Henry Cavill attends the Jameson Empire Awards 2015 at Grosvenor House, on March 29, 2015, in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips)
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Jason Momoa (L) and Henry Cavill attend the European Premiere of "Suicide Squad" at Odeon Leicester Square on August 3, 2016, in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett)
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Henry Cavill attends the dunhill Presentation at the The Savile Club during The London Collections Men AW16 on January 10, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland)
Henry Cavill arrives at the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 28, 2016, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire)
Henry Cavill attends the "Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice" New York Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on March 20, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by J. Countess)
Ben Affleck (L) and Henry Cavill attend the launch of Bai Superteas at the "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" Premiere Party on March 20, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder)
Henry Cavill and Tara King arrive for the European Premiere of 'Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice' at Odeon Leicester Square on March 22, 2016, in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang)
Henry Cavill attends the Warner Bros. presentation during Comic-Con International 2016 at San Diego Convention Center on July 23, 2016, in San Diego, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter
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Lucy Cork (L) and Henry Cavill attend the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup Polo Final at Cowdray Park on July 23, 2017, in Midhurst, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett)
Henry Cavill attends the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Justice League" at Dolby Theatre on November 13, 2017, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre)
(L-R) Actors Jason Momoa, Henry Cavill, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, and Ben Affleck attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Justice League" at Dolby Theatre on November 13, 2017, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
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Henry Cavill arrives in support of the 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' World Press Tour at Incheon Airport on July 15, 2018, in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho)
Henry Cavill arrives in support of the 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' World Press Tour at Incheon Airport on July 15, 2018, in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho)
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Henry Cavill is a British actor best known for playing the titular superhero Superman in the movie Man of Steel. Once dubbed the unluckiest man in Hollywood for losing out roles in the Batman and Superman series, and the James Bond series to Christian Bale, Brandon Routh, and Daniel Craig respectively, he has come a long way. He has since appeared in numerous major Hollywood films, such as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League.
Background
Ethnicity:
Cavill has English, Irish, and some Scottish ancestry.
Henry Cavill was born on Jersey on May 5, 1983, in Saint Helier, Jersey, the Channel Islands. He is the fourth of five boys. His father Colin was a stockbroker and his mother Marianne was a housewife for years taking care of five boys.
Henry says: “My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I’m really thankful to her.”
As for Henry’s brothers, Piers, the eldest, is a former army officer, Nick is a major in the Royal Marines, Simon works in financial services, and Charlie, the youngest, is in marketing.
Henry's father isn't a native Channel Islander but his mother is.
Education
Cavill was educated at St. Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, where he began acting in school plays. When Henry was 13 he was very eager to get off the island and go to boarding school. “Jersey is a beautiful place, absolutely stunning, and a wonderful place to visit. But growing up there, it's very small. You see the same people an awful lot. By the time I was thirteen, I was quite ready to get off the island. That's why I was very keen to go to boarding school. But as soon as I went to boarding school, I was horrendously homesick and was keen to get away…” he recalls.
So in 1996, Henry went to Stowe, Buckinghamshire, the archetypal English Boarding school with a Latin motto taken straight from the Middle Ages: Persto et Praesto (“I stand firm and I stand first”). The boarding school shaped much of his personality and steeled him for “the rejection and disappointment” of the acting world.
“Boarding school was as rough as it can be but it was a wonderful, fantastic education, which really prepped me for my acting career. You've got to have a lot of self-discipline and not get down on yourself. School gave me that preparation of being away from home and having no immediate support base.”
At Stowe Henry took part in school stage productions of Shakespeare. “The education was great but I didn't fit in very well. I wasn't popular. I came late in the first quarter. When I arrived, the boys had already formed their cliques. Also, I was rather the short fat one who everyone told to bugger off. I had received a good education, but I wasn't prepared for life in society. It's partly why I turned to acting because it demands that you play a character, and you become that character, no one can tell you to bugger off,” he remembers.
