Callum Turner

 ( 1990 Births ) 

Callum Robilliard Turner (born 15 February 1990) is an English actor. After working 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 (2018) and (2022).

Turner's performance in the mystery series The Capture (2019) earned him a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He has since starred as Joe Rantz in the biographical film The Boys in the Boat (2023), as John "Bucky" Egan in the miniseries Masters of the Air (2024), and alongside Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen in the Fantasy film romantic comedy Eternity (2025).

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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.

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.

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Career Turner started his career in 2010, modeling for companies such as Next plc 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. Turner starred as Tony in Zero, a 2011 film directed by David Barrouk and produced by Michael Riley. 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. In 2012, Turner was in the ITV series Leaving, alongside Helen McCrory. Turner's performance was met with mostly positive reviews. In December 2012, Turner starred with Andrew Scott and Martin Clunes in another ITV Drama, The Town, portraying Ashley, a troubled teen. In early 2013, Turner made a guest appearance in Showtime's historical-fiction drama television series, The Borgias as Calvino. 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.

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. The film made its debut as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. In E4's whodunit series Glue in 2014, Turner portrayed Eli, a traveller, whose brother is murdered. In 2014, he was among those named Breakthrough Brits by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Turner portrayed Alistair in Paul McGuigan's 2015 horror film Victor Frankenstein. He starred as Danny in the 2016 film Tramps, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2017, he portrayed Evan in Mobile Homes. The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. He portrayed Theseus Scamander in in 2018 and in in 2022. In 2018, Turner also directed and co-wrote short film Shift the Plane with friend and co-writer Danny King. He had a lead role as Shaun Emery in the 2019 BBC One mini-series The Capture 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. In 2021, he portrayed Anthony O'Hare in the romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, alongside Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones. In 2023, Turner portrayed Joe Rantz in The Boys in the Boat, directed by George Clooney. In 2024, he portrayed John "Bucky" Egan in the miniseries Masters of the Air.

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. He will next star in Will Gluck's One Night Only alongside Monica Barbaro and Maya Hawke, and Karim Aïnouz's satirical tragicomedy thriller Rosebush Pruning with Jamie Bell, Elle Fanning, and Pamela Anderson.

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Personal life Turner is a supporter of Chelsea F.C.

From 2015 to 2019, he was in a relationship with English actress Vanessa Kirby.

Since January 2024, he has been in a relationship with English singer Dua Lipa. Lipa announced their engagement during her June 2025 cover story with British Vogue, following a period of media rumors.

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Filmography

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Film

2010	Think of England	Boy	Short film
2011	Zero	Tony	Short film
2012	Human Beings	Scott	Short film
2013	Alleycats	Eze	Short film
2014	Queen and Country	Bill Rohan
2015	Green Room	Tiger
	Victor Frankenstein	Alistair
2016	Tramps	Danny
	Assassin's Creed	Nathan
2017	Writer's Room	Callum
	Mobile Homes	Evan
	The Only Living Boy in New York	Thomas Webb
2018	Shift the Plane		Short film; director and co-writer
		Theseus Scamander
2020	Emma	Frank Churchill
	Divine	Gregory
2021	The Last Letter from Your Lover	Anthony O'Hare
2022		Theseus Scamander
2023	The Boys in the Boat	Joe Rantz
2025	Atropia	Abu Dice
	Rose of Nevada	Liam
	Eternity	Luke
2026	One Night Only		Filming
	Rosebush Pruning		Post-production

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Television

2012	Leaving	Aaron	3 episodes
	The Town	Ashley	2 episodes
2013	The Borgias	Calvino	Episode: "Lucrezia's Gambit"
	Ripper Street	Phillip	Episode: "A Stronger Loving World"
2014	Glue	Eli	8 episodes
2016	War & Peace	Prince Anatole Kuragin	Miniseries
2019	The Capture	Shaun Emery	6 episodes
2024	Masters of the Air	Major John Egan	Miniseries
	Neuromancer	Henry Dorsett Case	Series

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Theatre

2011	The Colour of Home	Charlie	The Cockpit Theatre
2013	Hard Feelings	Tone	Finborough Theatre

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Awards and nominations

2014	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Breakthrough Brits
2020	British Academy Television Awards	Best Actor	The Capture
2024	Satellite Awards	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Masters of the Air

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