Christian Coulson
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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- Name
- Christian Coulson
- Birth Name
- Christian Peter Coulson
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England
- Education
- Clare College, Cambridge (BA)
- Occupation
- Actor
- Born
- 1978 · Manchester.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- Shakespearean comedy
- Languages
- English
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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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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Christian Coulson • Birth Name — Christian Peter Coulson • Birthplace — Manchester, England • Education — Clare College, Cambridge (BA) • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2001–present
Early life
Early life
Coulson was born in Manchester. 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. 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.
Career
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. 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. He also wrote the lyrics and book for a rock musical called The Fallen which was performed at Bedford Modern School in 1998. As of 2015, Coulson resides and works in New York City as an actor, director and photographer.
Television
Television
• 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"
Audio drama
Audio drama
• Year — Title — Role • 2007 — Doctor Who: The Bride of Peladon — Pelleas • 2008 — Doctor Who: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster — Robert McIntosh
Audiobooks
Audiobooks
• Year — Title — Author — Notes — Ref. References • 2011 — The White Devil — Justin Evans • 2014 — Moth and Spark — Anne Leonard • Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea — Adam Roberts • 2015 — The Dead House — Dawn Kurtagich — AudioFile Earphones Award • 2016 — No Man's Land — Simon Tolkien • 2017 — The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue: Montague Siblings, Book 1 — Mackenzi Lee — AudioFile Earphones Award • 2018 — Into? — North Morgan • 2019 — Fireborne — Rosaria Munda — AudioFile Earphones Award • 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
Theatre
Theatre
• Romeo and Juliet – Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool (2002) Romeo • Journey's End – Comedy Theatre, London (2004) Raleigh • Festen – UK Tour (2006) Christian • Ghosts – Gate Theatre, London (2007) Osvald • Travesties – McCarter Theatre, New Jersey (2012) Tristan Tzara • Shakespeare in Love – Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Desales University (2018) Lord Wessex • King Richard II – Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Desales University (2018) King Richard • The XIXth (The Nineteenth) – The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego (2023) Neville
Identity
Identity
Christian Coulson is recorded as actor.
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Birth place
Films
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 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 • 2011 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 — 16-year-old Tom Riddle — Archival footage • 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
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