Edward Speleers
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| Born | Edward John Speleers 7 April 1988 Chichester, West Sussex, England |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006-present |
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Edward John "Ed" Speleers (born 7 April 1988) is an English actor. He is best known for his debut in the title role in the 2006 film Eragon. He also appeared in Attitude magazine as a model.
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[edit] Personal life
Speleers was born at St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex.
He is an only child. His parents are divorced and his mother resides in Spain. His father, John, is a financial consultant.
He enrolled at Dorset House School at Bury, near Arundel, when he was seven.
He finished his secondary school education at Eastbourne College, where he was a scholarship student.
He has two tattoos. One is located at his left waist and reads "Ramble on", and the other is on his right forearm and is a five-pointed star, representing his five best friends.[1]
[edit] Career
[edit] Modeling
Speleers has done some modeling work, signing with Storm Models.
[edit] Acting
Prior to Eragon, Speleers appeared in school productions such as Peter Pan, Richard III, and Hamlet. While at Eastbourne College, Speleers wrote a play, Retribution, with his friend Rob Curran. Retribution investigated the subjects of child abuse and paedophilia.
Speleers also acted in a short film by Charlie Bleakley, called Metropolis. He had auditioned for a number of film roles, such as Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He lost out in the final auditions to William Moseley. He beat out 180,000 hopefuls, to land the title role of the multi-million dollar screen version of Eragon.[2]
In 2008, he appeared in the British soap opera Echo Beach.
Speleers has reportedly been cast in director Robin Hardy's upcoming film Cowboys for Christ as Steve.
[edit] Producing
Speleers joined Firefly in 2009, as co-head of Firefly Vision [1]. He will produce and star in Firefly Vision projects. His first project with Firefly Vision is feature film "Skin".
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 2006 | Eragon | Eragon | Film |
| 2008 | Echo Beach | Jimmy Penwarden | TV series |
| 2010 | Cowboys for Christ | Steve Thomson | Film |
[edit] References
- ^ Ed Speleers and tattoo at YouTube.
- ^ "Eragon". Scholastic News Online. http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/eragon/.
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