<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1998--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Katharine Towne (m . 1999--2002) </Td> </Tr> <P> Charles Matthew Hunnam (born 10 April 1980) is an English actor . He is known for his roles as Jackson "Jax" Teller in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008--14), Nathan Maloney in the Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk (1999--2000), Lloyd Haythe in the Fox comedy series Undeclared (2001--02), the title role in Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Pete Dunham in Green Street (2005), Raleigh Becket in Pacific Rim (2013), Percy Fawcett in The Lost City of Z (2017), and in the title role of Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017). </P> <P> Hunnam was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the son of William "Billy" Hunnam (1952--2013), a scrap metal merchant, and Jane (née Bell) Hunnam, a business owner . He lived in Australia from the age of 5 to 13 before moving back to the United Kingdom . His maternal grandmother was a portrait artist in Newcastle . Hunnam was the second child, born after brother William "Billy". He has two younger half - brothers, Oliver and Christian, on his mother's side . His parents divorced when he was two years old, and he moved to the village of Melmerby, Cumbria when he was 12, as his mother remarried . He went to Heaton Manor School in Newcastle . After moving, he went to Ullswater Community College then Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith, Cumbria . He attended Cumbria College of Art and Design, now faculty of University of Cumbria, where he graduated with a degree in the theory and history of film with a side in performing arts . </P>

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