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Sam Claflin and Camila Morrone in Track 4: I Saw the Light (2023)

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Lacey Terrell, Riley Keough, and Sam Claflin in Track 4: I Saw the Light (2023)

Lacey Terrell, Riley Keough, Josh Whitehouse, Sam Claflin, Suki Waterhouse, Sebastian Chacon, and Will Harrison in Track 9: Feels Like the First Time (2023)

Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Suki Waterhouse, and Sebastian Chacon in Daisy Jones & The Six (2023)

Sam Claflin in Track 8: Looks Like We Made It (2023)

Riley Keough, Josh Whitehouse, Sam Claflin, and Sebastian Chacon in Track 10: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide (2023)

Josh Whitehouse, Sam Claflin, Suki Waterhouse, Sebastian Chacon, and Will Harrison in Track 4: I Saw the Light (2023)

Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, and Suki Waterhouse in Track 8: Looks Like We Made It (2023)

Tom Wright, Sam Claflin, and Suki Waterhouse in Track 6: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (2023)

Verónica Echegui and Sam Claflin in Book of Love (2022)

Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, and Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes (2020)

Damon Herriman and Sam Claflin in The Nightingale (2018)

Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin in Adrift (2018)

Iain Glen and Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel (2017)

Pierfrancesco Favino and Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel (2017)

Rachel Weisz, Andrew Havill, and Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel (2017)

Rachel Weisz, Andrew Havill, Roger Michell, and Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel (2017)

Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel (2017)

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English actor Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, England, to Susan A. (Clarke), a classroom assistant, and Mark J. Claflin, a finance officer. As a child, he was football-mad, often going to see his favorite team, Norwich City. He was a talented footballer, playing for Norwich schools at city level and Norfolk county level. However, he suffered two broken ankles and at 16 gave up thinking about a footballing career. He took up performing arts and a teacher from Costessey High School was impressed with his performance in a school play, and encouraged him to take up drama. He joined the local youth group at Norwich's Theatre Royal and went on to gain entry to LAMDA drama school in 2006 graduating with a 3 year acting degree in 2009. He is the 3rd eldest of 4 boys, his older brothers Dan and Ben are not involved in drama but his younger brother Joe Claflin commenced at the same drama school in 2009 also doing a 3 year acting degree.

In 2010, Clafin made his debut screen performances in two award-winning series, The Pillars of the Earth (2010) and Any Human Heart (2010). His film debut came playing footballer Duncan Edwards, one of the 'Busby Babes', in United (2011). Clafin then came to the attention of cinemagoers across the world when he was cast as Philip in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). Various roles followed, including Jack in White Heat (2012) and Prince William in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). He played Finnick Odair in the sequels The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015).

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