Callum Robilliard Turner is a British actor born on 15 February 1990. He worked as a fashion model before beginning his film and television career.
๐ฌ Early Life
Turner was born in Hammersmith and grew up in Chelsea, London. He was raised on the World’s End council estate by his single mother, who was a club promoter.
His middle name is after his mother’s friend, poet David Robilliard. Turner left school early to play football semi-professionally before becoming a model and working in retail.
๐ฅ Career Beginnings
Turner started his career in 2010 modeling for Next and Reebok. His first acting role was in the short student film Think of England.
In 2012, he appeared in the ITV series Leaving and the drama The Town. He also made a guest appearance in The Borgias in 2013.
๐ Breakthrough Roles
In June 2012, Turner was cast in the lead role of John Boorman’s film Queen and Country. The film debuted at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
He portrayed Eli in E4’s series Glue in 2014. That same year, he was named a Breakthrough Brit by BAFTA.
๐๏ธ Major Film and TV Work
Turner played Theseus Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). His performance in The Capture (2019) earned him a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actor.
He portrayed Joe Rantz in The Boys in the Boat (2023) and John “Bucky” Egan in Masters of the Air (2024). In April 2024, he was cast as Case in the Apple TV+ series adaptation of Neuromancer.
๐ Personal Life
Turner is a supporter of Chelsea F.C. He dated English actress Vanessa Kirby from 2015 to 2019.
Turner entered a relationship with English singer Dua Lipa in January 2024. They married on 31 May 2026 in a civil ceremony at Marylebone Town Hall in London.
| Year | Project | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Queen and Country | Lead role | Debuted at Cannes Film Festival |
| 2014 | Glue | Eli | E4 whodunit series |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Theseus Scamander | Fantasy film |
| 2019 | The Capture | Shaun Emery | BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actor |