Background
De Souza was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. He grew up in Boxford, Berkshire, developing a fascination with theatre, music, and writing since early childhood.
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De Souza was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. He grew up in Boxford, Berkshire, developing a fascination with theatre, music, and writing since early childhood.
He attended Brockhurst Preparatory School. He was educated at boarding Brockhurst Preparatory School in Berkshire and at Street Edward"s School, Oxford, where he completed A-levels in English, History and Philosophy.
He first gained popularity by portraying Matty Levan in the E4 teen drama series Skins. In 2006, when he was 13, he starred in the short film Hangman, premiered at the Corn Exchange. During school age he also followed the acting workshops at the Watermill Theatre, near Newbury.
After a brief appearance in Nick Ross"s documentary series The Truth About Crime, de Souza got his break on television at the age of 17, when he was cast as Matty Levan in the fifth and sixth instalment of cult drama Skins.
In 2012, he joined the cast of historical drama The Borgias, created by Neil Jordan for the American television network Showtime and filmed at Korda Studios, near Budapest. His character, Alfonso d"Aragona, first appeared in The Confession and closed his run at the end of the third and final season.
While in Hungary, he was filmmaker with photographer Benjamin Lebus for Evelyne"s World, a concept short film about the allegory of the Cave starring Évelyne Brochu. De Souza"s first big screen role is in Julian Gilbey"s thriller Plastic.
Production took place in early 2013 on location in Miami and London.
As a screenplay writer, he is set to make his cinematic debut in Kids in Love, a film produced by Ealing Studios with de Souza also taking a title role alongside Will Poulter, Alma Jodorowsky and Cara Delevingne. In 2014 he was cast as the male lead in a new series based on Blake Nelson"s novel Recovery Road, which will premiere in 2016 on a new network that will replace American Broadcasting Company Family, known as Freeform. In addition to his acting career, de Souza is a singer and musician.
In 2011 he"s featured as a guest vocalist for Cubiq in their Say European Parliament released by Hidden Label.
The tune, related to current electro club music, has been remixed by Matanza and Timmy P in an alternative version that fits the traditional house template. De Souza also works in the field of producing.
In 2013 he co-founded with actor Will Poulter the television and film production company Good Soil. The following year he created his own brand management called de Souza aimed at helping young storytellers, producers or filmmakers develop their scripts.
Since 2010 he"s a member of the National Youth Theatre.