English actor Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, England, to Susan A. .
His father is an accountant/financial manager and his mother is a school pupil welfare adviser.
While he is of mostly English descent, part of his fathers family is American. His great-grandfather, Newton Cleveland Claflin, was from Revere, Massachusetts. Sam descends from Robert McClaughlin, a Scottish immigrant to Essex, MA in the 1600s (the surname was eventually shortened to simply "Claflin").
(July 2009) Graduated from the 3 Year BA (Hons) Acting course at LAMDA.
Good friends with actor and model Douglas Booth , with whom he co-starred in The Riot Club .
He is a ninth cousin, once removed, of American actor Ashton Holmes (through shared "Claflin" ancestry).
Sam and his wife Laura Haddock welcomed their first child in December 2015.
Met wife-to-be Laura Haddock when both auditioned unsuccessfully for roles in My Week with Marilyn . He was after the part of Colin Clarke that went to Eddie Redmayne and Laura had vied for the role of Marilyn that went to Michelle Williams.
I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.
I used to spend a lot of time at football training, but that time was,later spent in amateur acting classes and my local youth theatre, in,plays at school and after-school clubs. That filled the void.
I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as,someone who can handle pressure.
L. A. is my office. I come here for work and work only.
I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I,always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love,the mystery of not knowing.
