Edward John "Ed" Speleers (born April 7, 1988) is an English actor. His debut role was the title role in Eragon, the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's fantasy novel of the same name. The film was released internationally on December 15, 2006. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... For the larger local government district, see Chichester (district). ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The year 2006 in film involved some significant events. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Eragon holding Zarroc in the movie. ... This article is about the film. ... Christopher Paolini (born November 17, 1983 in Southern California) is an American writer. ... This article is about the novel. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Career

Prior to Eragon, Speleers appeared in school productions such as Peter Pan, Richard III, and Hamlet. While at school, Speleers wrote a play, Retribution, with his friend Rob Curran. Retribution investigated the subjects of child abuse and paedophilia. This article is about the play by J.M. Barrie. ... Frontispage of the First Quarto Richard The Third. ... For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual abuse or neglect of children. ... Pedophilia (American English), pædophilia/paedophilia (Commonwealth English), or pedosexuality is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent children. ...

Speleers also acted in a short film by Charlie Bleakley, called Metropolis. He had auditioned for a number of film roles, such as Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He lost out in the final auditions to William Moseley. He beat out 180,000 hopefuls, to land the title role of the multi-million dollar screen version of Eragon.^[1] Peter Pevensie is one of the major characters in the childrens fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. ... William Peter Moseley (born 27 April 1987) is an English actor. ... This article is about the film. ...

He appears in the British soap opera Echo Beach. He is about to start shooting Little Birds, "^[2] besides "currently working on some film projects but they are top secret at this stage."^[3] The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...

References

External links

• Ed Speleers at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site
• Ed Speleers France (International)
• Ed Speleers in Friendster