Blair Dunlop
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Blair Dunlop is an English actor and musician. He used to attend Repton School
, Derbyshire, England, the same school as attended by Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has now taken a year out before university to concentrate on his musical aspirations. His first album titled 'An EP' is currently out on Talking Elephant Records.
Dunlop is the son of folk musician Ashley Hutchings
(formerly a member of Fairport Convention
, and currently of the Rainbow Chasers
). He made his acting debut with an American accent in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
, directed by Tim Burton
. Blair plays the young Willy Wonka
, a child under strict rule by his father, a dentist, Dr. Wilbur Wonka (Christopher Lee
). He is three days older than his Charlie co-star Freddie Highmore
(who played Charlie).
Dunlop was also on an English television show called Rocket Manhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468431/, supposedly based on a nineteenth century railway engineer. Blair played a character named Caleb McNulty for two episodes. He is a keen football fan and regularly attends matches of Tottenham Hotspur, Fiorentina and Real Betis. His favourite player is former Real Betis and current Al-Jazira striker Rafael Sobis.
Outside of acting, he visited St Mary's Primary School, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, to do an acting course which ran from 2008-2009, with the children of the after-school club the school ran from 3.35 PM.
Repton School
Repton School, founded in 1557, is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the British public school tradition, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England...
, Derbyshire, England, the same school as attended by Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has now taken a year out before university to concentrate on his musical aspirations. His first album titled 'An EP' is currently out on Talking Elephant Records.
Dunlop is the son of folk musician Ashley Hutchings
Ashley Hutchings
Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...
(formerly a member of Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...
, and currently of the Rainbow Chasers
Rainbow Chasers
Rainbow Chasers are an English folk band, formed in 2004 by Ashley Hutchings. They play traditional and original compositions largely on acoustic instruments and have already gathered a reputation for their quality of their musicianship, arrangements and live performances.-Origin:After the...
). He made his acting debut with an American accent in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka...
, directed by Tim Burton
Tim Burton
Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
. Blair plays the young Willy Wonka
Willy Wonka
This article is about the fictional character. For the candy company, see, The Willy Wonka Candy Company.Willy Wonka is a fictional character in the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the film adaptations that followed. The book and the 1971 film adaption both vividly...
, a child under strict rule by his father, a dentist, Dr. Wilbur Wonka (Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films...
). He is three days older than his Charlie co-star Freddie Highmore
Freddie Highmore
Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Finding Neverland, Five Children and It, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Arthur and the Invisibles, August Rush, The Golden Compass, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Toast.-Early life:Highmore was...
(who played Charlie).
Dunlop was also on an English television show called Rocket Manhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468431/, supposedly based on a nineteenth century railway engineer. Blair played a character named Caleb McNulty for two episodes. He is a keen football fan and regularly attends matches of Tottenham Hotspur, Fiorentina and Real Betis. His favourite player is former Real Betis and current Al-Jazira striker Rafael Sobis.
Outside of acting, he visited St Mary's Primary School, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, to do an acting course which ran from 2008-2009, with the children of the after-school club the school ran from 3.35 PM.