Edward Speleers (often shortened to Ed) (born December 21, 1987) is an English actor. His debut role was the title role in Eragon, an adaptation of Christopher Paolini's fantasy novel of the same name, which also stars Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, John Malkovich and Robert Carlyle. The movie was released internationally on December 15, 2006.
Speleers was born in Chichester, England. He studied at two British independent schools: at Dorset House School in Bury, near Pulborough in West Sussex and at Eastbourne College, a famous boarding school in the town of Eastbourne, in East Sussex. He had no acting experience beyond amateur school productions. Despite this, he beat out 180,000 hopefuls to land the title role of the multi-million dollar screen version of Eragon. [citation needed] Speleers is also an accomplished football player, rugby player, and saxophone player. Ed is currenty dating one of his close friends, Kasia Lasinska. They are happily in love and plan on tying the knot in 2012.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Eragon | Eragon |
External links
- Official Website
- Edward Speleers at IMDb
- Edward Speleers' top fansite at SpeleersNet
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