Mini Biodata of "Henry Cavill"

Henry Cavill

Date of Birth: 5 May 1983 , Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Birth names: Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill

Nicknames: Hank, Henners, Most Dashing Duke

Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was natural on the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands, just off the coast of Normandy, France. He is the next youngest by means of four brothers.

He was cultured at St. Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey previous to presence Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, England.

Henry's interest in acting started at an early age with school play renditions of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and Sonny in "Grease". He also starred and directed Hamlet in "40 Minutes".

It was at the age of seventeen when Henry was discovered by casting directors at school who were looking for a young boy to play Albert Mondego in "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002). He went on to star in "Laguna" (2001), come into sight in BBC's "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (2002), TV film "farewell Mr Chips" (2002), and TV sequence "Midsummer Murders" (2003).

From 2003 when Henry was twenty years old, he gained starring roles in "I Capture the Castle" (2003), "Red Riding Hood" (2007), "Hellraiser: Hellworld" (2005), and "Tristan & Isolde" (2006). He also had a minor role in "Stardust" (2007) next to Sienna Miller and Ben Barnes.

From 2007-2010, Henry had a most important role in TV series "The Tudors" as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. The series was a hit and was chosen for a Golden Globe in 2007 and won an Emmy in 2008. Entertainment Weekly named him 'Most Dashing Duke'.

He also starred in "Blood Creek" (2009) and Woody Allen's comedy film "Whatever Works" (2009).

Once TV hit series "The Tudors" ended, Henry played lead roles in Tarsem Singh's mythological special effects film "Immortals" (2011) and "The Cold Light of Day" (2012) alongside Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver.

On January 30, 2011, it was announced that Henry Cavill had been cast as the next Superman in "Man of Steel" which is directed by Zach Snyder, shaped by Christopher Nolan, and scripted by David S. Goyer.