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 Coulson in 2009 | |
| 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 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 Coulson was 23 years old 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 2010, Coulson resides and works in New York City [5] as an actor and director.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | The Four Feathers | Drummer Boy | Uncredited |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort | 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 ] |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Tom Riddle | Flashback; Cameo |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2 | 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 | ||
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