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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). He went on to star in Vendetta (2001), appear in BBC's The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001), the television film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002), and the television series Midsomer Murders (1997).
When Henry was 20 years old, he gained starring roles in I Capture the Castle (2003), Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005), Red Riding Hood (2006) and Tristan + Isolde (2006). He also had a minor role in the fantasy-adventure epic Stardust (2007) alongside Sienna Miller and Ben Barnes. During 2007-2010, Henry had a leading role on the television series The Tudors (2007) 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) and Woody Allen's comedy film Whatever Works (2009). On January 30, 2011, it was announced that Henry Cavill had been cast as the next Superman in Man of Steel (2013), making him the first non-American actor to play Superman. The movie was directed by Zach Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and scripted by David S. Goyer. On November 7, 2011, Henry starred in Tarsem Singh's fantasy-adventure epic Immortals (2011) alongside Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto and Luke Evans. On September 7, 2012, Henry starred in the action-thriller Cold Light of Day (2003) alongside Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver.
On June 10, 2013, Man of Steel (2013) 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). 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) 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) and Justice League (2017).- Actor
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Walton can currently be seen starring in the breakout hit series, FALLOUT at Amazon for writer/director Jonathan Nolan. His performance has garnered him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He can also be seen reprising his role of 'Baby Billy' in the HBO comedy series THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES, opposite Danny McBride. Walton can next be seen starring as the male lead in season 3 of THE WHITE LOTUS for HBO.
Walton can previously be seen starring in Boots Riley's Amazon limited series I'M A VIRGO opposite Jharrel Jerome, starring in the Apple limited series THE LAST DAYS OF PTOLEMY GREY opposite Samuel L. Jackson, on season two of the Fox Networks Group series DEEP STATE, which he plays the role of 'Nathan Miller' and starring on the CBS comedy THE UNICORN. He can also be seen starring in the film DREAMIN' WILD starring opposite Casey Affleck and Zoey Deschanel. Walton first came to prominence portraying the cunning and morally ambiguous outlaw 'Boyd Crowder' in the hit FX series JUSTIFIED. Concurrently, Walton made quite the splash with his earth-shattering performance in FX's SON'S OF ANARCHY, portraying the transsexual prostitute 'Venus Van Dam'. Prior to that, Walton starred in the hit series THE SHIELD. He also played key roles in the Quentin Tarantino films DJANGO: UNCHAINED and THE HATEFUL EIGHT as 'Billy Crash' and 'Sheriff Chris Mannix'.