Ones to watch in 2007
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Wentworth Miller
They\'ve got the looks, talent and know-how to kick up a storm on the screen. Which males look set to be the rising stars of 2007?
James McAvoy
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James McAvoy
Who is he? This 27 year old\'s come a long way since hitting our TV screens in \'Shameless\'. He\'s appeared in \'Starter for Ten\'; the critically acclaimed \'The Last King of Scotland\'; and he smoulders in \'Becoming Jane\'. He may only be 5ft 7in but who cares when you look this good on the big screen?
What he says: \'I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something\'
Wentworth Miller
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Wentworth Miller
Who is he? His heavily tattooed torso thrilled us all in hit US TV import \'Prison Break\'. But the British born actor\'s not just a bit of beefcake. He\'s got a degree in English Lit. from Princeton. Now the hit show\'s back on the box for a second series. It\'s just a matter of time before he\'s snapped up for the big screen
What he says: \'I\'m kind of a dork. I\'m not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble\'
James Purefoy
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James Purefoy
Who is he? Purefoy may not be as young as the current crop of star hopefuls. But it\'s about time he got a little more exposure. Always playing second fiddle to the stars in flicks like \'Vanity Fair\', he\'s now set to light up the small screen. Expect to see him making a mid life crisis a little more manageable in \'Manchild\'.
What he says: \'The age of chivalry isn\'t dead, is it? If somebody\'s in trouble you give them a hand\'
Jamie Bell
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Jamie Bell
Who is he? Luckily Bell hasn\'t fallen foul of the child star curse since his BAFTA winning performance in \'Billy Elliot\'. The nimble footed actor\'s been in \'King Kong\' and is about to hit our screens in Clint Eastwood\'s \'Flags of our Fathers\'. He\'s currently based in Hollywood where he\'s been dating actress Evan Rachel Wood.
What he says: \'I\'m a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That\'s me - the Eminem of Northeast England\'
Charlie Hunnam
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Charlie Hunnam
Who is he? The Geordie boy started out playing \'Nathan\' on TV show \'Queer as Folk\'. Since then he\'s starred alongside Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Expect to see plenty more of the 27 year-old when he dons swords and sandals in John Boorman\'s \'Memoirs of Hadrian\'.
What he says: I always think it\'s better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don\'t have complete faith in
Ed Speleers
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Ed Speleers
Who is he? Blond bombshell Speleers beat over 180,00 other hopefuls to land the lead role in fantasy flick \'Eragon\'. Expect to see much more of him now he\'s finished his A levels.
What he says: \'I think when I was about 12, I said I\'d like to be an actor. But I never expected something quite like this\'
Cillian Murphy
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Cillian Murphy
Who is he? The 30-year-old Irish actor looks set for a good year. He\'s been nominated for The Orange Rising Star Award and appears in Danny Boyle\'s eagerly anticipated sci-fi flick \'Sunshine\'.
What he says: \'It\'s basically lazy journalism if they say I\'m the new Colin Farrell. This thing about heat, it\'s all just hot air\'
Ben Whishaw
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Ben Winshaw
Who is he? He got rave reviews for his eerie portrayal of Grenouille in \'Perfume\' and is set to play Bob Dylan in the star packed \'I\'m Not There\'. What he lacks in classic screen good looks he makes up for in sheer intensity.
What he says: At the Perfume premiere... \'I was with all these beautiful girls who I\'ve murdered, all looking gorgeous, and I was the spare prick at the wedding\'
Nicholas Hoult
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Nicholas Hoult
Who is he? Hoult rose to fame as the geeky kid with the vulcan eyebrows in \'About a Boy\' and then disappeared off the radar. Now he\'s back in the hit Channel 4 show \'Skins\'. Hasn\'t he aged well...
What he says: \'I\'ve seen kids who only care about performing. It\'s their life and it\'s all they have, and it\'s not a nice thing to see\'
Max Minghella
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Max Minghella
Who is he? You can\'t go far wrong when your dad\'s Oscar winning director Anthony Minghella. In his first film he played Richard Gere\'s son and now he\'s taking on the king of rock n\' roll in \'Elvis and Anabelle\'. Natalie Portman describes him as \'extraordinarily handsome\'
What he says: \'With a famous name you have to work harder\'
