Once again, the British are coming. Ipswich native Sam Claflin is in pursuit of showing America exactly what he can accomplish as an actor. Soon, Claflin will star in the horror film The Quiet Ones.
Growing up in Norwich, England, Claflin had dreams of becoming a professional soccer player until an injury left him seeking an alternative. His parents persuaded him to follow an acting career which led to his graduation from the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
His breakout television debut was in the award-winning Starz mini-series The Pillars of the Earth, and his role in another award-winning series, Any Given Heart, followed. His first acting credit for a film was in the television Syfy movie The Lost Future. On the big screen, Claflin got his claim to fame as the character Philip in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which is the fourth installment in the series. A year later, he starred alongside Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman as William. In 2013, Claflin played the role of Finnick Odair in the sequel to the The Hunger Games and will reprise his role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2.
On April 25, Claflin will star in the supernatural film The Quiet Ones. The film tells the story of an Oxford University professor who gathers a team of students in order to prove that the idea of supernatural forces is only a result of psychological trauma. Claflin will play Brian, a student camera man who documents the events of a young girl who believes she is possessed, and Claflin will also possess your heart with this role.
Sammi Brennan can be reached at samantha.brennan@spartans.ut.edu