Christian Coulson

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Christian Coulson
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Coulson in 2024
Born
Christian Peter Coulson

Manchester, England
Education Clare College, Cambridge (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2001–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 .

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Early life

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 ]

Career

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.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2002 The Four Feathers Drummer BoyUncredited
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
2005Take Me BackCharlie
2007Last NightNick[ citation needed ]
2012 I Am Nasrine Tommy
Gayby Aaron
Leaving CircadiaColin
2013AmateurEvan
2014 Love Is Strange Ian
2015 Peter and John Peter Roland
2019 Bite Me James Thayer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Love in a Cold Climate Matt RadlettMiniseries
Weirdsister College Ben StemsonMain role; 13 episodes
2002 The Forsyte Saga Jolly ForsyteMiniseries
2003 Hornblower:Loyalty Midshipman John 'Jack' HammondTV Movie
Charles II: The Power and the Passion James, Duke of Monmouth TV Movie
Little Britain JoeEpisode: Hard-Boiled Egg Eating
2005 Agatha Christie's Marple Edmund SwettenhamEpisode: A Murder Is Announced
Beethoven Archduke Rudolph Miniseries
Brief EncountersAdamEpisode: Lost & Found
2009The Battery's Down: Losing My MindRaoulEpisode: Losing My Mind
2010 Jeffery & Cole Casserole Episode: "The Becky"
Gossip Girl IvanEpisode: Touch of Eva
2011Wiener & WienerGarry3 episodes
The Good Wife Andre BergsonEpisode: Death Row Tip
2017 Nashville Damien George5 episodes
2018 Mozart in the Jungle Sebastian8 episodes
2019Until the WeddingJamesTV pilot
2020 High Fidelity Benjamin2 episodes
2020 Blue Bloods Brooks HammondEpisode: "Bones to Pick"

Audio drama

YearTitleRole
2007 Doctor Who: The Bride of Peladon Pelleas
2008 Doctor Who: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster Robert McIntosh

Audiobooks

YearTitleAuthorNotesRef.
2011The White DevilJustin Evans [6]
2014Moth and SparkAnne Leonard [7]
Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea Adam Roberts [8]
2015 The Dead House Dawn Kurtagich AudioFile Earphones Award [9]
2016No Man's Land Simon Tolkien [10]
2017The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue: Montague Siblings, Book 1 Mackenzi Lee AudioFile Earphones Award [11]
2018Into?North Morgan [12]
2019FireborneRosaria MundaAudioFile Earphones Award [13]
2021The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Montague Siblings, Book 3 Mackenzi Lee
2021 Dark Rise C. S. Pacat
2023Dark HeirC. S. Pacat
2023The Winter Soldier: Cold FrontMackenzi Lee
2023In Memoriam Alice Winn
2023Sword Catcher Cassandra Clare
2025The Ragpicker King Cassandra Clare

Theatre

References

  1. ↑ "Special Centenary Edition". Arnold House School Magazine. Arnold House School. 2005. p. 88.
  2. ↑ Suhas, Maitri (12 February 2016). "What Happened to Cute Voldemort?". Bustle . Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Vineyard, Jennifer (25 June 2007). "Harry Potter Casting Call Could Help Ron Weasley Find Perfect Shade of Lavender / Director David Yates also hopes to fill role of Tom Riddle at another open casting call". MTV. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  4. ↑ Izbicki, John (26 November 1998). "Education: Rise of 'The Fallen'". The Independent . Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Coulson Photography". Archived from the original on 25 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Audiobook Review: The White Devil (2011)". AudioFile . Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Audiobook Review: Moth and Spark (2014)". AudioFile. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Audiobook Review: Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea (2014)". AudioFile. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Audiobook Review: The Dead House (2015)". AudioFile. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Audiobook Review: No Man's Land (2016)". AudioFile. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Audiobook Review: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (2017)". AudioFile. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Audiobook Review: Into? (2018)". AudioFile. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. ↑ "FIREBORNE by Rosaria Munda Read by Christian Coulson Candice Moll Steve West | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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