Charlie Hunnam

Charles Matthew Hunnam (born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Jackson "Jax" Teller in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–14), Nathan Maloney in the Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Lloyd Haythe in the Fox comedy series Undeclared (2001–02), the title role in Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Pete Dunham in Green Street (2005), Raleigh Becket in Pacific Rim (2013), Percy Fawcett in The Lost City of Z (2017), and in the title role of Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017). 2Early life Hunnam was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the son of William "Billy" Hunnam (1952–2013), a scrap metal merchant, and Jane (née Bell) Hunnam, a business owner. His maternal grandmother was a portrait artist in Newcastle. Hunnam was the second child, born after brother William "Billy". He has two younger half-brothers, Oliver and Christian, on his mother's side. His parents divorced when he was two years old, and he moved to the village of Melmerby, Cumbria when he was 12, as his mother remarried. He went to Heaton Manor School in Newcastle. After moving, he went to Ullswater Community College then Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith, Cumbria. He attended Cumbria College of Art and Design, now faculty of University of Cumbria, where he graduated with a degree in the theory and history of film with a side in performing art