Callum Turner
{{short description|British actor (born 1990)}}
{{distinguish|Calum Turner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Callum Turner
| image = British Ambassador to the United States hosts the premiere of The Boys in the Boat in Washington, D.C.on December 14, 2023 - 16.jpg
| caption = Turner in 2023
| birth_name = Callum Robilliard Turnerhttps://www.twitter.com/CallumRTurner/status/461138201445683200 {{dead link|date=September 2021}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|2|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 2010–present
| partner = Dua Lipa (2024–present; engaged)
}}
Callum Robilliard Turner (born 15 February 1990) is a British actor. After beginning a career as a fashion model, he began working in film and television. He had lead roles in the drama film Queen and Country (2014) and the mystery miniseries Glue (2014), and played Theseus, the brother of Newt Scamander, in the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4360085/|title=Callum Turner|publisher=Internet Movie Database}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a561870/waterloo-road-rizzle-kicks-stars-for-new-e4-drama-glue.html|title=Waterloo Road, Rizzle Kicks stars for new E4 drama Glue|author=Morgan Jeffery|date=2 April 2014|work=Digital Spy}}{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/features/uk-stars-of-tomorrow/callum-turner-uk-stars-of-tomorrow-2014/5072746.article |title= Callum Turner, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014 |website=Screen Daily |first=Fionnuala |last=Halligans |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=17 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/36/the-capture |title= Callum Turner stars in BBC One TV Series The Capture 2019|website=BBC}}
Turner's performance in the mystery series The Capture (2019) earned him a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/tv-2020#leading-actor |title= BAFTA TV 2020: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy TV Craft Awards |website=BAFTA |date=4 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020}} He has since starred as Joe Rantz in the biographical film The Boys in the Boat (2023) and as John "Bucky" Egan in the miniseries Masters of the Air (2024).
Early life
Turner was born on 15 February 1990 in Hammersmith and grew up in Chelsea, London. He was raised on a council estate by his single mother, who was a club promoter at the time. On his upbringing, Turner said: "The thing I always find interesting in my childhood was, yeah, I was growing up on an estate, single mum, working-class, but then I also had all these colourful characters around. It wasn’t about navigating two worlds. There were three, four, five more." After leaving school early to play football semi-professionally, he became a model and also worked in retail before acting.{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Imogen |title=Callum Turner talks to Glass about his ascent to become Hollywood’s next leading man |url=https://theglassmagazine.com/callum-turner-talks-to-glass-about-his-ascent-to-become-hollywoods-next-leading-man/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=The Glass Magazine |date=19 April 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Flynn |first1=Paul |title=The Capture's Callum Turner chats acting, football and his modelling roots |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/the-captures-callum-turner-chats-acting-football-and-his-modelling-roots-a4280276.html |website=The Standard |publisher=The Evening Standard |access-date=9 July 2024}}
His middle name is after his mother's friend, poet David Robilliard, who died two years before Turner was born. In an interview at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Turner said his mother instilled in him a love of film and inspired him to become an actor.
Career
Turner started his career in 2010, modelling for companies such as Next and Reebok, and in his first acting role for the short student film Think of England for the University of Hertfordshire Film and Television programme.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/24438925|title=Think Of England|website=Vimeo|language=en|access-date=26 September 2018}}
File:Callum Turner by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Turner starred as Tony in Zero, a 2011 film directed by David Barrouk and produced by Michael Riley.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1827592/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_12|title=Zero (2011)|publisher=Internet Movie Database}} In 2012, he starred alongside Waterloo Road star Ben-Ryan Davies in the short film Human Beings, directed by Jonathan Entwistle. He appeared in the French group The Shoes' 2012 music video "Time to Dance" with Jake Gyllenhaal.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt9wnawn7xQ&t=36 |title=The Shoes - Time to Dance (Official Video) |date=12 March 2012 |website=Youtube |access-date=9 September 2019}} In 2012, Turner was in the ITV series Leaving, alongside Helen McCrory. Turner's performance was met with mostly positive reviews.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a371884/harry-potter-star-helen-mccrory-joins-itvs-leaving.html#~oRfmWKLSyxnwXx|title='Harry Potter' star Helen McCrory joins ITV's 'Leaving'|author=Morgan Jeffery|date=19 March 2012|work=Digital Spy}} In December 2012, Turner starred with Andrew Scott and Martin Clunes in another ITV Drama, The Town, portraying Ashley, a troubled teen.{{cite web|url=http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/callum-turner-comes-to-the-town-/?client=2342|title=Curtis Brown}} In early 2013, Turner made a guest appearance in Showtime's historical-fiction drama television series, The Borgias as Calvino.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/callum-turner-boys-in-the-boat-b2476409.html |title=Callum Turner: 'People had a hang-up about my modelling, not my working-class background' |last=Nugent |first=Annabel |date=12 January 2024 |website=independent.co.uk |publisher=Independent |access-date=12 January 2024}} He also starred in short film Alleycats as Eze, directed by Ian Bonhôte, and had a small role as Phillip in the second series of BBC One's Ripper Street.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lb1ry |title=Ripper Street |author= |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2024}}
