Sam Claflin

Biography

Samuel George "Sam" Claflin (born 27 June 1986) is an English actor, best known for his role in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and playing William in Snow White & the Huntsman. He will also be starring in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second film in The Hunger Games trilogy as Finnick Odair. Life and career Claflin was born in Ipswich. His father is an accountant/finance manager for a charity radio station, and his mother is a classroom assistant. He attended Costessey High in Norwich, UK,[6] and was a member of the School of Excellence for Norwich City FC. In 2003, he took up Performing Arts at Norwich City College, before going on to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 2010, Claflin appeared on the television series The Pillars of the Earth and Any Human Heart. In April 2010, he was cast as Phillip Swift in 2011's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. In March 2011, he was cast as Thomas in The Seventh Son, a film adaptation of The Spook's Apprentice, but dropped out for unknown reasons and was replaced by Ben Barnes. In April 2011, he portrayed the role of footballer Duncan Edwards in the BBC TV drama United, which was centred around the events of the 1958 Munich air disaster, in which Edwards was fatally injured. He played supporting role of William, Snow White's childhood friend, in the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman. In May 2012, he was cast in the lead role in Hammer Films' The Quiet Ones. In August 2012, Claflin was cast as Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Filmography 2010 The Pillars of the Earth ................. Richard TV mini-series (8 episodes) 2010 The Lost Future ............ Kaleb TV film 2010 Any Human Heart ...... Logan Mountstuart (young) TV series (4 episodes) 2011 United ................. Duncan Edwards TV film 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides .......... Philip Swift 2012 Snow White & the Huntsman ........... William 2012 White Heat ................. Jack TV series (6 episodes) 2012 The Quiet Ones ........ Lead role 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ............... Finnick Odair 2013 Mary & Martha ........ Ben[12] TV film