Charley Boorman

Charley Boorman is an English actor, travel writer and television presenter. Born in Wimbledon and raised partly in County Wicklow, he started appearing as a child in films directed by his father, John Boorman, and made his first screen appearance in Deliverance (1972). He played a young Mordred in Excalibur (1981) and a leading role in The Emerald Forest (1985), with later credits including Hope and Glory (1987), The Serpent's Kiss (1997) and The Bunker (2001). He made four long-distance motorbike journeys with Ewan McGregor, shown in Long Way Round (2004) and Long Way Down (2007), then Long Way Up (2020) and Long Way Home (2025). His other presenting work includes Race to Dakar, By Any Means, Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means, Charley Boorman's Extreme Frontiers and Motorbike TV. In 2007 he appeared on stage in Newcastle upon Tyne in an evening with style show.