Christian Coulson is a young actor of British descent. He is known to many for his roles in films and series such as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Last King, Gabi, etc. Of course, he played in several serious theater productions (Travesty, Romeo and Juliet). etc.) and provided his voice for two audio drama. But the article will discuss his career in film and television.
Christian Coulson: personal life
Christian was born in October 1978 in Manchester (England). He studied at the London Westminster School, and quite successfully, for which he regularly received an academic scholarship. At the age of twelve, he joined the staff of the National Musical Youth Theater in London. And in 1997 he entered Claire College at the University of Cambridge, after which he received a degree in English. By that time, he had already written poems and a book for his own rock musical The Fallen, which he first presented in 1998 at a conference at the Bedford School.
While still a college student, Christian took part in theatrical productions. He played host of events in the popular musical Cabaret, Arturo Wie in the play by Bertolt Brecht, Career of Arturo Wie, and Clare in the play The Maids, written by the French playwright Jean Genet. And since 2001, the guy began to appear in films and on television.
Carier start
Christian Coulson got his first role as Matt Radlet in the BBC drama mini-series Love in a Cold Climate (2001). And then he starred in ten episodes of Alex Kirby’s fantasy series “The Worst Witch at College of Wizards” (2001-2002). The events of the series are considered on behalf of Mildred Hubble, a girl who, after school, entered the Three Sisters College of Magic at Cambridge. The actor got the role of Ben Stenson, deprived of the magic of the employee of the Misery cafe and the best friend of the main character.
Christian got the next role in the mini-series Christopher Menaul and David Moore's The Forsyte Saga (2002), which tells the story of an influential Victorian family. And in the same year, Daniel Radcliffe, Christian Coulson and Emma Watson starred in the fantasy detective Chris Columbus “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, the plot of which is based on the novel by the same name by Rowling. He played Tom Marvolo Reddle, a young dark magician who later became known to everyone under the forbidden name Voldemort.
The last hours of the king
Christian Coulson with the small role of Ralph Partridge appeared in the melodrama Watch, filmed in 2002 by Stephen Daldry. A year later, he received the role of Midshipman Hammond in the Andrew Warve television drama “Captain Hornblower: Loyalty”. And then he played the Duke of Monmouth in the historical mini-series Joe Wright's The Last King (2003), which tells of King Charles Ⅱ: his life in exile, his subsequent return and attempts to revive England.
The actor often had to star in the series as an episodic character. So, in 2005, he appeared in one episode of the detective drama “Miss Marple” by Agatha Christie (2004–2013). He starred in the first season of Steve Bendelak's comedy "Your Brita" (2003-2006). In 2006, he took part in the filming of one episode of the short-series drama “Short Meetings” (2005- ...).
He played an episodic character named Raul in the second season of Jake Wilson’s musical Battery Low (2008- ...). The role of Ivan played in the series "Gossip Girl" and Harry in the comedy musical Dante Russo "Sausage and Sausage" (2009- ...). Christian Coulson starred in an episode of the comedy series Jeffery and Cole Casserole. He got the role of Mr. Farrell in the comedy drama “Jackie's Sister” (2009–2015), and Andre Bergson in the third season of CBS’s drama “The Good Wife” (2009–2016).
Ali in the jungle
In 2012, the actor in the role of Aaron starred in the comedy melodrama Jonathan Liseka "Gabi". This is a story about Matt and Jen, who in childhood dreamed of having a baby. And now, after a few years, they decide to do it, but they can’t do it, because Matt is gay. In the same year, Christian played one of the main characters in the British-Iranian drama "Ali in Wonderland." And he played the main role of Evan in the romantic comedy of Eric Tao “Lovers” (2013), which tells about a series of sexual relations between members of a group of thirty people and what came of it.
Christian Coulson received a small role in the melodrama "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: He", filmed in 2013 by Ned Benson. He participated in the filming of the drama by Ira Sachs “Love is a strange thing” (2014). In 2015, he played in one episode of the Christian thriller Christian Taylor's "Bait". A year later, appeared in one episode of the comedy drama Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman, “Mozart in the Jungle” (2014- ...). And in 2017, he replenished the cast of the musical drama Kelly Houry “Nashville” (2012–2018), where for eight episodes he played George Damien - director of music videos.
New items
New films with Christian Coulson are planned to be launched in 2017. After all, the production of the comedy project Abbigail Schwartz Those Who Wander and the drama by Christina Callas The Rainbow Experiment, where the actor will play the main role, has already been completed. It is also already known that he is at the head of the cast of the romantic comedy Meredith Edwards Bite Me, whose premiere date is set for 2018.