In June 2012, Turner was cast in the lead role of John Boorman's film Queen and Country. Turner stated that Boorman revealed secret and personal events from his life, to help Turner to portray his character as best as he could.{{Cite web |url=http://uk.fred.fm/callum-turner-queen-and-country-cannes2014/ |title=Callum Turner – Queen and Country #Cannes2014 | FRED English Channel |access-date=29 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082056/http://uk.fred.fm/callum-turner-queen-and-country-cannes2014/ |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }} The film made its debut as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-directors-fortnight-2014-lineup-unveiled/5070844.article |title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled |access-date=26 April 2014 |work=Screendaily}} In E4's whodunit series Glue in 2014, Turner portrayed Eli, a traveller, whose brother is murdered.{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/cast-announced-for-e4s-original-new-drama-series |title= Cast announced for E4's original new drama series, Glue |date=2 April 2014 |website=Channel 4 |access-date=17 November 2017}} In 2014, he was among those named Breakthrough Brits by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.{{cite web |author=Alex Ritman |date=27 October 2014 |title=BAFTA Unveils 2014's Crop of "Breakthrough Brits" |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-unveils-2014s-crop-breakthrough-744139 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Wendy |date=28 October 2014 |title=BAFTA unveils Breakthrough Brits |url=http://www.screendaily.com/territories/uk-ireland/bafta-unveils-breakthrough-brits/5079087.article |access-date=17 November 2017 |website=Screen Daily}}
Turner portrayed Alistair in Paul McGuigan's 2015 horror film Victor Frankenstein.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/victor-frankenstein-film-review-842110/ |title='Victor Frankenstein': Film Review |last=Linden |first=Sheri |date=24 November 2015 |website=hollywoodreporter.com |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=12 January 2024}} He starred as Danny in the 2016 film Tramps,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/11/tramps-review-another-tired-tale-of-working-class-kids-and-suburban-lawns |title=Tramps review – another tired tale of working-class kids and suburban lawns |last=Hoffman |first=Jordan |date=11 September 2016 |website=The Guardian |access-date=12 January 2024}} which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-tramps-premiere-20160911-snap-story.html |title='Tramps' steals a little romance at the Toronto Film Festival |last=Olsen |first=Mark |date=11 September 2016 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=12 January 2024}} In 2017, he portrayed Evan in Mobile Homes. The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/directors-fortnight-lineup-juliette-binoche-gerard-depardieu-1202390797/ |title=Cannes: Juliette Binoche-Gerard Depardieu Drama to Kick Off Directors Fortnight |first=Elsa |last=Keslassy |date=19 April 2016 |accessdate=20 April 2017 |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Business Media}} He portrayed Theseus Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/callum-turner-on-fantastic-beasts-and-slowly-going-mad-for-his-new-indie-movie-exclusive-114023 |title=Callum Turner on 'Fantastic Beasts' and Slowly Going Mad for His New Indie Movie (Exclusive) |last=Boone |first=John |date=17 November 2018 |website=etonline.com |publisher=ET Online |access-date=12 January 2024}} and in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/05/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore-review-good-natured-magical-entertainment |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore review – good-natured magical entertainment |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=5 April 2022 |website=The Guardian |access-date=12 January 2024}} In 2018, Turner also directed and co-wrote short film Shift the Plane with friend and co-writer Danny King.{{cite web |title=SHIFT THE PLANE (2018) |url=https://jackmealing.com/shift-the-plane |publisher=Jack Mealing |access-date=28 April 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/callum-turner |title=Callum Turner Is Jumping in the Deep End |publisher=Flaunt Magazine |date=16 November 2018 |access-date=27 April 2024}} He had a lead role as Shaun Emery in the 2019 BBC One mini-series The Capture{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-capture-season-2-callum-turner/ |title=Callum Turner reveals whether Shaun will appear in The Capture season 2 |last=Bley Griffiths |first=Eleanor |date=31 July 2020 |website=radiotimes.com |publisher=RadioTimes |access-date=12 January 2024}} and was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance.
