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As a schoolboy, he performed in plays, including in the role of [[Willy Wonka]] in a production ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''. Pettyfer was educated at two junior [[independent schools]]: [[The Mall School]], a small school in [[Twickenham]], followed by the [[Lambrook Haileybury]] school in [[Berkshire]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}. He subsequently attended two other independent boarding schools: [[Millfield|Millfield School]] in [[Street, Somerset|Street]], [[Somerset]] and [[Shiplake College]] near [[Henley-on-Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]].<ref name=skro/> After his GCSEs, he left Shiplake College to attend the independent [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]]. |
As a schoolboy, he performed in plays, including in the role of [[Willy Wonka]] in a production ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''. Pettyfer was educated at two junior [[independent schools]]: [[The Mall School]], a small school in [[Twickenham]], followed by the [[Lambrook Haileybury]] school in [[Berkshire]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}. He subsequently attended two other independent boarding schools: [[Millfield|Millfield School]] in [[Street, Somerset|Street]], [[Somerset]] and [[Shiplake College]] near [[Henley-on-Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]].<ref name=skro/> After his GCSEs, he left Shiplake College to attend the independent [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]]. |
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Alex Pettyfer | |
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| File:Alexpettyfer1.jpg Pettyfer in 2006 | |
| Born | Alexander Richard Pettyfer 10 April 1990 Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | Official site |
Alexander Richard "Alex" Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is an English actor and model.[1] He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role.[2] He has been seen as a model in several advertising campaigns for Burberry.[3] His next two starring roles were in the 2011 films I Am Number Four, a science fiction action adventure, and Beastly, a modernised retelling of Beauty and the Beast. His latest film to date was In Time, a 2011 anti-aging science fiction action-thriller, in which he played an elderly but youthful 75-year old bandit named, Fortis.
Early life
Pettyfer was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, the son of Lee Ireland (born Lee Robinson), an interior decorator, and Richard Pettyfer, an actor.[4][5] He has a younger half-brother, James Ireland, a junior tennis player, from his mother's re-marriage to Michael Ireland, a property developer.[4][6]
Pettyfer was brought up in Windsor, and began his career as a child fashion model at the age of seven, for Gap, after meeting Ralph Lauren in a toy store in New York.[4] He also did advertisements for some yogurt brands. His first commercial was at age six.
As a schoolboy, he performed in plays, including in the role of Willy Wonka in a production Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Pettyfer was educated at two junior independent schools: The Mall School, a small school in Twickenham, followed by the Lambrook Haileybury school in Berkshire.[citation needed]. He subsequently attended two other independent boarding schools: Millfield School in Street, Somerset and Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.[4] After his GCSEs, he left Shiplake College to attend the independent Sylvia Young Theatre School. And is exctreamly hot.
Career
In 2005, after a modelling career,[4] Pettyfer made his professional acting début in the British television production of Tom Brown's Schooldays, playing the lead character, Tom Brown; he received positive reviews for the role.[7] In June 2005, he was cast in his most prominent role so far, that of teenage MI6 spy Alex Rider in the film Stormbreaker, based on the novel by Anthony Horowitz. He was one of 500 who auditioned for the role.[6] Pettyfer chose to appear in the film over a role in the film Eragon, noting that he preferred Stormbreaker because it would be filmed in Britain, in the Isle of Man, while Eragon would film in Hungary; Pettyfer is afraid of flying, and he liked the looks of the cast for Stormbreaker.[4] Stormbreaker was released on 21 July 2006 in the United Kingdom, on 6 October 2006 in the United States and on 21 September 2006 in Australia.
One review of Pettyfer's performance described him as playing the role with an "earnest intensity",[8] although another noted that he "isn't quite at ease as an actor".[9] Media reports specified that the film was expected to make Pettyfer a "teen idol".[7] Pettyfer will not reprise the role if there is another Alex Rider film because he is now too mature for the role.[10]
He next appeared in Wild Child, a film set in California, Kent and Yorkshire part of which took place at Cobham Hall Girls' School in Kent. He played school boy Freddie Kingsley and he co-starred with Emma Roberts. In 2009, he played the callous ringleader of a group of cool but cruel teenagers who are picked off one by one by the ghost of one of their former victims, in the horror-comedy, Tormented.
He starred in the film Beastly, based on the novel by Alex Flinn, alongside Mary-Kate Olsen, Vanessa Hudgens, and Neil Patrick Harris. He finished filming on 13 August 2009,[11] and the film was released on 4 March 2011.[12] Pettyfer portrayed the main character in I Am Number Four, released in February, 2011. The film co-starred Timothy Olyphant, Dianna Agron, and Teresa Palmer,[13] and was directed by D. J. Caruso, produced by Michael Bay, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.[14]
It has also been announced that he will portray racing car driver James Hunt in the formula 1 biopic Shunt. He will also serve as producer on the film.[15]
He was offered the part of Jace Wayland in the upcoming portrayal of Cassandra Clare's best selling book, City of Bones. Jamie Campbell Bower was later cast as Jace Wayland.[16][17] Pettyfer had also been offered a part in an upcoming film adaption of Joseph Delaney's The Wardstone Chronicles, and has declined the role.[18] He was in line to star in The Paperboy, based on the Pete Dexter novel of the same name, but turned down the role (later filled by Zac Efron).[19]
Personal life
On 14 June 2009, Pettyfer was voted No.35 on the Britain's top 50 most eligible bachelors by British women's magazine Company.[20] In August 2009 the British magazine Glamour ranked him at No.21 on their list of the sexiest men on the planet,[21] as determined by a poll of 2000 British women.
