Editing Charlie Hunnam (section)

==Early life==
Charles Matthew Hunnam was born in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] on 10 April 1980,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/charlie-hunnam/bio/144223| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113164136/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/charlie-hunnam/bio/144223| title=Charlie Hunnam: Biography| work=[[TV Guide]]| archive-date=13 November 2014| access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> the son of Jane Bell, a ballet dancer and business owner, and William Hunnam. One of his grandmothers was a portrait artist.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://www.showbizjunkies.com/tv/charlie-hunnam-interview-sons-of-anarchy-interview/ |title=Charlie Hunnam on Sons of Anarchy, Pacific Rim, and Henry David Thoreau |first=Fred |last=Topel |date=2 September 2013 |website=Showbizjunkies.com |access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref> He has said that his mother "did a very good job" of being a single parent.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood Blonde |newspaper=Evening Standard |author=Rivkin, Annabell |date=2 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.courier.co.uk/High-Street-card-shop-best-UK/story-12826242-detail/story.html| newspaper=[[Kent and Sussex Courier]]| title=High Street card shop one of the best in UK| date=24 June 2011|access-date=3 February 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223035152/http://www.courier.co.uk/High-Street-card-shop-best-UK/story-12826242-detail/story.html| archive-date=23 February 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nerdist.com/2013/07/nerdist-podcast-charlie-hunnam |title=Nerdist Podcast: Charlie Hunnam |date=8 July 2013 |website=Nerdist |access-date=27 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115092728/http://www.nerdist.com/2013/07/nerdist-podcast-charlie-hunnam/ |archive-date=15 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV47-V5HN |title=Person Details for Charles Matthew Hunnam, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008" |website=FamilySearch.org |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref> He has an older brother named William and two younger half brothers on his mother's side named Oliver and Christian.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlie-Hunnam/8379409836 |title=Charlie Hunnam Facebook fansite |access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=September 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shockya.com/news/2012/10/11/exclusive-charlie-hunnam-talks-321-frankie-go-boom-internet-piracy-more/ |title=Exclusive: Charlie Hunnam Talks 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom, Internet Piracy, More |date=11 October 2012 |access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref>

At age 12, when his mother remarried, the family moved to [[Melmerby, Cumbria|Melmerby]] in [[Cumbria]]. He attended [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith|Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith]], from which he was later expelled. During his adolescence, he played [[rugby football|rugby]] and fought with his classmates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/2756803 |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |title=Who is Charlie Hunnam? |access-date=27 November 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015165920/http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/2756803 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Coleman |first=Phil |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/charlie-hunnam-who-grew-up-in-north-cumbria-lands-lead-role-in-fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-1.1082404 |newspaper=[[News & Star]] |location=Carlisle |title=Charlie Hunnam Who Grew Up in North Cumbria Lands Lead Role in Fifty Shades of Grey Movie |url-status=dead |access-date=27 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002064707/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/charlie-hunnam-who-grew-up-in-north-cumbria-lands-lead-role-in-fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-1.1082404 |archive-date=2 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/charlie-hunnam-coming-home-new-1417073 |newspaper=[[Evening Chronicle]] |location=Newcastle Upon Tyne |title=Charlie Hunnam coming home for new movie role |access-date=20 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022031528/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/charlie-hunnam-coming-home-new-1417073 |archive-date=22 October 2013 }}</ref> After that, instead of going to university, he decided to go to the [[Cumbria College of Art and Design]] in [[Carlisle]] (now part of the [[University of Cumbria]]) to study performing arts. He graduated with a dual degree in [[film theory]] and [[history of film|film history]] with a side in [[performing arts]]. He planned to write and direct his own films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/Alumni/Features/Profiles/Home.aspx |title=Meet the Alumni |website=University of Cumbria |access-date=27 November 2013 |archive-date=26 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626232957/http://cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/Alumni/Features/Profiles/Home.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |work=[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]] |publisher=NBC |title=Appearance |date=17 July 2013}}</ref>