Christian Coulson | |
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Born | Christian Peter Coulson Manchester, England |
Education | Clare College, Cambridge (BA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
Christian Peter Coulson is an English actor known for playing young Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort) in the 2002 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets .
Coulson was born in Manchester.[ citation needed ] He attended Arnold House Preparatory School in London, before attending Westminster School on an academic scholarship. He was a member of the UK's National Youth Music Theatre from 1990 to 1997, and went on to the University of Cambridge, where he received a degree in English from Clare College in 2000. [1] While at university, he played the M.C. (Master of Ceremonies) in Cabaret , Arturo Ui in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Claire in The Maids , as well as appearing in film and television.[ citation needed ]
Coulson gained worldwide attention and popularity for his role in 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , in which he portrayed a 16-year-old Tom Riddle, even though he was 23 at the time. [2] However, in 2007, director David Yates indicated on MTV that Coulson would not reprise his role in Half-Blood Prince , since, at 29, he was by then too old. [3]
He also wrote the lyrics and book for a rock musical called The Fallen which was performed at Bedford Modern School in 1998. [4]
As of 2015, Coulson resides and works in New York City [5] as an actor, director and photographer.
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2002 | The Four Feathers | Drummer Boy | Uncredited |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 16-year-old Tom Riddle | Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast | |
The Hours | Ralph Partridge | Helper at Hogarth Press, run by Leonard Woolf | |
2005 | Take Me Back | Charlie | |
2007 | Last Night | Nick | [ citation needed ] |
2012 | I Am Nasrine | Tommy | |
Gayby | Aaron | ||
Leaving Circadia | Colin | ||
2013 | Amateur | Evan | |
2014 | Love Is Strange | Ian | |
2015 | Peter and John | Peter Roland | |
2019 | Bite Me | James Thayer | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Love in a Cold Climate | Matt Radlett | Miniseries |
Weirdsister College | Ben Stemson | Main role; 13 episodes | |
2002 | The Forsyte Saga | Jolly Forsyte | Miniseries |
2003 | Hornblower:Loyalty | Midshipman John 'Jack' Hammond | TV Movie |
Charles II: The Power and the Passion | James, Duke of Monmouth | TV Movie | |
Little Britain | Joe | Episode: Hard-Boiled Egg Eating | |
2005 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Edmund Swettenham | Episode: A Murder Is Announced |
Beethoven | Archduke Rudolph | Miniseries | |
Brief Encounters | Adam | Episode: Lost & Found | |
2009 | The Battery's Down: Losing My Mind | Raoul | Episode: Losing My Mind |
2010 | Jeffery & Cole Casserole | Episode: "The Becky" | |
Gossip Girl | Ivan | Episode: Touch of Eva | |
2011 | Wiener & Wiener | Garry | 3 episodes |
The Good Wife | Andre Bergson | Episode: Death Row Tip | |
2017 | Nashville | Damien George | 5 episodes |
2018 | Mozart in the Jungle | Sebastian | 8 episodes |
2019 | Until the Wedding | James | TV pilot |
2020 | High Fidelity | Benjamin | 2 episodes |
2020 | Blue Bloods | Brooks Hammond | Episode: "Bones to Pick" |
Year | Title | Role |
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2007 | Doctor Who: The Bride of Peladon | Pelleas |
2008 | Doctor Who: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster | Robert McIntosh |
Year | Title | Author | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | The White Devil | Justin Evans | [6] | |
2014 | Moth and Spark | Anne Leonard | [7] | |
Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea | Adam Roberts | [8] | ||
2015 | The Dead House | Dawn Kurtagich | AudioFile Earphones Award | [9] |
2016 | No Man's Land | Simon Tolkien | [10] | |
2017 | The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue: Montague Siblings, Book 1 | Mackenzi Lee | AudioFile Earphones Award | [11] |
2018 | Into? | North Morgan | [12] | |
2019 | Fireborne | Rosaria Munda | AudioFile Earphones Award | [13] |
2021 | The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Montague Siblings, Book 3 | Mackenzi Lee | ||
2021 | Dark Rise | C. S. Pacat | ||
2023 | Dark Heir | C. S. Pacat | ||
2023 | The Winter Soldier: Cold Front | Mackenzi Lee | ||
2023 | In Memoriam | Alice Winn | ||
2023 | Sword Catcher | Cassandra Clare | ||
2025 | The Ragpicker King | Cassandra Clare |