After Pettyfer completed filming Stormbreaker, he did not discuss the film with anyone at his school, citing the advice of his Stormbreaker co-star, Ewan McGregor, who told him to keep his personal and professional life separate. Pettyfer has since decided to leave school and concentrate on his film career,[22] whilst studying drama at college,[7] saying that "When you have already experienced going out and working in the real world, and you come back to school, you just see it as a playground and you don't want to be there any more".[23]
Pettyfer has seven tattoos, including a Celtic cross on his chest, Tibetian script on the inside of his right arm, the words, "What Goes Around Comes Around" on his right shoulder, a Katakana script on his lower waist,[24] and the letters "ER," the initials of his now ex-girlfriend Emma Roberts inside interlinking hearts on his right wrist. When Contactmusic asked him about the "ER" tattoo he said "I don't know how to say it, she's a lovely, lovely girl, we had a spell of something that is over now, but we're on good terms. She's beautiful, she's great; we're really good friends." The actor had gotten Roberts' name tattooed on his wrist while the two were dating. "I'm going to get asked about this, aren't I? I thought it was just between me and her," he said when asked about the tattoo.[25]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Tom Brown |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Alex Rider |
| 2008 | Wild Child | Freddie Kingsley |
| 2009 | Tormented | Bradley White |
| 2011 | I Am Number Four | John Smith/Number Four/Daniel Jones |
| 2011 | Beastly | Kyle Kingson/Hunter |
| 2011 | In Time | Fortis |
| 2012 | Magic Mike | The Kid |
Modelling
- 2008: Burberry – Spring/Summer
- 2008: Burberry – The Beat For Men eau du cologne
- 2009: Burberry – Spring/Summer
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in an International Feature Film Leading Young Actor or Actress[26] | Stormbreaker | Nominated |
| Empire Award | Best Male Newcomer[27] | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | ShoWest Award | Male Star of Tomorrow[28] | Won | |
| 2011 | MTV Movie Awards | Biggest Badass Star[29] | I Am Number Four | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | "Choice Movie: Liplock" (shared with Vanessa Hudgens) | Beastly | Nominated | |
| "Choice Movie: Breakout Male"[30] | Beastly and I Am Number Four | Won | ||
References
- ^ England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984–2005
- ^ "Alex Pettyfer awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Burberry.com". Burberry. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Lyall, Sarah (18 July 2006). "He Was a Teenage Spy, Surrounded by Treacherous Adults". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "I Am Number Four Alex Pettyfer Interview". Movies.about.com. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Scotsman.com". Calm amid the storm. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
- ^ a b c "ICWales.co.uk". Going down a storm. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
- ^ "ScreenDaily.com". Stormbreaker. Retrieved 20 July 2006. [dead link]
- ^ Quinn, Anthony (21 July 2006). "The Independent". Stormbreaker (PG). London. Retrieved 22 July 2006.
- ^ Hudson, Fiona (24 September 2006). "The Sunday Mail". Young star cruising. Retrieved 23 September 2006.
- ^ according to the film's Twitter account
- ^ "E! Online". Vanessa Hudgens' New British Import. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ "Timothy Olyphant Joins I Am Number Four". reelzchannel.com. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ "Alex Pettyfer confirmed for I am Number Four". Coming Soon. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Alex Pettyfer to star as James Hunt in formula 1 biopic". nme. 26 December 2010. Retrieved December 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Alex Pettyfer Offered Another Young-Adult Movie Franchise, The Mortal Instruments – Vulture
- ^ Alex Pettyfer Reportedly Offered Jace Wayland Role In ‘Mortal Instruments’!
- ^ Alex Pettyfer Likely Won’t Star In ‘Mortal Instruments’
- ^ 4 Like4 Dislike0 Feb 18, 2011 by Brian Gallagher (18 February 2011). "The Paperboy Eyes Sofia Vergara, Bradley Cooper, and Alex Pettyfer". MovieWeb.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Alex Pettyfer No.35 on Britain's 50 most eligible bachelors". US Post Today. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "50 Sexiest Men". Glamour. CondéNetUK. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "ContactMusic". Pettyfer Puts McGregor's Advice Into Practice. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
- ^ "PRInside". Stormbreaker Star Quits School. 18 July 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
- ^ Barker, Andy (15 August 2008). "Alex The Great". Evening Standard Magazine.
- ^ "Alex Pettyfer had a fling with Julia Roberts niece". 26 August 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ "28th Annual Young Artist Awards". Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ "Empire Awards, UK – Awards for 2007". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ "ShoWest Awards – Past Award Winners". Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ "2011 MTV Movie Awards | Biggest Badass Star". MTV. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ "Teen Choice Awards winners". Forbes.com. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
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