Freddie Boath
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Freddie Boath | |
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| Born | Frederick William Boath 6 May 1991 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
Frederick William Boath (born 6 May 1991) is an English actor best known for his role as Alex O'Connell in The Mummy Returns.
Early life
Boath was born in Hammersmith, London. His father is a banker and his mother is a producer.[citation needed] He has an older brother, Jack, and a younger sister, Millie.[citation needed] Boath attended the Catholic prep school St Phillip's.[citation needed] He attended drama classes with his siblings for several years.[citation needed] His only acting experience prior to The Mummy Returns was lip-synching John Travolta's role in a class production of Grease.[citation needed]
Career
Boath states that he chose to audition for his first film role, in The Mummy Returns, rather than audition for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.[citation needed] He was replaced for the role of Alex O'Connell for the third movie in The Mummy trilogy by Australian actor Luke Ford.[1]
Boath appeared in an ITV1 show called The Children. He played 14-year-old Jack, a troubled teenager;[2] he said he could relate to the character as his parents divorced when he was young. In 2010 he played King Henry II as a teenager in The Pillars of the Earth.[3]
Boath appeared as Benji Reed in the 2013 television series House of Anubis.[3] He will voice a character named Sgt. Black-White in the British children's animated television series Sgt. Black-White for the BBC.
Boath graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a Bachelor of Arts, and completed an internship at London's The Red Brick Road, an advertising agency.[3]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Alex O'Connell | |
| 2012 | Nomad | The Contact | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | The Children | Jack Miller | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | The Bill | Stevo Grainger | Episode: "Old Habits" |
| 2010 | Doctors | Barney Howerd | Episode: "Dead Weird" |
| The Pillars of the Earth | Henry 15 years old | ||
| 2013 | House of Anubis | Benji Reed | 4 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2002 | The Mummy Returns | Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Brendan Fraser's son cast in The Mummy 3". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ Walton, James (2 September 2008). "Last night on television: The Children (ITV1)". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Grant, Stacey. "HERE'S WHAT ALEX O'CONNELL FROM THE MUMMY RETURNS LOOKS LIKE NOW". 5 April 2016. mtv.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
External links
- Freddie Boath at IMDb
- (in French) Freddie Boath on Little-Stars
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