In school, Henry had an interest in ancient history and Egyptology in particular. “There was a historical fiction writer named Christian Jacq who wrote a series of books, sort of Egyptology-based, and I really enjoyed them,” he explains.
Henry was planning to study Egyptology at University, and then join the forces as his two eldest brothers: “I thought, 'If I'm going to study something, why not make it something I really enjoy?' The idea was to get a degree in ancient history or Egyptology and have the armed forces sponsor me through university. And join the armed forces afterward.”
As the second youngest of five brothers, Henry is naturally drawn to hand-to-hand combat and a love of sports. In boarding school, he played rugby, field hockey, and cricket. “I'm from a family of six men, so I'm bound to be physical,” Henry says. His best childhood memory is to play fights with the whole family.
In contrast to most of his young compatriots who have also achieved success in Hollywood, Henry Cavill didn't attend any of the prestigious drama schools for which London is famed, instead, he found himself with the transition from an ordinary school desk to the film set.
Henry Cavill believes that his entry into professional acting began when he encountered Russell Crowe. The campus of Stowe School was being used as a backdrop for the kidnap thriller Proof of Life, and Henry was among extras. It was a brief meeting that inspired him to continue with his craft.
“I took his hand and said, ‘Hi, Mr. Crowe. My name is Henry, and I’m thinking of becoming an actor. What’s it like?’ And we talked just a bit,” Henry recalls. “A few days later I got a signed picture of him in Gladiator that said, ‘Dear Henry, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.’ You can imagine how I felt when I got to the end of that first journey of a thousand miles and I’m working with Russell Crowe... And you know, I don’t want it to end.” Indeed, Cavill and Crowe had been filming Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, with Cavill playing Superman and Crowe, the hero’s doomed alien father, Jor-El.
Officially, Henry started acting at ten at St Michael’s Prep School in Jersey. “Turns out I had a bit of a knack for it,” he says with a laugh. “And I really loved it.” But he started taking it a little more seriously when he went to Stowe, where he took part in productions of Shakespeare and Grease.
“I was about 11 years old and I had just finished doing a school play. One of the teachers asked me to do it and I did it. I enjoyed it enormously. All the parents came up to me afterward and were saying, ‘You were absolutely wonderful and marvelous. We hope you do another next year.’ It was at that stage where I thought, ‘ah, this is a pretty good feeling.’ I did another one the following year and had a similar response,” Henry recalls. “Then I went to boarding school and I had a similar response there... That’s when I started seriously considering maybe doing a drama course at the university.”
Movie industry discovered Henry Cavill at 17, when the casting group for the 2002 film The Count of Monte Cristo, a screen adaptation of the classic by Alexander Dumas, came to Stowe. They visited all the English boarding schools because the role was the son of a count. “I got really lucky that a casting director went to Stowe and got me in The Count of Monte Cristo. I was in the right place at the right time. I happened to look right, had a bit of acting experience and the director liked me, so it was wham bam, thank you, ma’am!” Henry recalls. He said farewell to his textbooks and left Stowe without completing A levels in history, English and theatre studies.
Right after his debut in The Count of Monte Cristo, Henry went on to star in Laguna (Vendetta) alongside Roman Polanski’s wife Emmanuelle Seigner and then in I Capture The Castle with fellow rising star Romola Garai.
But next few years his acting career began to decline. Henry played small roles in TV series Inspector Linley Mysteries and Midsomer Murders. Then he had mostly appeared in low-profile films like the direct-to-video Hellraiser: Hellworld and Red Riding Hood, and in supporting roles in higher-profile fare like Tristan&Isolde and Stardust. He also became famous for just missing out on parts several years ago.
