Laurence Joseph Belcher (born 27 December 1995) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Young Kazran in ''
Doctor Who
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'' and as Young
Charles Xavier
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in ''
X-Men: First Class''. He also starred as Maurice Dumont in ''The Shadow Within'' and ''
Gracie!
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...
''. After attending
City of London Freemen's School
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in
Ashtead
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,
Surrey
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, he studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the
University of Oxford
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, completing his degree in 2018.
Career
Belcher made his film debut as Maurice Dumont in horror/thriller ''The Shadow Within'' and went on to star in ''
Messengers 2'' and ''
X-Men: First Class''. He also had a major part in ''
Doctor Who
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'' episode "
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", based on ''
A Christmas Carol
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'' by
Charles Dickens
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, as the 12-year-old Kazran. Some of his other appearances have been alongside
Ashley Judd
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and
Sean Bean
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in ABC drama 'Missing', released in early 2012. Laurence made his theatre debut in
Alan Bennet
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's
The Habit of Art
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at the National Theatre alongside
Richard Griffiths
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and
Alex Jennings
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in 2010, the end of which was overlapped by rehearsals for
Simon Gray
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's ''The Late Middle Classes'' at the
Donmar Warehouse
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, directed by
David Leveaux
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, and starring
Helen McCrory
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and
Robert Glenister
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. In 2013, he appeared in "The Turn of the Screw" at the Almeida theatre. In 2022, he appeared in
To Kill a Mockingbird
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at the Gielgud Theatre.
Filmography
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
English male child actors
English male film actors
English male television actors
People from Surrey
21st-century English male actors
Alumni of the University of Oxford