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Charley Boorman
Born	23 August 1966 (1966-08-23) (age 44) Wimbledon, London, England
Years active	1972-present
Spouse(s)	Olivia (1990-present)

Charley Boorman (born 23 August 1966) is an English TV adventurer, travel writer and actor. He is well-known for his association with motorcycles and enthusiasm for biking.

Contents 1 Education 2 Personal life 3 Acting career 4 Charity work 5 Presenting career 5.1 Long Way Round 5.2 Race to Dakar 5.3 Long Way Down 5.4 By Any Means 5.5 Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means 6 Filmography 7 Bibliography 7.1 Awards 8 References 9 External links

Education

Boorman was educated at three independent schools, two in the Republic of Ireland: St Gerards School in Bray, Co Wicklow; St. Kilian's Deutsche Schule (English name: 'St. Kilian's German School') in Dublin; and Sibford School, a Quaker school near Banbury, Oxfordshire, from 1980 until 1983.

Personal life

Born in England, Boorman spent much of his formative years In County Wicklow, Ireland. Boorman is the son of costume designer Christel Kruse and film director John Boorman.^[1] He is married to Olivia with whom he has two daughters, Doone and Kinvara. Resides in Barnes, South-West London.

Acting career

Thanks to his father he got an early start in the film business as a child actor, first appearing in Deliverance (1972) and then returning to cinema as a young Mordred in Excalibur (1981), and The Emerald Forest (1985) directed by his father. In Hope and Glory (1987), also directed by his father, he appears in a non-speaking role as the young German Luftwaffe pilot shot down, parachuting into the small village. His sister Katrine also appears in this film. More recent films include The Serpent's Kiss (1997) on which he met Ewan McGregor, and The Bunker (2001).

In late 2009 and early 2010 Boorman appeared on stage across England.

Charity work

Charley has been actively supporting the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) since 2004. Since then he has been on a number of visits to UNICEF projects, the majority of which have been integrated into his television programmes Long Way Round, Long Way Down and By Any Means. In 2009 Boorman was made president for Dyslexia Action.^[2]

Presenting career

Long Way Round

Boorman took part in Long Way Round, a motorcycle trip from London to New York via Europe and Asia with Ewan McGregor in 2004.^[3] This was recorded, then later made into a television series, book and DVD. The series was shown around the world and the DVD and book became best sellers.

Race to Dakar

Along with producer Russ Malkin (from Long Way Round) and a motorcycle team, Boorman competed in the Dakar Rally in January 2006. The event was filmed and the series Race To Dakar began on Sky2 in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2006. During the rally Boorman injured himself and was forced to retire from the race after five days.^[4]

Long Way Down

On 12 May 2007, he started another journey with McGregor: this time taking part in Long Way Down,^[5] a trip from John o' Groats in Scotland, to Cape Town, South Africa. This was first televised on BBC2 on Sunday 28 October 2007.^[6] During this initial programme, it became public knowledge that Charley's wife was undergoing treatment for pneumonia, but had insisted that Charley complete the trip in any case. In 2007 Boorman also speculated on a future trip which involves starting at the tip of South America and ending in Alaska, entitled Long Way Up,^[7] but as of 2010 this has still not happened.

By Any Means

On 12 April 2008, Charley Boorman started By Any Means, which has taken him all around the world starting in his home town in County Wicklow, Ireland and ending in Sydney, Australia.^[8] He set out to complete the journey "by any means" using local transportation appropriate to the area being traveled, on 22 July 2008.^[9] He traveled the world on various forms of transportation using air travel only when necessary, accompanied by producer Russ Malkin, and cameraman Paul Mungeam, nicknamed Mungo.

Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means

On 22 March 2009, Charley announced on his Twitter page that a sequel,^[10] tentatively named By Any Means 2 but later named Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means was in the works. This will take Charley and the team from Sydney to Tokyo via the Pacific Rim. The Manly Daily newspaper issued an open invitation for fellow motorcyclists to join him on this first leg from Freshwater Park on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, leaving at 10:00 am on Monday 18 May 2009, heading up to the Central Coast of New South Wales. The newspaper reported approximately 1,500 riders took part. The trip ended on the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo on 9 August 2009, and has been shown on BBC2 in the UK.

Filmography

• Deliverance (1972)
• Excalibur (1981)
• The Emerald Forest (1985)
• Hope and Glory (1987)
• Two Nudes Bathing (1995)
• The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
• The Bunker (2001)
• I, Cesar (2003 in film)
• In My Country (2004)

Bibliography

• Long Way Round (2004 - With Ewan McGregor)
• Race To Dakar (2006)
• Long Way Down (2007 - With Ewan McGregor)
• By Any Means (2008)
• Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means (2009)

Awards

• Galaxy British Book Award for Long Way Down - 2007, Shared with Ewan McGregor.
• Best goatie in showbusiness - 2008, voted by readers of Now! magazine.

References

External links

• Charley Boorman, Official Site.
• Charley Boorman at the Internet Movie Database
• The Long Way to Charley Boorman, a fan site.
• Charley's Twitter
• Video Clips of Charley Boorman on Nat Geo Adventure

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