Callum Turner

Callum was born in London and grew up on a Chelsea estate, where he developed a strong passion for Chelsea football. In a 2014 interview, he stated, "I learned more from films than I did through life itself." Standing six foot two, he decided to pursue acting at age eighteen, taking acting courses and working as a model for Burberry, appearing in their 2011 campaign photographed by Mario Testino. While continuing acting lessons, he was cast by John Boorman to play the director's younger self in *Queen and Country*, the sequel to *Hope and Glory*, in 2012, though the project did not begin production for over a year. In the interim, he appeared opposite Helen McCrory in *Leaving*, a television drama about a middle-aged woman's affair with a younger man. Based on his performance in that and the eventual release of *Queen and Country*, Screen International named him one of its Stars of Tomorrow in 2014. In 2014, he also appeared in Channel 4's drama serial *Glue*, playing one of a group of youngsters investigating the death of Callum's brother in a community of travelers, and in early 2016 he appeared as part of the large ensemble cast in the BBC TV adaptation of *War and Peace*.