12 Facts About Sam Claflin

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Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, to Mark, a finance officer, and Sue Sam Claflin, a teaching assistant.

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Sam Claflin played throughout his childhood until he broke his ankle, an injury that he felt would prevent him from playing professionally.

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Sam Claflin subsequently graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009.

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Sam Claflin received a nomination in the 2012 Teen Choice Awards for the category "Best Movie Breakout".

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On 22 August 2012, Lionsgate announced that Sam Claflin had been cast as Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games film series, starting with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

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In February 2013, it was announced that Sam Claflin was cast as Alex in the film adaptation of Cecelia Ahern's novel Where Rainbows End, distributed as Love, Rosie in some territories.

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Sam Claflin received critical acclaim for his role as Oxford University student Alistair Ryle in the British dramatic thriller The Riot Club with Charlotte O'Sullivan of the London Evening Standard saying "Claflin captures his character's vitriol very well" and Laura Dibdin of Digital Spy saying "Claflin brings intrigue and vulnerability to offset the sense of entitlement thus making Alistair the film's most fascinating character".

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8.

In 2016, Sam Claflin reprised his role as William, Snow White's childhood friend, in several scenes of the sequel The Huntsman: Winter's War.

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Sam Claflin gained further critical acclaim for his role of Captain Stanhope in the war drama Journey's End and Adrift.

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In 2018, Sam Claflin joined the fifth season of the BBC television drama Peaky Blinders, as the British fascist politician Oswald Mosley.

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Sam Claflin performed vocals on Aurora, the fictional album recorded by the band, which was released on March 1,2023.

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In 2011, Sam Claflin started dating actress Laura Haddock, whom he had met in an audition for My Week with Marilyn.