Charley Boorman Movies and Career Information

Charley Boorman (born 23 August 1966) is an English TV adventurer, travel writer and actor. He is well-known for his association with motorcycles and enthusiasm for biking. Boorman was educated at three independent schools, two in the Republic of Ireland: St Gerards School in Bray, Co Wicklow; St. Kilian's Deutsche Schule (English name: 'St. Kilian's German School') in Dublin; and Sibford School, a Quaker school near Banbury, Oxfordshire, from 1980 until 1983. Born in England, Boorman spent much of his formative years in County Wicklow, Ireland. Boorman is the son of costume designer Christel Kruse and film director John Boorman. He is married to Olivia with whom he has two daughters, Doone and Kinvara. Resides in Barnes, South-West London. Thanks to his father he got an early start in the film business as a child actor, first appearing in Deliverance (1972) and then returning to cinema as a young Mordred in Excalibur (1981), and The Emerald Forest (1985) directed by his father. In Hope and Glory (1987), also directed by his father, he appears in a non-speaking role as the young German Luftwaffe pilot shot down, parachuting into the small village. His sister Katrine also appears in