Daniel Richard Huttlestone (born 17 September 1999) is a British actor and singer. He is best known for his role as

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's ''

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'' (2012) and Jack in the

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Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1986 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...

'' (2014), which both earned him a

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and

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Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...

nomination as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Feature Film.

Early life

Huttlestone was born on 17 September 1999 in

Havering The London Borough of Havering () in East London, England, forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 259,552 inhabitants; the principal town is Romford, while other communities include Hornchurch, Upminster, Collier Row and Rainham, Lo ...

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, England, the second of three children of Linda, a homemaker, and Mark Huttlestone, a company managing director. He has an elder brother, Thomas Andrew (b. 1997), who is also an actor and has appeared as Friedrich Von Trapp in ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' UK Tour 2011. His younger sister, Sarah Rosina (b. 2005), is an actress who appeared in Regent's Open Air Theatre production of ''The Sound of Music'', with his former ''

'' co-star Isabelle Allen.

Career

Huttlestone started his stage career from the age of 9, landing the role of "Nipper" in the 2009 production of ''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before opening in the W ...

'' at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, performing on the opening night with

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, and continuing until it closed in 2011. He went on to perform the role of Gavroche, in ''Les Misérables'', at the Queen's Theatre, working with Alfie Boe,

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where he stayed with the show for 1 year. He reprised his role from the stage musical as

for the film adaptation of ''

'' and also played the role of Jack in the 2014 film version of ''

''. He filmed '' London Town'' in the summer of 2015, where he worked with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Huddlestone played Brian Fawcett in '' The Lost City of Z''. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on 15 October 2016.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huttlestone, Daniel 1999 births Living people 21st-century English male actors English male child actors English male film actors English male stage actors Male actors from London Actors from the London Borough of Havering