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Laurence Belcher

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Laurence Belcher
Born
Laurence Joseph Belcher

(1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 28)
Surrey, England
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
OccupationActor
Years active2007–2014

Laurence Joseph Belcher (born 27 December 1995) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Young Kazran in Doctor Who and as Young Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class. He also starred as Maurice Dumont in The Shadow Within and Gracie!. After attending City of London Freemen's School in Ashtead, Surrey, he studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Oxford, completing his degree in 2018.

Career

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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 episode "A Christmas Carol", based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, as the 12-year-old Kazran. Some of his other appearances have been alongside Ashley Judd and Sean Bean in ABC drama 'Missing', released in early 2012. Laurence made his theatre debut in Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art at the National Theatre alongside Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings in 2010, the end of which was overlapped by rehearsals for Simon Gray's The Late Middle Classes at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by David Leveaux, and starring Helen McCrory and Robert Glenister. In 2013, he appeared in "The Turn of the Screw" at the Almeida theatre. In 2022, he appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre.

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2007 The Shadow Within Maurice Dumont
2007 Hell Bent for Leather Young Seb Hunter
2008 Little Dorrit Young Arthur TV mini-series, Season 1, Episode 1
2009 Gracie! Young Boy
2009 Messengers 2: The Scarecrow Michael Rollins
2010 National Theatre Live Young Boy TV series, Season 1, Episode 4: The Habit of Art
2010 Doctor Who Young Kazran TV series, 1 episode: "A Christmas Carol"
2011 X-Men: First Class Young Charles Xavier
2012 Missing Dignity Young Maxim TV series, Season 1, Episode 7: "A Measure of A Man"
2013 Diana Prince William[1]
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Young Charles Xavier Archive Footage
2014 Silent Witness Robbie Masham Series 17, episodes 3–4

References

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  1. ^ "Naomi Watts prepares to rock as Princess Diana". Pakistan Today. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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