Laurence Belcher is an English child actor

Child actor

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, best known for his roles as Young Kazran in Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

and as Young Charles Xavier

Professor X

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 in X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

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. He also starred as Maurice Dumont in The Shadow Within and Gracie!. Laurence's favourite TV

Television

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 show is the BBC

BBC

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 sitcom Miranda

Miranda (TV series)

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. He attends City of London Freemen's School

City of London Freemen's School

City of London Freemen's School is a coeducational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located at Ashtead Park in Surrey, England. It is the sister school of the City of London School and the City of London School for Girls, which are both independent single-sex schools located within...

 in Ashtead

Ashtead

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, Surrey

Surrey

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Career

Prior to film work, Laurence started out in musicals. Following successful runs in 'Scrooge at the London Palladium' and 'Whistle Down the Wind', he was asked to audition for Mary Poppins. He was in it for just under 1 year, and was selected to appear in the shows last performance in London In January 2009.
Laurence made his film debut as Maurice Dumont in horror/thriller The Shadow Within and went on to star in Messengers 2 and X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

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, and had a major part in Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

episode "A Christmas Carol", based on A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

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by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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, as the 12-year-old Kazran His latest appearance will be alongside Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd

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 and Sean Bean

Sean Bean

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 in new ABC drama 'MISSING', due for release in early 2012.
As well as musicals, Laurence has a fantastic CV when it comes to theatre. Making his play debut in Alan Bennet's The Habit of Art

The Habit of Art

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 at the National Theatre alongside Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

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 and Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

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 in 2010, the end of which was overlapped by rehearsals for Simon Gray's 'The Late Middle Classes' at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by David Leveaux

David Leveaux

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, and starring Helen Mcrory and Robert Glenister

Robert Glenister

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Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the X-Men.-Publication history:The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz...	Charles Xavier (12 Years)
2010	Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...	Young Kazran	TV series (1 episode: "A Christmas Carol")
2009	Gracie!	Young Boy
	Messengers 2: The Scarecrow	Michael Rollins
2007	The Shadow Within	Maurice Dumont

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