Charlie Clement is a famous English theater and film actor, until 2009 he was a member of the Brooks Lives musical group, where he played the lead rhythm guitar. The actor is best known for his role as Bradley Branning in the BBC television series East End.
Biography
Charlie Clement was born on June 5, 1987 in the southeast area of London, England. He graduated from high school in 2005 at the age of 18 while working part-time at the Waitrose supermarket in Bromley. Immediately after graduation, the creative career of an actor began. As Charlie Clement himself said, he did not have an acting education, so he watched people a lot on the set, thereby gaining experience.
Charlie Clement graduated in October 2014. He graduated from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) with a master's degree.
Career
Charlie Clement is a famous English theater and film actor, until 2009 he was a member of the musical group Brooks Lives, where he played the lead rhythm guitar. His song "When I Fall in Love" became the soundtrack for one of the episodes of "East Endians".
The beginning of the actor's career can be considered the appearance in the episode of the British police drama "Purely English Murder", in which he played the role of Adrian Beekman, a character with highly functional autism.
Charlie Clement is best known for his role as Bradley Branning in the BBC television series East End.
The first appearance on the screen was on January 24, 2006. East Endians is a British television series that depicts the daily lives of ordinary people in the fictional Walford County of East End, East London. The series is one of the most popular TV programs in the UK, has been aired since 1985 and as of July 2016 contains 5312 episodes. Has won nine BAFTA Awards and dozens of other awards.
Clement left the television series in 2009. The actor called the official reason for leaving the series the need to move on and look for new roles. However, later in his interview, Charlie Clement said that in fact, one of the reasons for leaving the series is the increased attention of people to his person. The actor openly expressed that he hated drawing too much attention to himself, and said that wherever he went, to a pub or a club with his friends, he was haunted by questions about the "East End".
Despite his retirement from the series, Clement appeared in the final episode for the 25th anniversary of East Endians in 2010.
A little later, at the ceremonial release of the film "Free Women" (2011), Charlie Clement admitted that he thought that it would be difficult for him to find a job after participating in such a high-profile television series as East Endians.
However, Clement soon played the role of David Fielde in The Phantom, based on a short story by Charles Dickenson. In an interview with the Edinburgh Evening News, the actor spoke about the role: “I play a young bookseller who is sent to a manor house in the center of the country to catalog the books of the late Earl Gray. Later, strange noises are constantly heard in the house, and books are flying from the shelves. From this moment, the investigation of what is happening in the house begins."
After that, Charlie appeared in the short film Coward, directed by David Roddham. Coward became the # 1 viewers' choice on Vimeo.
From 23 May to 16 June 2012, Clement performed the role of Mick in Meredith Oaks' controversial play Faith at the Courtyard Theater in Hoxton, London. In preparation for the role, he underwent full military training.
In the summer of 2013, Charlie played the role of Nathan in the short film Falling In Pieces, winning second place at the London Science Fiction Film Festival.
On October 26, 2013, Clement appeared in the television series The Injured as Jake O'Reilly, who got into trouble after he and his father found a bag of cash.
Clement also starred in the episode "Murdoch's Investigation," appearing in the 8th episode of season 14, "Toronto Girl Trouble."
In March 2015, Charlie portrayed Ray in Lone Star, a theatrical production directed by Lunchtime Theater London.
In 2017, Clement appeared in the television documentary "Elizabeth I and Her Enemies" and played the role of the Earl of Essex - Robert Devereaux.
Despite his doubts, the actor starred in many different cinematic films.
So, Charlie Clement starred:
- TV series "East Endians" (since 1985), "Pure English Murder" (1984-2010), "Catastrophe" (since 1986), "Holby City" (since 1999), "Murdoch Investigation "(Since 2008)," Victim "(since 2013);
- Melodrama "Popcorn" (2007);
- Historical paintings "Six Queens of Henry VIII" (2016) and "Elizabeth I and her enemies" (2017);
- Horror film "Don't Leave Home" (2018).
In the spring of 2018, Charlie toured the UK again with the Bill Kenwright Theater Company, but this time with Edgar Wallace's gruesome thriller The Case of the Frightened Lady as Detective Sergeant Eduardo "Edward" Totti.
Personal life
The actor does not disclose information about his personal life. However, it is known that he got married in 2010 and has three children.
