Callum Turner
Biography
Callum Turner is a British actor who moved into film and television after a start in fashion modeling. Born in London and raised in Chelsea, he grew up with a mother who passed on a love of film and nudged him toward acting. He began on screen in 2010 and took lead roles in the drama Queen and Country (2014) and the mystery series Glue (2014), and was named a Breakthrough Brit by BAFTA that same year. He went on to play Theseus Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), while his work in the series The Capture (2019) earned him a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best Actor. Later credits include Victor Frankenstein (2015), Emma. (2020), The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021), The Boys in the Boat (2023) and Eternity (2025). He also directed and co-wrote the short film Shift the Plane.
36years old
Turns 37 on February 15in 126 days
- Born London
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Callum Robilliard Turner
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 12 years2014 to 2026
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First role
Turner's first acting role came in the student short film Think of England, made for the University of Hertfordshire's film and television program, after he had worked as a model.
Behind the camera
Callum Turner took on directing and co-writing duties for the 2018 short film Shift the Plane, sharing the writing with his friend Danny King.
Big break
Turner was cast as the lead in John Boorman's Queen and Country, and Boorman shared secret personal events from his own life to help Turner portray the character.
A change of course
Before acting, Turner left school early to play football semi-professionally, then worked as a model and at Dover Street Market.
Callum Turner movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Yates directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by David Yates
Also two films together4 more actors
- Ezra MillerFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
- Alison SudolFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
- Poppy Corby-TuechFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
- Maja BloomFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Callum Turner's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
14 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 14 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$655M44.4% of the total
- 2$407M27.6% of the total
- 3$241M16.3% of the total
- 4$54M3.7% of the total
- 5$34M2.3% of the total
- 6$33M2.2% of the total
- 7$25M1.7% of the total
- 8$16M1.1% of the total
$9.4 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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