Currently living in the USA (2004)

Is the second oldest of four boys.

Met ex-wife Katharine Towne at an audition for Dawson's Creek (1998). The couple married a few weeks later.

Ex-son-in-law of Robert Towne and Julie Payne.

Favorite actors are Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn

Divides his time between Los Angeles and London.

Very good friends with Jamie Bell, Anne Hathaway and Romola Garai. All formed a strong bond while filming Nicholas Nickleby (2002).

Was going to play the "stoner" in the small independent film Anderson's Cross (2010) alongside former Undeclared (2001) co star Samm Levine and good friend Jerome Elston Scott, but couldn't because of scheduling conflicts. Director Jerome cut the part out of the script completely saying "No one replaces Charlie Hunnam".

Auditioned for the role of Anakyn Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).

Auditioned for the lead role in Thor (2011).

Was cast as Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) but three weeks before the start of the shooting he chose to drop out the film due personal reasons and his busy schedule with Sons of Anarchy (2008).

In between season 3 and 4 of Sons of Anarchy. New movie The Ledge was bought by IFC Films [January 2011]

Now in second season playing the role of "Jax" in 'Sons of Anarchy' American television FX channel. [December 2009]

Was going to reunite with his Undeclared (2001) colleagues Jason Segel and Judd Apatow in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). Segel wrote the role of Aldous Snow with him in mind, but he dropped out due to not feeling the project was right for him. Russell Brand ended up getting the role.

He is of English, 1/8th Irish, and some Scottish, descent.

He's dyslexic.