hunnam comes from a large family. His parents raised four, and Charlie was the second child of the Hunnams. He was born on April 10, 1980, grew up as an active and athletic boy. And Charlie's hopes for a great acting future were born along with his participation in the Biker Grove show. He got the role of Jason by chance: the casting assistants met a handsome blond guy in one of the shops in Newcastle - Hunnam was choosing his shoes, but got on the set.
But the truly creative biography of Charlie Hunnam began with the mini-series Close Friends. The nineteen-year-old Briton became the star of the project, playing one of the central roles in it. His hero, the modest young Nathan, is seduced by the handsome Stuart (Aidan Gillen, who created the image of Petyr Baelish in the Game of Thrones). Gradually, the guy falls in love with his older friend and becomes, like him, a playboy. Nathan has become a real "gay icon", because Charlie played him very convincingly, while not embarrassed by explicit scenes.
To America!
After starring in his homeland in the low-budget comedy What Happened to Harold Smith?, the Englishman moved to the States. There he made his debut with a role in the show Young Americans, and then joined the large cast of the sitcom Undecided. The show was written by Jude Apatow, so it was full of pretty daring jokes and offbeat situations, and along with Charlie in the series (which was a kind of continuation of "Hooligans and Nerds"), Apatow's favorite Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel played.
In between filming the sitcom, Charlie Hunnam's biography was replenished with several films. Among them was the English classic, Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. Despite the excellent casting (except for Hunnam and the young Jamie Bell, the experienced Jim Broadbent, the beautiful Anne Hathaway and the funny Alan Cummings played in the film), the drama failed at the box office. Apparently, Dickens is not to everyone's taste. And the film was not bad: it even claimed the Golden Globe.
fan and biker
Hunnam's episode in Minghella's "Cold Mountain" and his role in Cuaron's post-apocalyptic "Children of Men" were not very highly appreciated by the public and critics. But the low-budget American-British sports drama "Hooligans" unexpectedly covered the cost of the film by almost 10 times, and the ratings of the tape were unrealistically high. The main roles in the film were played by American Elijah Wood and Briton Charlie Hunnam. Interestingly, the film about London football fans was directed by a female director, Lexi Alexander.
Charlie has always said that he approaches the choice of a role very carefully, because this determines the course of the artist's future career. So he gladly plunged into the biker-criminal world of the series "Sons of Anarchy", anticipating that this is the kind of story that can hook the viewer. The show was launched in 2008, and in December 2014, the Americans saw the last, seventh, season. Hunnam brilliantly coped with the main role of Jax Tayler, the leader of a motorcycle gang, seeking to restore order in his town.
Commercial success
Charlie's participation in the blockbuster "Pacific Rim" also did not go unnoticed.
Guillermo del Toro's epic high-tech sci-fi picture earned more than $411 million - it was the first commercially very successful film in which the British star.
You won't be forced to be nice
When Robert Pattinson turned down James's offer to play in the film adaptation of her book Fifty Shades of Grey, Ryan Gosling could have been considered for the male lead, but the project seemed uninteresting to him. Then the role of Gray was offered to Hunnam. After much hesitation, Charlie agreed, but unexpectedly met with a whole stream of negativity from fans of the novel. He decided that “you won’t be forced to be nice” and left the project.
Victorian thriller and Arthurian legend
Movie fans were looking forward to the next del Toro film starring Hunnam - the Victorian mystical thriller Crimson Peak was released in October 2015. Together with Charlie, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Tom Hiddleston are involved in the film. Horror (or rather, a gothic drama turned out: atmospheric, saturated with bright colors, tense.
And in the spring of 2017, Hunnam appeared as the legendary King Arthur (who has not yet sat on the throne) in Guy Ritchie's new film. The antagonist of the future monarch was played by Jude Law.
Charlie Hunnam's personal life
Early marriage
As soon as Charlie moved to the USA, he almost immediately met Catherine Town - it happened at one of the castings. Samples in "Dawson's Bay" did not pass both, but the wedding of Katherine and Charlie followed. The marriage turned out to be short - already in 2002, the young people terminated it.
Many years together
From the personal life of Charlie Hunnam never made a big secret, for almost ten years he has been dating the same girl. His lover is Morgana McNelis, she designs jewelry. The star is in no hurry to formalize their relationship - apparently, the mistake of youth reminds of itself, well, these two are fine and without any formalities.
