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Charley Boorman (born 23 August 1966) is an English TV adventurer, travel writer, and actor. He is known for his enthusiasm for motorcycles, as demonstrated in several documentaries of his travels, including two with his friend Ewan McGregor. Boorman was educated at three independent schools, two in the Republic of Ireland: St Gerard's 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. Born in England, Boorman spent much of his formative years... MORE

Charley Boorman (born 23 August 1966) is an English TV adventurer, travel writer, and actor. He is known for his enthusiasm for motorcycles, as demonstrated in several documentaries of his travels, including two with his friend Ewan McGregor. Boorman was educated at three independent schools, two in the Republic of Ireland: St Gerard's 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. Born in England, Boorman spent much of his formative years in County Wicklow, Ireland. Boorman is the son of German costume designer Christel Kruse and film director John Boorman. He is married to Olivia with whom he has two daughters, Doone and Kinvara. Resides in Barnes, South-West London. Thanks to his father he got an early start in the film business as a child actor, appearing in three films directed by his father. He first appeared in Deliverance (1972). He returned to cinema as a young Mordred in Excalibur (1981), joined by his older sister Katrine Boorman who played Ygraine, Mordred's grandmother (via her son Arthur and daughter Morgana, Modred's LESS