Sexy Stamp: Charlie Hunnam

Thursday Sexy Stamp goes to "Sons of Anarchy" star, Charlie Hunnam.

 

Having emerged from his native England as one of the stars of the controversial series "Queer as Folk," actor Charlie Hunnam established himself as an actor of note in America, tackling a wide variety of roles on more accessible television fare.

 

Decidedly picky about which roles he took - almost to the detriment of his career - Hunnam vehemently avoided making any-old movie for the sake of stardom; instead focusing his attention on quality projects. After a couple of false starts on short-lived series like "Young Americans" (The WB, 2000) and "Undeclared" (2001-02), he found his footing playing the titular character in Douglas McGrath's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby" (2002).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over the next few years, Hunnam turned down more work that he took, appearing in small roles in "Cold Mountain" (2003) and "Children of Men" (2006), while tackling a meatier part in the British-made "Green Street Hooligans" (2005). But it was his turn as the troubled Jax Teller on the hit motorcycle drama, "Sons of Anarchy" (FX, 2008- ), that propelled the reluctant actor into the limelight and brought him the kind of celebrity that he had previously evaded.

 

 

CAREER MILESTONES:

 

1998

Cast in his first role as the child model Jason on the British children's show "Byker Grove" (BBC)

 

1999

Appeared on the BBC series "Microsoap"

Landed breakthrough screen role as 15-year-old Nathan Maloney on the controversial gay-themed British series "Queer as Folk" (Channel 4)

Made feature acting debut in "Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?"

 

2000

Landed recurring role on the short-lived WB drama "Young Americans"

 

2000

Reprised role of Nathan in "Queer as Folk 2" (Channel 4)

 

2001

Appeared on the short-lived Fox comedy "Undeclared" as cocky British drama student Lloyd Haythe

 

2002

Featured in the teen thriller "Abandon," written and directed by Stephen Gaghan

Played title role in Douglas McGrath's feature remake of Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby"

 

2003

Cast in small role in Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain"

 

 

 

 

2005

Co-starred with Elijah Wood in "Green Street Hooligans," a film about the underworld of British football hooliganism

 

2006

Cast in Alfonso Cuarón's futuristic tale "Children of Men," adapted from P.D. James' novel

 

2008

Cast as Jackson 'Jax' Teller, the central character on the FX drama series "Sons of Anarchy"

 

2011

Returned to features with a starring role in the drama thriller "The Ledge"

 

2012

Cast opposite Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde in crime drama "Deadfall"

 

2013

Starred in the big-budget action/sci-fi film "Pacific Rim"