Henry Cavill

A famous movie star Henry Cavill was delivered on a Jersey island. His dad served in the Navy and later became a financial broker. Meanwhile, his mom was a housewife, who raised five kids.

A future star loved playing in school performances and was very passionate about everything that is connected with acting. In addition to that, he devoted a lot of time to sports, playing cricket, rugby and grass hockey. Despite all this, it would be interesting to know that he didn’t plan to pursue a career in either sports or moviemaking industries. He wanted to enter the University to study Egyptology. However, destiny had other plans for him.

At the age of 18, Cavill was offered to take part in a thriller called Laguna and he agreed. Just a year later, he got one more role in The Count of Monte Cristo. After this TV project his acting gift was noticed by many producers and he was piled up with offers. In such a way, in 2007 he appeared in TV series The Tudors and then rose to stardom thanks to the main role of a Superman in Man of Steel of 2013.

Nowadays, the actor actively plays in various TV projects, getting more and more popular.

But it is not everything that can be said about such a talented film performer. Here are top 5 little-known facts about the celebrity:

• He loves running a lot and spends hours in the gym doing that. Also, he frequently runs races for charities.
• He can’t live without video games. If he has nothing to do, he gladly stays home and plays World of Warcraft.
• In school, he had a nickname Fat Cavill because he was a chubby kid.
• He is an animal advocate.
• He struggles with American accent, as he is from England.