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## *Career*

### **2005-2012: Breakthrough**

In 2005, P was cast as Adam Wilson in ITV's situation comedy Primary School. The show debuted on 4 September, 2005 and was watched by almost 2.2 million British viewers. *Primary School*quickly developed a loyal audience, with the show and P receiving strong reviews. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was complimentary of P, calling him "terrific". Variety's television reviewer, said: "All eight of the principals, especially (M) H and P, appear resourceful and display sharp sitcom skills". For his performance, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006.

During his time on *Primary School*, P also starred in Roland Emmerich's epic science fiction disaster film, 2012 alongside John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor. He was also the lead in Aardman's animated comedy film, Arthur Christmas as the son of Santa Claus alongside, Hugh Laurie.

### **2013-present**

In 2014, P played Matthew Freeman in the lead role of The Power of 5: Raven's Gate, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name. Yahoo! Movies named P as one of the 15 Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2014.

In 2015, P reprised his role of Matthew Freeman in The Power of 5: Evil Star. The film was met with critical acclaim and made $374 milion at the worldwide box-office. After the film was released it was announced that P had signed a deal which would see him commit to another four *The Power of 5* installments.

In 2016, P starred in Robert Egger's horror film The Witch that premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2015 but had a wide release in 2016 and appeared in James Franco's film In Dubious Battle alongside Selena Gomez and Bryan Cranston. He also reprised his role of Matthew Freeman in The Power of 5: Nightrise but this time in a supporting role. He earned a Teen Choice Award for his performance.

In 2017, he reprised the role of Matthew Freeman a fourth time in The Power of 5: Necropolis. The film was met with mixed reviews but was successful at the box-office making $406 million worldwide. He also played the role of Philip Haldiman in The Disaster Artist alongside James Franco and Seth Rogen. The film recieved positive reviews and grossed $29.8 million at the worldwide box-office. In November 2017, P began starring in the science-fiction comedy series Future Man on the video on demand service Hulu. The second season premiered on January 11, 2019 and since has been renewed for a third and final season which premiered on April 3 2020.

In 2018, P reprised the role of Matthew Freeman again in part 1 of the final installment of *The Power of 5* series in, The Power of 5: Oblivion Part 1. The film was met with positive reviews. He also starred in the animated film, *Elliot the Littlest Reindeer* alongside, Morena Baccarin and John Cleese. The film recieved negative reviews overall. He also provided the voice of Bumblebee in the Transformers spin-off film, Bumblebee. The film recieved positive reviews, with most calling it the best Transformers movie in the franchise. The film has also grossed $459 million on a budget of $135 million.

In 2019, B appeared in Jordan Peele's anthology series, Weird City. The show recieved positive reviews, with P's performance in particular. He also presented the Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing, both of which were won by Bohemian Rhapsody. He also lent his voice to the english dubbed version of the Netflix show, Ultraman. He also reprised the role of Matthew Freeman for the final time in, The Power of 5: Oblivion Part 2 which was met with positive reviews. He also had a supporting role in the film, Burn alongside Suki Waterhouse, Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Harry Schum Jr. It was met with mixed reviews.

In 2020, he appeared in an episode of Amazing Stories which premiered on Apple TV+ alongside, Victoria Pedretti, Micah Stock and Sasha Alexander. The show recieved negative reviews. He also starred in the post-apocalyptic film, Love and Monsters alongside, Michael Rooker, Jessica Henwick and Dan Ewing. The film recieved positive reviews and was released in theatres and digitally on the same day.

### **Upcoming projects**

P is set to star alongside, Mark Wahlberg, Sophie Cookson and Chiwetel Ejiofor in the upcoming film, Infinite, which follows a man who learns the visions he’s been having are actually memories of his past lives.

P is also set to star in the James Franco directed film, The Long Home alongside, Zoe Levin, Tim Blake Nelson and Courtney Love as a young contractor who is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father. He will also star in, *Across the River and Into the Trees* which follows a World War II soldier who decides to spend a weekend in quiet solitude but his plans soon unravel. He will star alongside, Liev Schreiber , Matilda De Angelis and Giancarlo Gianini . P ia also cast alongside Bill Murray and Linda Cardellini in the film, *The King of Counterfeit,*where a pair of young contractors get in over their heads when they team up with a crooked lawyer. He is also set to star in film, *Marceau* based on the true story of Marcel Marceau and his involvment in the french resistence alongside, Mark Strong. He has also been cast in the *Untitled Skydance Project* that is being directed by Peter Farrelly and will star alongside, Viggo Mortensen. The film is based on the book, The Greatest Beer Run Ever.

P will also be the narrator on the Channel 4 reality series, *The Bridge* which sees 12 strangers attempt to build a bridge to win a cash prize.

He will also play a former bad boy in the TV series, *Rita* alongside, Lena Heady, Darren Pettie and Curtiss Cook.

He also set to appear in the *Untitled Primary School Reunion* episode.

## *Philanthropy*

P is a supporter of the charaties, *Straight But Not Narrow*, *Hope North* and the Red Cross.

In February 2007, he visited northern Uganda and spent four days seeing projects supported by the British Red Cross.

## *Personal Life*

P was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to drama. He received the honour from Princess Anne during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 2012.

### **Relationships**

On August 9 2018, P and actress Chloe Grace Moretz were spotted out in Los Angeles together at The Nice Guy. They were rumoured to be on a date.

P currently resides in Madrid with girlfriend, Claudia Traisac.