Edward Speleers

Infobox actor


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name = Ed Speleers
birthdate = Birth date and age|1987|12|21
location = Chichester, West Sussex, England
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birthname = Edward John Speleers
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homepage = http://www.edSpeleers.com
occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 2006-present
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Edward John "Ed" Speleers (born December 21 1987) is an English actor. His debut role was the title role in "Eragon", the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's fantasy novel of the same name. The film was released internationally on December 15, 2006.

Career

Prior to "Eragon", Speleers appeared in school productions such as "Peter Pan", "Richard III", and "Hamlet". While at Eastbourne College, Speleers wrote a play, "Retribution", with his friend Rob Curran. "Retribution" investigated the subjects of child abuse and paedophilia.

Speleers also acted in a short film by Charlie Bleakley, called "Metropolis". He had auditioned for a number of film roles, such as Peter Pevensie in "". He lost out in the final auditions to William Moseley. He beat out 180,000 hopefuls, to land the title role of the multi-million dollar screen version of "Eragon". [ [http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/eragon/ Eragon ] ]

He appears in the British soap opera "Echo Beach". He is about to start shooting Little Birds, " [ [http://www.littlebirdsmovie.com Little Birds - Home ] ] besides "currently working on some film projects but they are top secret at this stage." [ [http://www.edspeleers.com/edsblog.html Welcome to Ed Speleers' website ] ]

Filmography/Television

*"Echo Beach" as Jimmy Penwarden (2008-present)
*"Eragon" as Eragon 2006

Random Fact

Has two tattoos, one located on his left hip which reads "ramble on", the other on his right wrist is a star.

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1968873|name=Ed Speleers
*Official|http://www.edSpeleers.com
* [http://www.ed-speleers-france.net Ed Speleers France (International)]
* [http://www.friendster.com/edspeleers Ed Speleers in Friendster]