In 2020, Turner portrayed Frank Churchill in the comedy-drama film Emma.{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/callum-turner-emma |title=Emma's Callum Turner Is Britain's New Leading Man |last=Kale |first=Sirin |date=12 February 2020 |website=vogue.co.uk |publisher=Vogue |access-date=12 January 2024}} In 2021, he portrayed Anthony O'Hare in the romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, alongside Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones.{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=23 July 2021 |title='The Last Letter From Your Lover' Review: Shailene Woodley Has an Affair to Remember, Felicity Jones Gets One to Forget |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-last-letter-from-your-lover-review-1235025523/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In 2023, Turner portrayed Joe Rantz in The Boys in the Boat, directed by George Clooney.{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/callum-turner-sports-movie-boys-in-boat-exclusive-newsupdate/ |title=Callum Turner on wanting to do sports movie: "I was running out of time" |last=Cremona |first=Patrick |date=12 January 2024 |website=radiotimes.com |publisher=RadioTimes |access-date=12 January 2024}} In 2024, he portrayed John "Bucky" Egan in the miniseries Masters of the Air.{{cite web |last1=Seitz |first1=Loree |title=Callum Turner Unpacks His ‘Soul Connection’ to Swashbuckling Character in ‘Masters of the Air’ |url=https://www.thewrap.com/callum-turner-masters-of-the-air-interview-apple/ |website=TheWrap |publisher=TheWrap |access-date=3 July 2024}}
In April 2024, it was announced that Turner was cast as Case in the Apple TV+ series adaptation of William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel Neuromancer.{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=April 23, 2024 |title=Callum Turner to Star in ‘Neuromancer’ Series at Apple TV+ |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/callum-turner-neuromancer-series-apple-tv-plus-1235979735/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630170727/https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/callum-turner-neuromancer-series-apple-tv-plus-1235979735/ |archive-date=June 30, 2024 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |website=variety.com}}
Personal life
Turner is a supporter of Chelsea F.C.
From 2015 to 2019, he was in a relationship with English actress Vanessa Kirby.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/16/crowns-vanessa-kirby-splits-callum-turner-four-years-dating-12249212/#:~:text=The%20Crown%20star%2C%2031%2C%20and,other%2C%20working%20on%20different%20films.|title=The Crown's Vanessa Kirby 'splits from Callum Turner after four years of dating'|publisher=Metro.com.uk|language=EN|date=February 16, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2024}} Since January 2024, he has been in a relationship with English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com.au/culture/callum-turner-dua-lipa-boyfriend/|title=Proof That Callum Turner Is Hot Enough To Date Dua Lipa|publisher=Elle.com.au|language=EN|date=January 17, 2024|access-date=January 17, 2024}} Lipa announced their engagement during her July 2025 cover story with British Vogue, following a period of media rumours.{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Emily |date=12 June 2025 |title=Dua Lipa and Callum Turner Are Engaged! |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/dua-lipa-callum-turner-engaged |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/QQVOj |archive-date=12 June 2025 |access-date=12 June 2025 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
Acting credits
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Think of England | Boy | Short film |
| 2011
| Zero | Tony | Short film |
| 2012
| Human Beings | Scott | Short film |
| 2013
| Alleycats | Eze | Short film |
| 2014
| Bill Rohan | |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Tiger | |
| Victor Frankenstein
| Alistair | |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| Tramps | Danny | |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
| Theseus Scamander | |
| Assassin's Creed
| Nathan | |
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| Writer's Room | Callum | |
| Mobile Homes
| Evan | |
| The Only Living Boy in New York
| Thomas Webb | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Shift the Plane | {{n/a}} | Short film; director and co-writer |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
| Theseus Scamander | |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Emma. | Frank Churchill | |
| Divine
| Gregory | |
| 2021
| The Last Letter from Your Lover | Anthony O'Hare | |
| 2022
| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Theseus Scamander | |
| 2023
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| Atropia | Abu Dice | |
| Eternity
| Luke | Post-production |
| {{TableTBA}}
| {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
| {{TableTBA}}
| Liam |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Leaving | Aaron | 3 episodes |
| The Town
| Ashley | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Calvino | Episode: "Lucrezia's Gambit" |
| Ripper Street
| Phillip | Episode: "A Stronger Loving World" |
| 2014
| Glue | Eli | 8 episodes |
| 2016
| Prince Anatole Kuragin | Miniseries |
| 2019
| Shaun Emery | 6 episodes |
| 2024
| Major John Egan | Miniseries |
| {{TableTBA}}
| Henry Dorsett Case | Series |
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !width=135| Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| The Colour of Home | Charlie | The Cockpit Theatre |
| 2013
| Hard Feelings | Tone | The Finborough |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result ! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2014
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts | {{N/A}} | {{honored}} |
| 2020
| British Academy Television Awards | {{nom}} |
| 2024
|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |title=The 2024 Satellite Award (IPA) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-satellite-award-ipa-nominations/}} |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Category:Actors from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from London