Charlie Hunnam Biography

Charlie Hunnam is an English actor and screenwriter who rose to prominence by starring in FX’s Sons of Anarchy as Jax Teller from 2008 to 2014, for which he won two nominations for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor. When he was 18 years old, he landed his first big role when he secured the role of 15-year-old Nathan Maloney in Channel 4’s Queer as Folk.

Charlie Hunnam Education

Hunnam joined the Cumbria College of Art and Design in Carlisle where he studied performing arts and later graduated with a dual degree in Film Theory and Film History with a side in Performing Arts.

Charlie Hunnam Career

At the age of 17, a production manager for Byker Grove approached him at a branch of JD Sports on Christmas Eve. At the time, he was playing with his brother on a trip to purchase shoes. Hunnam later secured the role of Jason in the first three episodes of the show. Briefly, he modeled and did photo shoots for  Kangol Caps. However, he realized that modeling was not for him. When he was 18 years old, he landed his first big role when he secured the role of 15-year-old Nathan Maloney in Channel 4’s  Queer as Folk. Next, he starred in Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Daz before relocating to the U.S.

Hunnam broadened his career with roles in Young Americans, Undeclared,  Abandon,  Nicholas Nickleby, and Cold Mountain. Because he wanted to play roles that would benefit him in the long run, he returned to the UK where he starred as Pete Dunham in Green Street. However, he received a lot of criticism for his Cockney accent with some deeming it as the “worst accent in movie history” lists.

2008 to present;

From 2008 to 2014, Hunman starred as  Jackson “Jax” Teller in Sons of Anarchy. In 2011, he starred as Gavin Nichols in Matthew Chapman’s The Ledge. The following year, he appeared in 3,2,1… Frankie Go Boom and Jay in Deadfall. He then played the role of Raleigh Becket in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, for which he won the Huading Best Global Emerging Actor Award. He was supposed to play the role of Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey but he backed out of the role due to scheduling conflicts with Sons of Anarchy.

Hunnam worked with Guillermo del Toro again in Crimson Peak. He starred as Percy Fawcett in The Lost City of Z and King Arthur in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. In 2019, he starred in The Gentlemen with Matthew McConaughey. Along with Mel Gibson, he starred in Last Looks. That same year, he had his first feature for Apple TV+ with a role in Shantaram. The following year, he starred in Netflix’s Rebel Moon-Part One: A Child of Fire. He will recur his role in Rebel Moon-Part Two: The Scargiver set to premiere on Netflix on April 14, 2014.

Screenwriting

After graduating college, Hunnam initially wanted to direct and write his films. Before he appeared in Sons of Anarchy, Hunnam sold his screenplay, Vlad, following the real-life story of Vlad the Impaler, to Summit Entertainment in co-production with Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. Hunnam learned Vlad’s story from Romanian locals during the filming of Cold Mountain. He said that he had not gotten a role in 1 and a half years and planned to move back to England to live with his mother if he had not sold the script since he was broke.

In 2013, Hunnam said that he was creating a screenplay based on a Rolling Stone article that he chose about drug lord Edgar Valdez Villareal in 2011. Also, he is developing a film about the culture of gypsies in Britain which he regards as one of the most bright and fascinating parts of British society.

Charlie Hunnam Age

Hunnam was born Charles Matthew Hunnam on 10 April 1980 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. He is 43 years old as of 2023. Hunnam celebrates his birthday every April 10th.

Charlie Hunnam Height

Hunnam stands at an approximate height of 6 feet and 0 inches

Charlie Hunnam Family

Hunnam was born to Jane Bell and William Hunnam. Jane is a business owner and ballet dancer. He commented that his mother did a solid job of raising them as a single mother. Hunnam has three brothers, William, Oliver, and Christian.

Oliver and Christian are his half-brothers from his mother’s second marriage. After she remarried, the family resettled to Melmerby in Cumbria when Hunnman was 12 years old. As an adolescent, Hunnman played rugby and got into fights with his classmates. One of his grandmothers worked as a portrait artist.

Charlie Hunnam Wife(Morgana McNelis)

Since 2005, Hunnam has been in a relationship with, Morgana. Morgana works as an artist. Before Morgana, he had dated actress Stella Parker, model Sophie Dahl, and film producer Georgina Townsley. Hunnam has a fear of germs and dirt and dyslexia. In 2016, he started Brazilian jiu-jitsu training under Rigan Machado. He received his blue belt in October 2018.

Hunnam was married to actress Katharine Towne. They married in Las Vegas after a three-week relationship. In 1999, they met when there auditioning for roles on Dawson’s Creek. They divorced in 2002.

Charlie Hunnam Net Worth

Hunnam has an estimated net worth of $30 Million which he has earned through being a screenwriter and actor.

Charlie Hunnam Queer As Folk

When he was 18 years old, he landed his first big role when he secured the role of 15-year-old Nathan Maloney in Channel 4’s Queer as Folk from 1999 to 2000.

Charlie Hunnam Pacific Rim

In 2013, Hunnam starred in the role of Raleigh Becket in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, for which he won the Huading Best Global Emerging Actor Award. Raleigh is a burned-out Jaeger pilot who comes out of retirement to defeat the Kaiju, colossal sea monsters, alongside rookie pilot Mako Mori.

Charlie Hunnam King Arthur

In 2017, Hunnam starred as King Arthur in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Arthur is the son of Uther and nephew of Vortigern. After Vortigern kills his entire family for the throne, Arthur is raised by prostitutes and later fights to take his rightful place as heir to the throne.

Charlie Hunnam Sons of Anarchy

Hunnam rose to prominence by starring in FX’s Sons of Anarchy as Jackson “Jax” Teller from 2008 to 2014, for which he won two nominations for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor, a PAAFTJ Award nomination, and three EWwy Award nominations. Jax leads a famous motorcycle club in Charming, California called SAMCRO. Hunnam secured the role of Jax after the show’s creator saw him in Green Street Hooligans.

Charlie Hunnam The Gentleman

In 2019, Hunnam starred as Raymond Smith in The Gentlemen with Matthew McConaughey. Smith is the right-hand of Michael “Mickey” Pearson(Matthew McConaughey). Loyal to Mickey, he uses his business and combat excellence to help protect Mickey and his business.

Charlie Hunnam Rebel Moon

In 2023, he starred as Kai in Netflix’s Rebel Moon-Part One: A Child of Fire. Kai is a mercenary and starship pilot hired by Kora to help fight against Motherworld. He will recur his role in Rebel Moon-Part Two: The Scargiver set to premiere on Netflix on April 14, 2014.

Charlie Hunnam Movies and TV Shows

Hunnam has starred in a number of movies and TV shows such as

• Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
• Young Americans
• Undeclared
• Nicholas Nickleby
• Children of Men
• Deadfall
• Papillon
• A Million Little Pieces
• True History of the Kelly Gang
• Jungleland
• Shantaram