Laurence Belcher

Laurence Belcher (born 27 December 1995) is an English child actor, best known for his roles as Young Kazran in Doctor Who and as Young Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class. He also starred as Maurice Dumont in The Shadow Within and Gracie!. He attends City of London Freemen's School in Ashtead, Surrey.

Career

Belcher made his film debut as Maurice Dumont in horror/thriller The Shadow Within and went on to star in Messengers 2 and X-Men: First Class, and had a major part in Doctor Who episode "A Christmas Carol", based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, as the 12-year-old Kazran. His latest appearance will be alongside Ashley Judd and Sean Bean in new ABC drama 'Missing', due for release in early 2012. As well as musicals, Laurence has a fantastic CV when it comes to theatre. Making his play debut in Alan Bennet's The Habit of Art at the National Theatre alongside Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings in 2010, the end of which was overlapped by rehearsals for Simon Gray's The Late Middle Classes at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by David Leveaux, and starring Helen McCrory and Robert Glenister. In 2013 he appeared in "The Turn of the Screw" at the Almeida theatre.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	The Shadow Within	Maurice Dumont
2007	Hell Bent for Leather	Young Seb Hunter
2008	Little Dorrit	Young Arthur	TV mini-series，Season 1，Episode 1
2009	Gracie!	Young Boy
2009	Messengers 2: The Scarecrow	Michael Rollins
2010	National Theatre Live	Young Boy	TV series，Season 1，Episode 4：The Habit of Art
2011	X-Men: First Class	Charles Xavier (12 Years)
2010	Doctor Who	Young Kazran	TV series，1 episode: "A Christmas Carol"
2012	Missing	Young Maxim	TV series，Season 1，Episode 7："A Measure of A Man"
2013	Diana	Prince William^[1]	Post-production

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