Nathan Maloney Essay

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At the age of 17, Hunnam was discovered in a shoe shop on Christmas Eve while drunkenly clowning around buying shoes for his brother. A production manager for the Newcastle-based children’s show Byker Grove approached him and Hunnam was later cast in his first role as Jason in three episodes of the show. He also had a brief modeling career where he did a shoot for kanhols Caps and then decided Modeling was not for him. Aged 18, his first major role came when he was cast by Russell T Davies as fifteen-year-old schoolboy Nathan Maloney in Davies’ Channel 4 drama queer as Folk. The role of Nathan Maloney proved to be a turning point in his career. He beautifully administered the challenging task of turning the character from being a shy, introvert and innocent chap to a cocky, know-it-all guy, so much so has become a role model for the gay youth. The show was largely appreciated and recorded highest ratings of that time. Following the ground-breaking ratings, he reprised his role of Nathan Maloney for the two-hour sequel of the drama, “Queer as Folk 2”. He next made a big screen debut starring as Daz in the film ‘whatever happened to Harold Smith?’ released in 1999. Charlie moved to Los Angeles. His …show more content…

In the Film, he played the role of the treacherous thug who enrobes an American student expelled from Havard and teaches the latter the details related to football hooliganism. The movie earned negative critical review for the unrealistic and wrongful deliverance of Cockney accent. Following a dismissal performance of an English thug, he went on to star in the Kurt Sutter who cast him in the role of Jackson ‘Jax’ Teller in the television biker drama, ‘Sons of Anarchy’. The role which had him play as the Vice President of a biker gang got him his real breakthrough and proved to be a role of a lifetime. It also earned him a couple of nominations in awards categories. The series is on-going as of

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