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      Henry Cavill

      Henry Cavill

      Highest Rated: 97% Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

      Lowest Rated: Not Available

      Birthday: May 5, 1983

      Birthplace: Jersey, Channel Islands

      British actor Henry Cavill rose to fame in 2013 as the screen incarnation of Superman in "Man of Steel," and reprised the character on several occasions while also providing brawn and gravitas for such hits as "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (2015) and "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" (2018). Born Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill on May 5, 1983 on Jersey, the largest of England's Channel Islands, he began his education at St. Michael's Preparatory School on Jersey before crossing the Channel to attend the Stowe School, a private boarding school near the town of Buckingham, England. He was initially drawn to ancient history, which he hoped to study at university through an armed services scholarship. But a chance encounter with Russell Crowe, who filmed "Proof of Life" (2000) at the school, inspired Cavill to turn his interests toward acting, which he pursued through school productions. By chance, a casting director visited Stowe in search of a young actor to play Guy Pearce's son in Kevin Reynolds' version of "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002), and chose Cavill for his looks and relative acting experience. Roles in high-profile British films, including "I Capture the Castle" (2003), followed, but within a few years, these had given way to low-budget or largely unseen projects, like Reynolds' "Tristan and Isolde" (2006). Cavill had also earned a reputation for missing out on major projects, including two that went to Robert Pattinson - "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005) and "Twilight" (2008) - as well as James Bond in "Casino Royale" (2006) and ironically, Superman in what would become "Superman Returns" (2006). He busied himself instead with supporting turns in Woody Allen's "Whatever Works" (2009) and a recurring role as the first Duke of Suffolk on Showtime's historical drama series "The Tudors" (BBC Two/CBC Television, 2007-2010). A turn as the mythological hero Theseus in Tarsem Singh's "Immortals" (2011) reconfirmed Cavill's knack for physical roles, which in turn put him back in the spotlight for the Superman film franchise. He assumed the cape for Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" (2013) - with his acting inspiration Russell Crowe as Superman's birth father, Jor-El - and reprised the D.C. Comics hero in two more films, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016), with Ben Affleck as the Caped Crusader, and "Justice League" (2017), which added Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Between these special effects-fueled epics, Cavill played '60s TV super-spy Napoleon Solo in a big-screen adaptation of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," and played a double-crossing agent opposite Tom Cruise in the blockbuster hit "Mission Impossible - Fallout." With an array of hits now under his belt, Cavill divided his time between television, playing a monster hunter in the Netflix fantasy series "The Witcher" (2019- ) before moving on to another enduring pop culture figure - Sherlock Holmes - in "Enola Holmes" with Millie Bobby Brown of "Stranger Things" (Netflix, 2016- ) as the consulting detective's younger and equally talented sister.

      Highest rated movies

      Mission: Impossible - Fallout Enola Holmes 2 Enola Holmes
      I Capture the Castle
      Stardust
      The Count of Monte Cristo
      Zack Snyder's Justice League The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

      Photos

      IMMORTALS, Henry Cavill, 2011, ph: Jan Thijs/©Relativity Media MAN OF STEEL, Henry Cavill, as Superman, 2013. ph: Clay Enos/©Warner Bros. Pictures BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, from left: Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, 2016. ph: Clay Enos/© Warner Bros. THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., Henry Cavill, 2015. ph: Daniel Smith/©Warner Bros. Pictures MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT, FROM LEFT: HENRY CAVILL, TOM CRUISE, 2018. PH: CHIABELLA JAMES/© PARAMOUNT MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT, FROM LEFT: HENRY CAVILL, ANGELA BASSETT, 2018. PH: CHIABELLA JAMES/© PARAMOUNT The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 304', Season 3, Ep. #4, 04/26/2009, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill (L), Tamzin Merchant (R), 'Episode 306', Season 3, Ep. #6, 05/10/2009, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 305', Season 3, Ep. #5, 05/03/2009, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 303', Season 3, Ep. #3, 04/19/2009, ©SHO The Tudors, Rebekah Wainwright (L), Henry Cavill (R), 'Episode 301', Season 3, Ep. #1, 04/05/2009, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 7', Season 2, Ep. #7, 05/11/2008, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 7', Season 2, Ep. #7, 05/11/2008, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 6', Season 2, Ep. #6, 05/04/2008, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 5', Season 1, Ep. #5, 04/29/2007, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 2', Season 1, Ep. #2, 04/08/2007, ©SHO The Tudors, Jonathan Rhys Meyers (L), Henry Cavill (R), 'Episode 405', Season 4, Ep. #5, 05/09/2010, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 404', Season 4, Ep. #4, 05/02/2010, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 402', Season 4, Ep. #2, 04/18/2010, ©SHO The Tudors, Henry Cavill, 'Episode 404', Season 4, Ep. #4, 05/02/2010, ©SHO

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Gus March-Phillips (Character) - 2024
      33% 72% Argylle Argylle (Character) $45.2M 2024
      93% 79% Enola Holmes 2 Sherlock Holmes (Character) - 2022
      72% 93% Zack Snyder's Justice League Superman/Clark Kent (Character) - 2021
      91% 71% Enola Holmes Sherlock Holmes (Character) - 2020
      13% 49% Nomis Marshall (Character) - 2018
      97% 88% Mission: Impossible - Fallout August Walker (Character) $220.1M 2018
      40% 67% Justice League Superman/Clark Kent (Character) $227.0M 2017
      47% 46% Sand Castle Corporal Syverson (Character) - 2017
      29% 63% Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Clark Kent/Superman (Character) $330.2M 2016
      68% 73% The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Solo (Character) $45.4M 2015
      56% 75% Man of Steel Clark Kent/Kal-El (Character) $291.0M 2013
      4% 29% The Cold Light of Day Will (Character) $3.7M 2012
      49% 49% Immortals Theseus (Character) $83.5M 2011
      50% 30% Town Creek Evan Marshall (Character) - 2009
      50% 61% Whatever Works Randy James (Character) $5.3M 2009
      77% 86% Stardust Humphrey (Character) $38.3M 2007
      32% 71% Tristan & Isolde Melot (Character) $14.7M 2006
      0% 22% Hellraiser: Hellworld Mike (Character) - 2005
      No Score Yet 48% Red Riding Hood The Hunter (Character) - 2004
      78% 76% I Capture the Castle Stephen Colley (Character) $1.2M 2003
      73% 88% The Count of Monte Cristo Albert Mondego (Character) $54.2M 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Laguna Thomas Aprea (Character) - 2001

      TV

      Credit
      80% 54% The Witcher Geralt of Rivia (Character) 2019 2021 2023
      No Score Yet 48% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2021
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2013 2016 2018-2019 2021
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2020
      No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2016 2018-2019
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2016
      No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2016
      No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2015
      69% 84% The Tudors Charles Brandon (Character) 2007-2010
      No Score Yet 88% Midsomer Murders Simon Mayfield (Character) 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Unknown (Guest Star) 2002