Christian Peter Coulson is an English actor known for playing young Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort) in the 2002 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Early life Coulson was born in Manchester. He attended Arnold House Preparatory School in London, before attending Westminster School on an academic scholarship. He was a member of the UK's National Youth Music Theatre from 1990 to 1997, and went on to the University of Cambridge, where he received a degree in English from Clare College in 2000. While at university, he played the M.C. (Master of Ceremonies) in Cabaret, Arturo Ui in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Claire in The Maids, as well as appearing in film and television.
Career Coulson gained worldwide attention and popularity for his role in 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in which he portrayed a 16-year-old Tom Riddle, even though he was 23 at the time. However, in 2007, director David Yates indicated on MTV that Coulson would not reprise his role in Half-Blood Prince, since, at 29, he was by then too old.
He also wrote the lyrics and book for a rock musical called The Fallen which was performed at Bedford Modern School in 1998.
As of 2015, Coulson resides and works in New York City as an actor, director and photographer.
Filmography
Films Year Film Role Notes2002 The Four Feathers Drummer Boy Uncredited Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 16-year-old Tom Riddle Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast The Hours Ralph Partridge Helper at Hogarth Press, run by Leonard Woolf 2005 Take Me Back Charlie 2007 Last Night Nick 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 16-year-old Tom Riddle Archival footage2012I Am Nasrine Tommy Gayby Aaron Leaving Circadia Colin 2013Amateur Evan 2014 Love Is Strange Ian 2015 Peter and John Peter Roland 2019 Bite Me James Thayer
Television Year Title RoleNotes 2001 Love in a Cold Climate Matt Radlett Miniseries Weirdsister College Ben Stemson Main role; 13 episodes 2002 The Forsyte Saga Jolly Forsyte Miniseries 2003 Hornblower:Loyalty Midshipman John 'Jack' Hammond TV Movie Charles II: The Power and the Passion James, Duke of Monmouth TV Movie Little Britain Joe Episode: Hard-Boiled Egg Eating 2005 Agatha Christie's Marple Edmund Swettenham Episode: A Murder Is Announced Beethoven Archduke Rudolph Miniseries Brief Encounters Adam Episode: Lost & Found 2009 The Battery's Down: Losing My Mind Raoul Episode: Losing My Mind 2010 Jeffery & Cole Casserole Episode: "The Becky" Gossip Girl Ivan Episode: Touch of Eva 2011 Wiener & Wiener Garry 3 episodes The Good Wife Andre Bergson Episode: Death Row Tip 2017 Nashville Damien George 5 episodes 2018 Mozart in the Jungle Sebastian 8 episodes 2019 Until the Wedding James TV pilot 2020 High Fidelity Benjamin 2 episodes 2020 Blue Bloods Brooks Hammond Episode: "Bones to Pick"
Audio drama Year Title Role 2007 Doctor Who: The Bride of Peladon Pelleas 2008 Doctor Who: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster Robert McIntosh
Audiobooks Year Title Author Notes 2011 The White Devil Justin Evans 2014 Moth and Spark Anne Leonard Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea Adam Roberts 2015 The Dead House Dawn Kurtagich AudioFile Earphones Award 2016 No Man's Land Simon Tolkien 2017 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue: Montague Siblings, Book 1 Mackenzi Lee AudioFile Earphones Award 2018 Into? North Morgan 2019FireborneRosaria MundaAudioFile Earphones Award2021The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Montague Siblings, Book 3Mackenzi Lee2021Dark RiseC. S. Pacat2023Dark Heir C. S. Pacat2023The Winter Soldier: Cold FrontMackenzi Lee2023In MemoriamAlice Winn2023Sword CatcherCassandra Clare2025The Ragpicker KingCassandra Clare
Theatre Romeo and Juliet – Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool (2002) Romeo Journey's End – Comedy Theatre, London (2004) Raleigh Festen – UK Tour (2006) Christian Ghosts – Gate Theatre, London (2007) Osvald Travesties – McCarter Theatre, New Jersey (2012) Tristan Tzara Shakespeare in Love – Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Desales University (2018) Lord Wessex King Richard II – Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Desales University (2018) King Richard The XIXth (The Nineteenth) – The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego (2023) Neville
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