Ed Speleers
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Ed Speleers

Ed Speleers, English actor and producer

Life at a glance

Born
1988 · April 7
Age this year
38No death recorded in our data
Born
38th anniversary of their birth this year

Their story

Who they were

Personal life Speleers lives in Bristol , England. He is married to Asia Macey, with whom he has two children. [ 1 ] He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur . [ 2 ] ^ Cite error: The named reference express to be a dad was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ Cite error: The named reference imdb trivia was invoked but never defined (see the help page ).

Edward John Speleers is an English actor. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film Eragon, Jimmy Kent in the TV series Downton Abbey, and antagonist Stephen Bonnet in the TV series Outlander. He has also appeared as Rhys Montrose in the fourth season of You (2023) and Jack Crusher in the third season of Star Trek: Picard (2023).

Early life

Early life Speleers was born at St Richard's Hospital , Chichester , West Sussex , England. He is of Belgian descent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His parents divorced when he was three, [ 3 ] with his mother residing in Spain and his father in London. [ 4 ] He has two older half brothers. [ 3 ] While still in school, Speleers performed in school productions such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Richard III . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In addition to acting, Speleers wrote a play,

Path and career

Career 2006–2011 Speleers' first professional role in 2006 was the lead in 20th Century Fox 's screen version of Christopher Paolini 's book Eragon . [ 1 ] His next role, in 2008, was Jimmy Penwarden on the British prime time series Echo Beach . [ 2 ] He also appeared in the comedy Moving Wallpaper and an episode of Moving Wallpaper: The Mole , which many saw as a parody of Echo Beach . [ 3 ]

Why this date

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Questions about Ed Speleers

When was Ed Speleers born?

April 7 1988.

How old would Ed Speleers be today?

38 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.

Who else was born on April 7?

Anna Bogomazova, Mitchell Pearce, Emerson Hyndman and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.

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