1. Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill is a British actor.
48 Facts About Henry Cavill
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Henry Cavill gained worldwide recognition for portraying Superman in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Man of Steel and reprising the role in Batman v Superman, Justice League, and its Snyder Cut.
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Henry Cavill then played Charles Brandon in the Showtime series The Tudors, which earned him critical acclaim.
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Henry Cavill has since starred as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix's The Witcher.
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Henry Cavill was born on 5 May 1983, fourth of five boys in a Catholic family in Saint Helier, Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
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Henry Cavill's Jersey-born mother, Marianne Dalgliesh, is of Scottish, English and Irish heritage and worked as a secretary in a bank.
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Henry Cavill's father, Colin Cavill, was born in Chester, England and is a former stockbroker.
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Henry Cavill was educated at St Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey, before attending Stowe School in Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
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At Stowe, Henry Cavill was active in both sport and drama.
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Henry Cavill portrayed a member of the T-Birds in a 1999 school production of Grease and took the lead role in a performance of Dogg's Hamlet, which was made by his own Grafton house as their submission for an intra-school drama festival.
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Henry Cavill played field hockey for the 1st XI and rugby for the 3rd XV.
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In 2000, while playing rugby, 16-year-old Henry Cavill met actor Russell Crowe, who was shooting on location at Stowe for the film Proof of Life.
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Henry Cavill began his film career with a role in Laguna and Kevin Reynolds' adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Henry Cavill continued with appearances in BBC's The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, the television film Goodbye, Mr Chips and the television series Midsomer Murders.
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Henry Cavill had a minor role in Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Stardust.
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From 2007 to 2010, Henry Cavill had a leading role in Showtime's television series The Tudors, as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
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Henry Cavill had been set to play Superman in McG's 2004 film, Superman: Flyby.
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Henry Cavill was the cause of a write-in effort from fans to see him cast as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series, was outspoken in favour of Henry Cavill playing the character of Edward Cullen in the Twilight film, calling him her "perfect Edward".
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However, by the time production of the film began, Henry Cavill was too old to play the character, and again the role went to Pattinson.
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In 2005, Henry Cavill was a final choice for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale.
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Henry Cavill went on to play the lead role of Theseus in Tarsem Singh's mythological film, Immortals, released 11 November 2011, and starred, alongside Bruce Willis, in The Cold Light of Day released in 2012.
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Henry Cavill attended San Diego Comic-Con in disguise to surprise the cast of Suicide Squad.
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Henry Cavill returned as Superman in the 2017 theatrical version of Justice League, which had been reworked by director Joss Whedon after Snyder left the project due to a family tragedy.
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Henry Cavill appeared again in Zack Snyder's Justice League which premiered on HBO Max in March 2021 after an intense fan campaign to see the Snyder cut.
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Shortly after the release of Justice League, Henry Cavill revealed he was under contract to play Superman in one more film.
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Henry Cavill has expressed interest in taking over the role of James Bond after Daniel Craig leaves the role.
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From 2019 to 2023, Henry Cavill portrayed the mutant monster hunter Geralt of Rivia in the hit Netflix fantasy drama The Witcher, an adaptation of the book series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
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In 2020, Henry Cavill portrayed Sherlock Holmes in Legendary Entertainment's film adaptation of The Enola Holmes Mysteries, with Millie Bobby Brown starring in the eponymous role as the younger sister of the famous detective.
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In 2022, Henry Cavill reprised his role as Sherlock in Enola Holmes 2.
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In May 2021, it was announced that Henry Cavill would portray the lead role in the reboot of Highlander, although his exact character is unknown.
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In July 2021, it was announced that Henry Cavill would join an all-star cast for director Matthew Vaughn's new spy film Argylle.
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Henry Cavill negotiated what was intended to be a one-time contract with Warner Bros.
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Later a sequel to Man of Steel was put back in development, with Henry Cavill set to return.
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Henry Cavill confirmed in October 2022 that he would appear in future DCEU films and referred to his mid-credits cameo as "just a very small taste of things to come".
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However, in December 2022 Henry Cavill released a statement saying that his future involvement as Superman was no longer moving forward after meeting with new DC Studios executives James Gunn and Peter Safran; Variety reported that Henry Cavill was eyed to play a different DC character.
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Henry Cavill will reunite with Ritchie in the director's action thriller film In The Grey which is set to release sometime in 2025.
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Henry Cavill was listed as one of GQ's 50 best-dressed British men in 2012.
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In early 2008, Henry Cavill became the face of the British fragrance Dunhill.
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Henry Cavill appeared in two television commercials for the brand.
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Henry Cavill was engaged to English show jumper Ellen Whitaker from 2011 until 2012.
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In 2016, Henry Cavill started practising Brazilian jiu-jitsu, having been seen training at Roger Gracie's academy in London.
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Henry Cavill has been an avid gamer since childhood, at one point missing a phone call from Zack Snyder telling him he got the role of Superman because he was too busy playing World of Warcraft.
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Henry Cavill prefers PC gaming over consoles, having been introduced to it by his father when he was a young boy, and has been building and maintaining his own gaming computer.
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Henry Cavill credited his experience playing The Witcher video game series prior to the show's production with motivating him to seek out the role of Geralt.
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Henry Cavill has named the Total War series of strategy games to be among his favourites, and in May 2020 it was announced that a new character paying tribute to Cavill and his Witcher character Geralt would be added to Total War: Warhammer II via DLC: Cavill, Loremaster of Hoeth.
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Henry Cavill is a spokesman for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, and an ambassador for The Royal Marines Charity.
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Henry Cavill launched the running phase of the Royal Marines 1664 Challenge and took part in The Gibraltar Rock Run 2014.