The Green eyed, Cancerian guy Samuel George Claflin popularly known as Sam Claflin is an English actor, born on 27th July 1986 in Ipswich, England to Susan A., a classroom assistant and Mark J. Claflin a finance officer with no links in Show business. He is third among his 4 siblings with 2 elders brothers Benjamin and Daniel, and a younger brother, Joseph, who is also an actor.
He is well known for his role as Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games film series, Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Will Traynor in Me Before You.
Claflin made his screen debut in 2010 with the Star TV miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, based on the Ken Follett novel of the same name. The series depicted a 12th-century multipronged power struggle revolving around the construction of an English cathedral, with Claflin playing a knight.
Sam Claflin Religion
Religious facts about Claflin are almost negligible, only thing known is he deeply believes in God and is Roman Catholic.
Sam Claflin Political Views
Nothing at all is mentioned about the actor’s political views. However he has been seen raising his voice against Male Body Shaming. In one of his interviews Sam said he and wife Laura Haddock are able to connect on this issue because they've both experienced body critiques while in the workplace. "
Who is he/she dating?
Claflin seems to have a very simple dating life, he met Laura Haddock when both auditioned unsuccessfully for roles in My Week with Marilyn (2011). After he first met her he called his agent to inform that he had just met the woman he wanted to marry. The two united in the sacrament of marriage in July 2013 in a very private ceremony and are currently living in Chiswick, London. Haddock & Clafin were gifted with their first child, a son, in December 2015.
Sam Claflin Hobbies
Though not much is known about his hobbies, but Claflin has said in few of his interviews that he played soccer “24/7” when he was younger, and if he hadn’t broken his ankle as a teen, his life may have gone in a very different direction. He was a member of the School of Excellence for Norwich City FC, but injured himself during a game, which led to the end of his soccer career.
He was playing in the park with his friends when he collided with another player as they both went for the ball, he told a local newspaper. When he tried to walk home, his ankle “snapped in half.” “At that moment he realized how serious it was because of the pain. He did try getting back into football but his ankle couldn’t last for a full game.”
He was playing in the park with his friends when he collided with another player as they both went for the ball, he told a local newspaper. When he tried to walk home, his ankle “snapped in half.” “At that moment he realized how serious it was because of the pain. He did try getting back into football but his ankle couldn’t last for a full game.”
Interesting Facts
Even when he says Show business isn’t in his blood, Clafin happens to be ninth cousin of American actor Ashton Holmes (through shared "Claflin" ancestry)
He lives together in a house in London, England United Kingdom. Has a estimated net worth of 50 Million Dollar and earns a whopping 6 Million per year.
Claflin is a fan of a musician named Marcus Foster,and shares this liking with his Co-star Kristen Stewart.
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