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• Began acting on stage at age 6; appeared in Macbeth in 1999 and in Arthur Miller's All My Sons a year later.
• Made TV debut in 2001 in the BBC/A&E movie Armadillo and was a regular on the six-part BBC teen drama Feather Boy.
• Made theatrical-film debut in the title roles of the 2002 family drama Tom & Thomas; other major film credits include The Illusionist (2006) and the coming-of-age comedy-drama Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008).
• Stars as John Lennon in the 2009 film Nowhere Boy, which focuses on the early life of the rock icon; began a relationship with the film's director, Sam Taylor-Wood, who is 23 years his senior.