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## *Career*

### **2006-2012: Breakthrough**

In early 2006, S was cast as Matthew Brown in the hit ITV show, Primary School. S won the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and was also nominated for 5 Online Film & Television Association Awards. Overall he earned just over £3 million for his work on *Primary School*.

During this time he also appeared in the film, Friends with Benefits alongside, Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. The film became a commercial success at the box office, grossing over $150.4 million worldwide, against a budget of $35 million and was well recieved by critics.

### **2013-present**

In 2015, S starred in the film Blackway alongside, Anthony Hopkins and Julia Stiles. Although screened as *Go with Me* at the Venice Film Festival in 2015, it was not released for public viewing in the U.S. until 10 June 2016.

In 2016, he portrayed via motion capture and voiced Gul'dan, the central antagonist of the action fantasy film Warcraft, based upon the popular video game series by Blizzard. He also appeared on an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls.

In 2017, S co-starred alongside Charlie Hunnam in the drama film The Lost City of Z directed by James Gray, and released in April, to positive critical reception, however was a box-office dissapointment only grossing $19.3 million worldwide on a budget of $30 million. S also appeared in the American adventure comedy film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, alongside, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who called it a "pleasant surprise" and praised the cast. It has grossed nearly $960 million worldwide, the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2017 and the 41st-highest-grossing film of all time.

In 2019, he starred in the film Midway, alongside Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson and Luke Evans. The film recieved mixed reviews and struggled at the box-office only grossing $125.8 million on a budget of $100 million. He also reprised his role from *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle* in Jumanji: The Next Level. The film recieved positive reviews and grossed $800.1 million at the worlwide box-office.

In 2020, he starred in the film, Bad Boys for Life alongside, Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Vanessa Hudgens. The film recieved positive reviews and has grossed $426.5 million worldwide. He also starred in the film, Vivarium alongside Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris and Danielle Ryan. The film recieved positive reviews.  He also starred in the World War II film, *Recon* alongside, Sam Keely. The film recieved mixed to negative reviews.

### **Upcoming projects**

S will co-star in the film Chaos Walking based upon the novel of the same name which is set on a dystopian world where there are no women and all living creature can hear each others thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise, alongside, *Primary School* co-star JB and Daisy Ridley. In May 2017, S was cast as Nathan Drake, a young treasure hunter in the upcoming video game adaptation film, Uncharted alongside, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas and Tati Gabrielle. He is also set to star in the film, Dual alongside, Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul and Martha Kelly. The film follows a woman who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family.

He is also set to star as the captain of a dysfunctional college rowing team in the film, Swing alongside, Michael Shannon, Charles Melton and Ash Santos and will also star alongside Laurence Fishburne in the film, *Blacksmith* where S will play a weapons expert who is forced to go on the run after his lab is destroyed.

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

## *Philanthropy*

S is a known supporter of various charaties such as, Keep America Beautiful, Starlight Children's Foundation and Alzheimer's Association.

S is fond of cats and has been involved in fostering  animals. He has bee associated with Farm Sanctuary and has presented at several of their galas.

On September 12, 2016, S, as well as Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Peter Capaldi, Douglas Booth, Neil Gaiman, Keira Knightley, Juliet Stevenson, Kit Harington, and Stanley Tucci, featured in a video from the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR to help raise awareness about the global refugee crisis. The video, titled "What They Took With Them", has the actors reading a poem, written by Jenifer Toksvig and inspired by primary accounts of refugees, and is part of UNHCR's #WithRefugees campaign, which also includes a petition to governments to expand asylum to provide further shelter, integrating job opportunities, and education.

D is also a member of the National Youth Leadership Committee for the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, along with Jordin Sparks, Genevieve Ryan, and Brodi Conover.

## *Personal Life*

S 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**

In September 2016, S was spotted entering a hotel room with Romana and Beezus actress, Joey King and leaving it the next morning.

## *Filmography*

### **Television**

 2016
 Running Wild with Bear Grylls  | Himself
 2021