Sam Claflin

Sam Claflin
Claflin at the London premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 in November 20
Born	Samuel George Claflin (1986-06-27) 27 June 1986 (age 30) Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Residence	Chiswick, London, England
Education	Costessey High School Norwich City College
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present
Home town	Norwich, Norfolk, England
Spouse(s)	Laura Haddock (m. 2013)
Children	1

Samuel George "Sam" Claflin (born 27 June 1986) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Finnick Odair in the The Hunger Games film series, Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Will Traynor in Me Before You.

Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, the third of four sons of Mark, a finance officer, and Sue Claflin, a classroom assistant. He has two older brothers, Benjamin and Daniel, and a younger brother, Joseph, who is also an actor. He grew up in Norwich, Norfolk. As a child, he had an interest in football. He played throughout his childhood until he broke his ankle, an injury that he felt would prevent him from playing professionally. After some persuasion from his parents and a teacher with whom he'd made an impression during his high school play at Costessey High School, he pursued acting. He was a member of the Norwich City School of Excellence. In 2003, he took up Performing Arts at Norwich City College, before going on to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 2009.

Claflin made his acting debut in 2010, when he appeared on the television miniseries The Pillars of the Earth as Richard and in the TV series Any Human Heart as young Logan Mountstuart. In March 2011, he was cast as Thomas in The Seventh Son, a film adaptation of The Spook's Apprentice, but dropped for unknown reasons and was replaced by Ben Barnes. His next appearance came in April 2011, when he portrayed footballer Duncan Edwards in the BBC TV drama United, which was centred on the events of the 1958 Munich air disaster, in which Edwards was fatally injured.