Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was born in May 1983 in Jersey, in the Channel Islands that are dependencies of the British crown.
Studied in private school St. Michael’s Preparatory School, and then he was enrolled in public school Stowe School, which is a boarding school located in the city of Buckingham.
During his years of school education he participated in numerous plays produced by his school, the play of William Shakespeare “The dream of a nigth of summer“, the musical “Grease“and the work”40 minutes“.
His film debut was in the movie “lagoon“(2001), where he was one of the leading characters. The following year, he participated in the film”Revenge of the Count of Monte Cristo” directed by Kevin reynolds. This was followed by other collaborations in films such as “I Capture the Castle“(2003),”Red Riding Hood“(2004),” Tristan + Isolda “(2006); and”Stardust“(2007), together with Michelle pfeiffer Y Robert De Niro.
His last film work was in the thriller Joel schumacher “Town Creek” (2009) and in comedy “Whatever Works” from Woody Allen.
In 2007 he joined the cast of the series “The Tudors“, where he plays Charles brandon, Duke of Suffolk.
He had previously been a guest artist on the British series “The Inspector Lynley Mysteries” Y “Midsomer murders“.
Henry is passionate about rugby, a sport he no longer plays due to injuries suffered in the past. He has a gift for languages and a deep interest in Egyptology. Of not having been an actor, Cavill has declared that he had joined the Armed Forces motivated by his “patriotic pride“.