Daniel Richard Huttlestone (born 17 September 1999) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as

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'', which both earned him a

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nomination as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Feature Film.

Career

Huttlestone started his stage career from the age of 9, landing the role of "Nipper" in the 2009 production of ''

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'' at the

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, performing on the opening night with

Rowan Atkinson Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He played the title roles on the sitcoms '' Blackadder'' (1983–1989) and '' Mr. Bean'' (1990–1995), and the film series ''Johnny English'' (2003–20 ...

, and continuing until it closed in 2011. He went on to perform the role of Gavroche, in ''Les Misérables'', at the Queen's Theatre, working with

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where he stayed with the show for 1 year. He reprised his role from the stage musical as

for the film adaptation of ''

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in the 2014 film version of ''

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. Huddlestone played Brian Fawcett in '' The Lost City of Z''. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on 15 October 2016.

Early and personal life

Huttlestone was born on 17 September 1999 in

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, England, the second of three children of Linda, a homemaker, and Mark Huttlestone, a company managing director. He has an elder brother, Thomas Andrew (born 1997), who is also an actor and has appeared as Friedrich Von Trapp in ''

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'' UK Tour 2011. His younger sister, Sarah Rosina (born 2005), is an actress who is set to appear in Regent's Open Air Theatre production of ''The Sound of Music'', with his former ''

'' co-star

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Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huttlestone, Daniel 1999 births Living people 21st-century English male actors English male child actors English male film actors English male stage actors Male actors from Essex Male actors from London People from the London Borough of Havering