- Was raised by his grandmother after he lost both parents in his early teens—his mother died from heart disease, his father died of cancer.
- Left school before his 17th birthday and spent four years apprenticing as a bookbinder, then two years working in the profession.
- Made his stage debut in the title role of the musical Secret Diary of Adrian Mole at Scotland's Byre Theatre of St. Andrews.
- Breakout role came as the hobbit Pippin in the 2001 blockbuster The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, a part he reprised in both sequels.
- Got a tattoo of the word "nine" spelled out in Tengwar, a script created by Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien.
Critics' Choice Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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