CHARLIE COX

1. Charlie hadn't read any Daredevil comics before receiving the part of Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Daredevil (2015), but has since become a big fan of the character and comics in general.

2. He's the first non-American actor to play Matt Murdock/Daredevil.

3. His favorite football team is Arsenal, and was seen wearing an Arsenal shirt while cosplaying Bluey at New York Comic Con 2023.4. Charlie won the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2012 for his work in Boardwalk Empire.

Charlie Thomas Cox was born in London, England, to Patricia C. A. (Harley) and Andrew Frederick Seaforth Cox, a publisher. He has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and descends from several prominent forebears (Baronets of Agnew and Carnegie, an Earl of Findlater, and a Colonial Governor of New York, Andrew Elliot).

Cox was educated and received his training in drama at Sherborne School in Dorset where he appeared in Dealer's Choice / Patrick Marber (Mugsy) The Writing Game (Leo) Code Crackers / Andy Wilkinson (Weasel) Confusions / Alan Aykbourne (Martin & Arthur) Henry V (Nym & John Bates). He received the Gerald Pitman Award for Acting from Sherborne School. He also appeared in Judge John Deed (2001) as the Young Vicar.

He starred in Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005) (formerly You Don't Have To Say You Love Me), with Dougray Scott, The Merchant of Venice (2004), with Al Pacino, and Dot the I (2003) (aka Obsession) with Gael García Bernal, which received rave reviews at The Sundance Film Festival.