Charlie Bewley Biography

Name: Charles Bewley

Nick Name(s): Charlie

Date of Birth : 25 January 1981, London, England, UK

Height : 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Eye Color: Blue/Grey

He was born into a wealthy privileged family, the eldest of four brothers. His mother was Evelyn Pim. Her family owned a large department store in George’s Street, Dublin. His father was a medical doctor. The family operated the successful "Bewley's cafés" chain of coffee houses in Dublin that is still famous today. His mother was Anglican and his father was a Quaker; Charles and his brothers were raised as Quakers.

He was educated at Park House, a boarding school in England. In 1901 he won a scholarship to Winchester College. He became the Library Prefect. This honour was withdrawn when he declared in a debate that “England is not a musical nation” and he ridiculed the anthem “God save the King”. He proceeded to New College, Oxford, where he read Law. In 1910 he won the Newdigate prize for poetry. He completed his training as a barrister at King's Inns, Dublin and in 1914 he was called to the bar.

Charles' brother Kenneth also attended Oxford University. Kenneth was a career civil servant in H.M. Treasury. His younger brothers, Geoffrey and Maurice, studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin.

Charlie Bewley made a strong impression in the entertainment world after playing a sinister vampire with extraordinary clairvoyant abilities in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (2009), a role which earned him millions of fans and the kind of mainstream exposure most actors only dream of. The soft-spoken star - the eldest of four children - was raised on a farm in Nottingham, England before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he spent most of his time snowboarding, bartending and waiting tables in the resort town of Whistler. After production for "New Moon," the much anticipated sequel to "Twilight" (2008) - an epic romance/fantasy film based on the best-selling series of novels written by Stephenie Meyer - relocated from Oregon to Vancouver, the opportunity to audition for a role in the movie fell in Bewley's lap.