Sam Claflin

Samuel George Claflin is an English actor born on 27 June 1986. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his career on television and made his feature film debut in 2011. He gained wider recognition for portraying Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games film series and for starring in romantic films such as Love, Rosie and Me Before You.

Claflin was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, to Mark Claflin, a finance officer, and Sue Claflin, a teaching assistant. He grew up in Norwich, Norfolk, with two older brothers, Benjamin and Daniel, and a younger brother, Joseph, who is also an actor. During his childhood, Claflin played football until a broken ankle ended his hopes of playing professionally. Encouraged by his parents and a high school teacher at Costessey High School, he turned to acting. He was a member of the Norwich City School of Excellence, studied Performing Arts at Norwich City College in 2003, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009.

Claflin made his acting debut in 2010 appearing in the television miniseries The Pillars of the Earth and Any Human Heart. In 2011, he portrayed footballer Duncan Edwards in the BBC drama United and made his first film appearance as Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, earning a nomination for Best Male Newcomer at the 17th Empire Awards. In 2012, he appeared in the miniseries White Heat, played William in Snow White and the Huntsman—earning a Teen Choice Award nomination—and was cast in the film The Quiet Ones.

In 2013, Claflin joined The Hunger Games film series as Finnick Odair starting with Catching Fire, reprising the role in Mockingjay – Part 1 in 2014 and Part 2 in 2015. During this period, he also appeared in the TV film Mary and Martha, portrayed Oxford student Alistair Ryle in The Riot Club, and starred as Alex in the romantic comedy drama Love, Rosie in 2014.

Claflin reprised his role as William in scenes for The Huntsman: Winter's War in 2016 and starred as William Traynor in Me Before You the same year. He went on to appear in the dramas Journey's End in 2017 and Adrift in 2018. From 2019 to 2022, he portrayed British fascist politician Oswald Mosley in the television series Peaky Blinders. His subsequent film work included roles in The Corrupted in 2019, the reboot of Charlie's Angels in 2019, and Mycroft Holmes in the 2020 film Enola Holmes.

In 2023, Claflin played singer Billy Dunne in the musical drama series Daisy Jones & the Six, performing vocals on the band's album Aurora and receiving a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. In 2024, he played the title role in a French-Italian television adaptation of The Count of Monte-Cristo. In his personal life, Claflin married actress Laura Haddock in July 2013, with whom he has a son and a daughter, before announcing their legal separation in August 2019. He has been in a relationship with Dar Zuzovsky since 2025.