At that period the film career of Henry Cavill has often been described as an eternal second. Fans wanted Henry Cavill to play Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but the role went to Robert Pattinson. Stephenie Meyer originally wanted him to play the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight, but by the time filming was due to start he was considered too old at 24 to play 17 and, again, the role went to Pattinson. On top of that, he was almost cast and missed by a hair the role of James Bond, losing out to Daniel Craig, and, ironically, was due to play the superhero in director McG’s film Superman: Flyby, but McG was pulled out of the project and Bryan Singer took over, recasting Brandon Routh in 2006’s Superman Returns. Because of this, in December 2005 movie magazine Empire dubbed him the "unluckiest man in Hollywood".
“I went through a phase where I was getting wonderful feedback for everything I did, but not getting the job because I wasn’t a name...” Henry says. “It just wasn’t happening. I was getting lots of feedback, ‘Oh, loved you, fantastic performance, the director loved you, but sorry, no,’ and I started to throw my hands up in the air and thought, ‘There’s just no winning. It’s not going to happen because I’m doing everything right, but I’m not getting the results.’ So I was considering going back to school, finishing my last year of school, and then joining the Armed Forces.”
But the military will have to do without him because the British actor’s luck finally has turned. “I thought, ‘Oh, that’s good. Something’s happening. I’ve achieved some level of recognition. Someone has noticed me.’ That gave me some reinforcement, then I got (the television series) The Tudors.”, Cavill recalled.
With the steamy TV drama, The Tudors Henry finally got his break and a recognizable name when he was cast as Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, a close confidant to Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ Henry VIII. The series enjoyed a successful run, lasting four seasons and earning a Golden Globe nomination in 2007 for best drama and won Emmy in 2008 for best costume design.
During the filming of The Tudors Henry also worked in other projects. In 2007, he starred Joel Schumacher’s Blood Creek with Michael Fassbender, a revenge story in which he becomes caught up in an occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich. In spring 2008, he worked on Woody Allen’s film Whatever Works opposite Evan Rachel Wood.
After shooting the fourth season of The Tudors, Henry starred as legendary hero Theseus in the Tarsem Singh’s fantasy epic Immortals. In 2012, Henry appears alongside Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver in the action thriller The Cold Light of Day, in which he plays a young American who uncovers a conspiracy in Spain.
But finally, Henry Cavill was on the cusp of global fame. In early 2011, he was given a second chance as Superman with Zack Snyder’s reboot Man of Steel, slated for a 2013 release.
Cavill reprised the role of Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a 2016 sequel which featured a crossover with Batman and Wonder Woman. In 2017, Cavill returned as Superman in Justice League. According to his manager Dany Garcia, Cavill is working on a new standalone Superman movie. Shortly after the release of Justice League, Cavill revealed he is under contract to play Superman in one more film.
Cavill has expressed interest in taking over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig gives it up. He co-starred with Armie Hammer in the film version of spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He appeared at the San Diego Comic-Con in disguise to surprise the cast of Suicide Squad.
In 2018, Cavill co-starred as August Walker in the action spy film Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Also that year, he starred in the psychological thriller Night Hunter (originally titled Nomis). On 4 September 2018, it was announced that Cavill will be portraying the protagonist Geralt of Rivia in the Netflix adaptation of The Witcher.
On 27 June 2019, it was announced that Cavill is set to portray Sherlock Holmes in Legendary Entertainment's upcoming film adaptation of The Enola Holmes Mysteries with Millie Bobby Brown in the titular role.
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Religion
Henry was raised in a Catholic family, but it's unknown if he is religious or not.
Views
In August 2014, Cavill took part in an Ice Bucket Challenge in support of the ALS Association, where he got soaked with six large buckets of water (doing the challenge in his full Superman costume). Some media outlets wrote that this was Cavill proving that he is really Superman.
Cavill is a spokesman for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and an ambassador for The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. He launched the running phase of the Royal Marines 1664 Challenge and took part in the Gibraltar Rock Run 2014.
Quotations:
"Entering the acting world, it's a very lonely life. You all get so close, and then you promise to e-mail and text each other, but you never do. So that idea of being a sort of lone traveler I can definitely associate with."
"I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are, as well as how I grew up - that nurture side."
