Dean-Charles Chapman

Dean-Charles Chapman
File:Dean-Charles Chapman (2020).jpg Chapman at the 91st Academy Awards in 2020
Born	(1997-09-07) 7 September 1997 Romford, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

Dean-Charles Chapman is.

Early life

Chapman was born in Romford and raised nearby in Essex. He began working as a child model and actor at the age of four.

Career

Dean-Charles Chapman in 2015

At the age of eight, Chapman was cast as "Small Boy" in Billy Elliot the Musical, and would later be promoted to the roles of Michael and finally the titular character, becoming the second-longest running cast member in the production. During his time on Billy Elliot, he worked alongside future Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, and had the opportunity to meet U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown with several other young actors in the play.

Soon after leaving Billy Elliot, Chapman was cast on the CBBC sitcom The Revolting World of Stanley Brown in the lead role, alongside fellow future Game of Thrones actor Nell Williams. The show lasted for one season. He made his film debut in the 2014 film Before I Go to Sleep, alongside Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth.

After playing the minor role of Martyn Lannister in the third season of Game of Thrones, he replaced Callum Wharry in the major role of Tommen Baratheon, the young king of Westeros for the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons of the show. With the rest of the cast, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2018, he played the role of Castor in the AMC series Into the Badland for seven episodes.

In 2019, he was cast, alongside George MacKay, as one of the two leads in the Sam Mendes-directed war film 1917. The film went on to receive ten Academy Award nominations (ultimately winning three technical awards). Subsequently, he played the lead role in the Eoin Macken's drama Here Are the Young Men, supported by Finn Cole, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo.

Personal life

Chapman is close friends with his Game Of Thrones co-star Isaac Hempstead-Wright, whom he met through his involvement with the series.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Before I Go to Sleep	Adam Lucas
2015	Man Up	Harry
2017	Breathe	Jonathan Cavendish
2018	The Commuter	Danny MacCauley
2019	Blinded by the Light	Matt
2019	The King	Thomas of Lancaster
2019	1917	Lance Corporal Tom Blake
2020	Here Are the Young Men	Matthew

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Casualty	William Mulhern	Episode: "A House Divided"
2012	Cuckoo	Charlie	Episode: "Family Meeting"
2012	The Revolting World of Stanley Brown	Stanley Brown	13 episodes
2013	The White Queen	Richard Grey	4 episodes
2013	Game of Thrones	Martyn Lannister	2 episodes
2014–2016		Tommen Baratheon	16 episodes
2014	Glue	Chris Pollard	2 episodes
2015	Ripper Street	Harry Ward	Episode: "Your Father. My Friend"
2017	Will	Billy Cooper	3 episodes
2018	Into the Badlands	Castor	7 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–2006	Billy Elliot the Musical	Small Boy	Chapman is the second longest-serving cast member of the production, and the longest-serving Billy Elliot
2008–2009		Michael
2009–2011		Billy Elliot

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2017	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated
2020	CinEuphoria Awards	Merit - Honorary Award		Won
		Best Ensemble - International Competition	The King	Nominated
	London Critics Circle Film Awards	Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	1917, The King, and Blinded by the Light	Nominated

External links

• Dean-Charles Chapman at IMDb