Christian Coulson


Christian Peter Coulson is an English actor best known for playing the 16-year old Tom Marvolo Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Early life

Coulson was born in Manchester. He attended Arnold House Preparatory School in London, before attending Westminster School on an academic scholarship. He was a member of the UK's National Youth Music Theatre from 1990–1997, and went on to the University of Cambridge, where he received a degree in English from Clare College in 2000. While at university, he played the M.C. in Cabaret, Arturo Ui in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Claire in The Maids, as well as appearing in film and television.

Career

Coulson gained worldwide attention and popularity for his role in 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in which he portrayed a 16-year-old Tom Riddle, even though Coulson was 24 years old at the time. However, in 2007, director David Yates indicated on MTV that Coulson would not reprise his role in Half-Blood Prince, since, at 29, he was now too old.
He also wrote the lyrics and book for a rock musical called The Fallen which was performed at Bedford Modern School in 1998.
As of 2010, Coulson currently resides and works in New York City as an actor and director.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2002The Four FeathersDrummer BoyUncredited
2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsTom RiddleNominated - Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2002The HoursRalph PartridgeHelper at Hogarth Press, run by Leonard Woolf
2005Take Me BackCharlie
2007Last NightNick
2012I Am NasrineTommy
2012GaybyAaron
2012Leaving CircadiaColin
2013AmateursEvan
2014Love Is StrangeIan
2015Peter and JohnPeter Roland
2019Bite MeJames Thayer

Television

Audio drama

YearTitleRole
2007Doctor Who: The Bride of PeladonPelleas
2008Doctor Who: The Haunting of Thomas BrewsterRobert McIntosh

Audiobooks

Theatre