Sam Claflin

Sam Claflin has both English and American blood flowing through his veins. Newton Cleveland Claflin, his paternal great-grandfather hailed from Revere, Massachusetts. He is a direct descendant of Robert McClaughlin who migrated to Essex in Massachusetts from Scotland in the 17th century.

He first came across his actress wife Laura Haddock while both of them were auditioning for characters in the short film ‘My Week with Marilyn’ in 2011. Though Claflin and Laura both were unsuccessful in bagging their respective roles, they developed an affinity for each other which endured.

Laura and Claflin became man and wife in 2013 after a prolonged courtship. The couple became proud parents of a son in 2015 and they presently reside in Chiswick, London.

Sam Claflin was born on 27th June 1986 in Ipswich, a county town in Suffolk, England, and spent his childhood in Norwich, a city in Norfolk County. His father Mark Claflin is an accountant while his mother Sue Claflin is an education assistant.

He has two elder brothers, Benjamin and Daniel, and another brother Joseph who is the youngest. Sam was very passionate about soccer in his early years. He became a registered member of School of Excellence under Norwich City Football Club. He took to the field routinely but an unfortunate injury where he ended up shattering his ankle compelled him to stop playing the game for good.

Sam attended Costessey High School (presently known as Ormiston Victory Academy) in Norfolk where he caught the attention of a teacher who encouraged him to take up acting. Egged on by his mother, he took admission in Norwich City College in 2003 pursuing a program in ‘Performing Arts’.

Later on, Claflin went to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from where he earned his graduate degree in 2009.

Sam Claflin initiated his career as a professional actor when he successfully auditioned for the role of ‘Richard of Kingsbridge’ in ‘The Pillars of the Earth’, a TV miniseries, in 2010. He went on to feature in seven more episodes of ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

He featured in a post-apocalyptic telefilm titled ‘Lost Future’ produced by SyFy Channel in 2010. He earned kudos for portraying junior Logan Mountstuart in the PBS miniseries ‘Any Human Heart’ which received a BAFTA Award in 2011.

Claflin depicted Duncan Edwards, a footballer in ‘United’ a telefilm endorsed by BBC TV. The movie dramatized the tragic events surrounding the catastrophic plane crash that took place in Munich airport on 6 February 1958 when eight players and three staff members of Manchester United FC died.

The turning point in Claflin’s acting career came when he was selected to enact Phillip Swift in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ the 4th film in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie series.

He was nominated for an Empire Award in the ‘Best Male Newcomer’ category in 2012 for his role in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’. In the same year, he was cast as William in the movie ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’.

Sam Claflin in his career so far has ably demonstrated his thespian finesse on both the silver screen and small screen. Notable amongst the roles he has played in films and TV series are his characters in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’, ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘Riot Club’, ‘The Pillars of the Earth’, ‘The Lost Future’, and ‘Any Human Heart’.