"Travel's great as long as you're going, first class. I mean, traveling to New Zealand in the economy, it sucks. Especially if you're over six feet. But first class? I'm not going to ever pretend to be coy about that. I love it."
Personality
Henry likes to go out to clubs and bars. His favorite spot is the Wellington Club in London. It’s a restaurant and a nightclub which he visits regularly. Henry is a huge fan of rugby. He even played growing up, but no longer plays due to some nagging injuries.
He enjoys watching the History Channel and National Geographic and shows like Dexter and Battlestar Galactica. Henry loves to play the online multi-player game of World of Warcraft and Eve Online, thanks to which Henry stays in contact with his father and his brothers when they are in the four corners of the world. “That’s something I’ve gotten quite sucked into.”
While filming an aerial helicopter scene for Mission Impossible: Fallout, Cavill’s steel nerves gave way for a few moments, leading him to think the stunt could mark the end of his life: “I thought at one point, ‘Ah, this is how I go, but at least I will have been killed by Tom Cruise and it will definitely make the papers.’”
He has a knack for languages. He's already fluent in French, has conversational skills in Italian and German, and can order a beer in Czech. He is also a huge fan of comic books although he says he did not get to read them growing up due to his time at boarding school. Leading up to Man of Steel, Cavill researched Superman by reading up on the character’s comic mythos. However, he’s admitted that he stuck mostly to the newer comics, such as Death of Superman, Return of Superman and Red Son.
Author Stephanie Meyer based the description of Edward Cullen in her Twilight novels on Henry and even lobbied for him to play the role before Robert Pattinson was cast, but he was considered too old to play a 17-year-old by the time the film was produced.
Cavill bought an American Akita dog in January 2014 from Big Bear Akitas breeders in Arkansas, United States. Henry named him Kal, after his role as Superman. Fans have nicknamed his dog, Super Puppy.
Physical Characteristics:
During his childhood, Cavill was bullied a lot at school for his chubbiness and known as "Fat Cavill" because he was fat as a kid. He started to turn things around when he landed a role in the movie The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) where he had to lose a lot of weight to get the part. The biggest turning point came when he landed the lead role in Immortals (2011). Cavill went shirtless for half the movie and sported extremely chiseled eight pack abs that vowed the audience. He has never been called "fat" since then. He achieved 6% body fay for Immortals and then went even further for Man of Steel, where he achieved a body fat percentage of 3%, which is what bodybuilders reach during competitions.
To make sure that he could live up to the role, Cavill started getting in shape for Man of Steel five months before filming started. But it’s not easy becoming Superman - at one point, he was consuming 5,000-6,000 calories a day to keep up with the workouts. While training for Man of Steel, Cavill was able to hit a personal record of 435 pounds for his deadlift, compared to a previous record that didn’t exceed 300 pounds.
Henry is 6’1″ (1.85 m) tall. His hair is brown and his eyes are blue but he’s got a brown bit at the top of his left eye. He has no piercings or tattoos.
Henry Cavill traditionally wears a signet "gentleman's" ring featuring his family coat of arms on the small finger of his left hand.
Interests
Egyptology, foreign languages
Politicians
Alexander the Great
Writers
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Naomi Novik
Sport & Clubs
Horse riding, swimming, scuba diving, cycling, snowboarding, different martial arts, shooting, fencing, hand-to-hand fighting and archery
Music & Bands
Def Leppard, Chris Young
Connections
With the itinerant lifestyle of an actor, Henry has had trouble holding down a relationship. He said: “It takes a strong woman to be with me because I’m always hopping around, and not always there. It’s really tough.”
Henry Cavill is not married at the moment, but in May 2011, he was engaged to English equestrian Ellen Whitaker. Their relationship didn't last long, and the engagement was called off.
In 2012, he dated actress Gina Carano until the pair decided to break up in 2014. Cavill then dated Tara King in 2015 whom he had met in a Mahiki nightclub in London. In May 2016, Cavill officially announced his breakup with his 19-year-old girlfriend on Twitter.