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Sam Claflin

Biography

Sam Claflin is an English actor, born in Ipswich and raised in Norwich, who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and graduated in 2009. He began on television before taking his first film role as Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), which earned him an Empire Award nomination for Best Male Newcomer. Wider recognition came with Finnick Odair in the Hunger Games series, starting with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and with romantic leads in Love, Rosie (2014) and Me Before You (2016). His other films include Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), The Riot Club (2014), Journey's End (2017), Adrift (2018) and The Nightingale (2018). On television he played Oswald Mosley in Peaky Blinders, Mycroft Holmes in Enola Holmes (2020), and Billy Dunne in Daisy Jones & the Six, a role that brought a Golden Globe nomination.

40years old

Turns 41 on June 27in 257 days

  • Born Ipswich
  • Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
  • Also credited as Samuel George Claflin

Movie Career

Films
28
Career span
15 years2010 to 2025

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    In March 2011, Claflin landed the part of Thomas in Seventh Son, the film version of The Spook's Apprentice. The reasons for his removal were never given, and Ben Barnes replaced him.

  2. Beyond film

    Claflin took the part of Billy Dunne in Daisy Jones & the Six, a 2023 series about a 1970s rock band that first aired on Amazon Prime Video on 3 March 2023. He also sang on Aurora, the band's fictional album, which came out on 1 March 2023.

Sam Claflin movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Me Before You2016 Drama, Romanceas Will Traynor

    IMDb rating 7.4344K votes

  2. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Philip

    IMDb rating 6.6615K votes

  3. Enola Holmes2020as Mycroft Holmes

    IMDb rating 6.7255K votes

  4. Snow White and the Huntsman2012as William

    IMDb rating 6.1317K votes

  5. Love, Rosie2014as Alex Stewart

    IMDb rating 7.1171K votes

  6. Adrift2018as Richard Sharp

    IMDb rating 6.667K votes

  7. The Nightingale2018as Hawkins

    IMDb rating 7.341K votes

  8. The Huntsman: Winter's War2016as William

    IMDb rating 6.1128K votes

Most often with

Francis Lawrence directed three of these films, Lone Scherfig two. Elizabeth Banks appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Sam Claflin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$4.3 billion

16 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 28 films: 16 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 16Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $1.0B24.6% of the total
  2. 2
    $865M20.3% of the total
  3. 3
    $755M17.7% of the total
  4. 4
    $653M15.3% of the total
  5. 5
    $397M9.3% of the total
  6. 6
    Me Before You2016as Will Traynor
    $208M4.9% of the total
  7. 7
    $165M3.9% of the total
  8. 8
    Charlie's Angels2019as Alexander Brok
    $73M1.7% of the total
Adrift (2018), $59.9 millionThe Quiet Ones (2014), $17.8 millionMy Cousin Rachel (2017), $9.2 millionLove, Rosie (2014), $4.4 millionTheir Finest (2017), $3.6 millionThe Riot Club (2014), $2.1 millionThe Nightingale (2018), $855,756Book of Love (2022), $398,876

$98.4 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total