---
name: "Charley Boorman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charley-boorman"
fi1m_id: "charley-boorman"
imdb_id: "nm0095564"
tmdb_id: 69751
wikidata_id: "Q724867"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 August 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:22:57.875539+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charley Boorman

## Identity

Charley Boorman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charley-boorman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charley-boorman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0095564
- **TMDB ID:** 69751
- **Wikidata ID:** Q724867
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Boorman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724867, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69751

Actor. Born 23 August 1966 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 August 1966, Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1972–1987
- **Also known as:** Τσάρλι Μπούρμαν
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1980s 76 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Drama 3, Action 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $106m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Boorman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724867, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69751

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Emerald Forest*](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charley Boorman is an English actor, television presenter and travel writer. Born on 23 August 1966 in Wimbledon, London, he is the son of film director John Boorman. He began appearing in his father's films as a child.

His early roles include Ed's Boy in *Deliverance* (1972), Boy Mordred in *Excalibur* (1981), Tomme in *The Emerald Forest* (1985) and a Luftwaffe pilot in *Hope and Glory* (1987). He later appeared in *The Serpent's Kiss* (1997), where he met Ewan McGregor, and *The Bunker* (2001).

Boorman is known for long-distance motorcycle journeys with McGregor, documented in the series *Long Way Round* (2004), *Long Way Down* (2007) and *Long Way Up* (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Hope and Glory* (1987), Fi1m 82, as Luftwaffe Pilot — [page](https://film.one/film/hope-and-glory.md)
- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Fi1m 66, as Tomme — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Excalibur* (1981), Fi1m 79, as Boy Mordred — [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *Deliverance* (1972), Fi1m 85, as Ed's Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/deliverance.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Long Way Home* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Long Way Up* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Steve McQueen: Desert Racer* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Travellers* (2011), as Brian Seaborn
- *Ten Mile Menu* (2010), series, Actor
- *Emergency Bikers* (2010), series, as Narrator
- *Charley Boorman: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means* (2009), series, Creator
- *Charley Boorman: Ireland to Sydney by Any Means* (2008), series, Executive Producer
- *Long Way Down* (2007), series, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Race to Dakar* (2006), series, Producer, Creator
- *In My Country* (2004), as Adam Hartley
- *David Knight: Iron Man of Enduro* (2004), as Narrator
- *I, Cesar* (2003), as Charley Fitzpatrick
- *The Bunker* (2001), as Pfc. Franke
- *On Edge* (1999), as Peter Thurlow
- *Cash in Hand* (1998), as George Tompkins
- *The Serpent's Kiss* (1997), as Secretary
- *Picture Windows* (1995), series, as The Painter
- *Beyond Rangoon* (1995), as Photographer
- *Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing* (1995), as Le peintre
- *I Dreamt I Woke Up* (1991), as The Green Man
- *Massacres* (1991), as Ronny
- *Firing Squad* (1991), as Private Sammy Macartney
- *Fatal Lovers* (1990), as Loup
- *Ada in the Jungle* (1988), as Nancy
- *Hope and Glory* (1987), as Luftwaffe Pilot — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/hope-and-glory.md)
- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), as Tomme — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Dream One* (1984), as Cunegond / Elevator Operator
- *Excalibur* (1981), as Boy Mordred — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *Deliverance* (1972), as Ed's Boy — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/deliverance.md)

## Gallery

- ![Charley Boorman](https://film.one/media/person/331608/gallery-6f817450fd85.jpg) Charley Boorman — Phil Guest, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Charley_Boorman_at_Waterstone%27s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![English adventurer Charley Boorman (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/331608/gallery-7d8a4530bbfe.jpg) English adventurer Charley Boorman (2008) — Massattack 05, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Charley_Boorman9.jpg/1280px-Charley_Boorman9.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![English adventurer Charley Boorman (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/331608/gallery-fe914f75ef3f.jpg) English adventurer Charley Boorman (2008) — Johnny Wiggla, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Charley_Boorman5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Launching our Ambulance Motorbike. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/331608/gallery-c8215e721f9c.jpg) Launching our Ambulance Motorbike. (2010) — stjohnwales, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Charley_Boorman_on_St_John_motorcycle_ambulance.jpg/1280px-Charley_Boorman_on_St_John_motorcycle_ambulance.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charley Boorman](https://film.one/media/person/331608/gallery-e064d27413d1.jpg) Charley Boorman — Image via TMDB
- ![Charley Boorman, Overland Motorcycle Adventure, Le Mirage Desert Lodge & Spa, Namibia (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/331608/gallery-a79a0797fad9.jpg) Charley Boorman, Overland Motorcycle Adventure, Le Mirage Desert Lodge & Spa, Namibia (2011) — John Y. Can, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Charley_Boorman_Namibia.jpg/1280px-Charley_Boorman_Namibia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![English adventurer Charley Boorman in Wales (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/331608/gallery-9ee8e5568b9d.jpg) English adventurer Charley Boorman in Wales (2008) — Everywherevirtually, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Charley_Boorman2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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