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Talent Dossier

Cavill was born on 5 May 1983, fourth of five boys in a Catholic family in Saint Helier, Jersey, in the Channel Islands. His Jersey-born mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), is of Scottish, English and Irish heritage and worked as a secretary in a bank.His father, Colin Cavill, was born in Chester, England, and is a former stockbroker.He was educated at St Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey, before attending Stowe School in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. At Stowe, Cavill was active in both sport and drama. He portrayed a member of the T-Birds in a 1999 school production of Grease and took the lead role in a performance of Dogg's Hamlet, which was made by his own Grafton house as their submission for an intra-school drama festival. He played field hockey for the 1st XI and rugby for the 3rd XV. In 2000, while playing rugby, 16-year-old Cavill met actor Russell Crowe, who was shooting on location at Stowe for the film Proof of Life.The actor shared some acting tips and later sent a package to Cavill. The two actors later worked together on Man of Steel.