Henry Cavill

Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was born on the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands. His mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), a housewife, was also born on Jersey, and is of Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. Henry's father, Colin Richard Cavill, a stockbroker, is of English origin (born in Chester, England). Henry is the second youngest son, with four brothers. He was privately educated at St. Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey before attending Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, England.His interest in acting started at an early age with school play renditions of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and Sonny LaTierri in "Grease". He also starred and directed Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in the BBC documentary "40 Minutes". It was at age 17 when Henry was discovered by casting directors at school who were looking for a young boy to play Albert Mondego in _The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)_ (qv). He went on to star in _Laguna (2001)_ (qv), appear in BBC's _The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)_ (qv), the television film _Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)_ (qv), and the television series _Midsomer Murders (1997)_ (qv).When Henry was 20 years old, he gained starring roles in _I Capture the Castle (2003)_ (qv), _Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)_ (qv), _Red Riding Hood (2006)_ (qv) and _Tristan & Isolde (2006)_ (qv). He also had a minor role in the fantasy-adventure epic _Stardust (2007)_ (qv) alongside 'Sienna Miller' (qv) and 'Ben Barnes' (qv). During 2007-2010, Henry had a leading role on the television series _The Tudors (2007)_ (qv) as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. The series was a success and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and won an Emmy Award in 2008. Entertainment Weekly named him "Most Dashing Duke".He also starred in _Blood Creek (2006)_ (qv) and Woody Allen's comedy film _Whatever Works (2009)_ (qv). On January 30, 2011, it was announced that 'Henry Cavill' (qv) had been cast as the next Superman in _Man of Steel (2013)_ (qv), making him the first non-American actor to play Superman. The movie was directed by 'Zach Snyder' (qv), produced by 'Christopher Nolan' (qv), and scripted by 'David S. Goyer' (qv). On November 7, 2011, Henry starred in 'Tarsem Singh' (qv)'s fantasy-adventure epic _Immortals (2011)_ (qv) alongside 'Mickey Rourke' (qv), 'Freida Pinto' (qv) and 'Luke Evans' (qv). On September 7, 2012, Henry starred in the action-thriller _Cold Light of Day (2003)_ (qv) alongside 'Bruce Willis' (qv) and 'Sigourney Weaver' (qv).On June 10, 2013, _Man of Steel (2013)_ (qv) kicked off its world premiere in New York City followed by London, Bailiwick of Jersey, Sicily, Madrid, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo. The movie became the highest-grossing Superman film to date, and the second-highest-grossing reboot of all time behind _The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)_ (qv). Glamour magazine ranked him the #1 "Sexiest Man". In August 2014, Henry became the Ambassador for Durrell Wildlife Park and created a website and social media called #CavillConservation to help raise funds and awareness for his love of animals and conservation. On November 3, 2014, it was announced that Cavill, his brother Charlie, and London-based producer Rex Glensy, have formed their own British production company, Promethean Productions.On August 7, 2015, _The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)_ (qv) began its premiere tour with a people's premiere at the famous Somerset House in London, followed by its world premiere in New York City, then Toronto, and Rio de Janeiro. Cavill reprised his role as Superman in _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)_ (qv) and _Justice League (2017)_ (qv).::Pedro Borges