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Karl Wheeler

Karl Wheeler was born on 26th January 1998 at Hospital St, Helier in Carshalton, London. To his Mother Denise Lillian Wheeler and his Father Tony John Wheeler, He has 1 brother called Tor Wheeler.

Mr Wheeler attended Wattenden Primary in Purley which was based where his family household was situated, He attended this school until Year 3 when he then moved to Kenley Primary School just outside of the Warlingham area to carry out the rest of his education in his primary years. After graduating primary school in 2009 Karl then transferred to Riddlesdown Collegiate just a few minutes from Purley. Karl went onto studying - Drama, Dance and English for GCSE Levels when he was in year 9, he graduated in 2014 where he received exceedingly good results with a total of 7 GCSE's and managed to gain A* for all of his chosen subject. After graduating in 2014 he then went onto college based in Old Coulsdon (Coulsdon College) which was a 5 minute walk from his house, Karl went onto studying Performing Arts and Dance A levels for 2 years and finished again with all top marks. Performing Arts - Distinction* and in Dance - Distinction* he left in 2016. During the weekends Karl used to attend The Brit School for Acting and Dance coaching to improve his skills which have defiantly helped him with his future career.

From a young age Karl enjoyed performing on stage, from the age of 3 his mother said he was singing and dancing to a show which was broadcast on TV called "Stars In There Eyes" and was intensely engaged with musicals some of which were way past his time. His father used to show him Musicals which he had on CD or Video Tapes. His ultimate favorite musicals of all time are "Little Shop Of Horrors - 1986", "Cabin In The Sky - 1943" and even "A Star Is Born - 1954". His father even showed him the world stopping "Little Voice" and "Educating Rita" which he then picked out a monologue and voluntarily practiced in his room after school for future auditions.

Karl received his first big role as a star character in the west end show "Matilda The Musical" in 2007, He played the role as "Bruce Bog trotter". He performed 5 days a week for 6 months until the producers changed the cast over. Karl didn't was his journey to stop as he loved the acting on stage but he felt like he was capable of much more in the future. His mother decided to look around Purley (His Home Town) for auditions to get her son back onto the stage. She surprisingly stumbled upon an Amateur Theatre Group "Younger Generation Theatre Group" where he auditioned in 2008 at the age of 10. Karl stayed with the company for 8 years as the maximum age is 18, The company put on 1 show a year and every year was different, Karl did a mixture of performing with Singing, Acting and Dancing involved, some shows included "Opposites Attract" - "American Way" - "Talented" and many more.

Karl landed his first film role back in 2015 where he auditioned for the movie "A Cure For Wellness" and received the role as an Extra "Volmer Institutee Patient" Directed by Gore Verbinski and Starred Dane DeeHan. The movie was released in 2016.

Back in 2017 Karl received a role in a short movie called "Robbed" also as an Extra but he didn't mind as long as he was being cast in doing what he loved. It was directed and written by James Bryant. Filming was based in Croydon which was handy and it was only a 15 minute bus ride.

With some acting experience in TV Karl decided to Apply for an agency to gain more work as an actor. He successfully found an agent, He was asked to go to a casting for an upcoming Program called "The Athena" which would be filmed in 2018 and released in 2019. Karl was on set for the Program for 3 weeks. He was given a Role as a "Visual Artist".

As well as Acting Karl Wheeler is also a Model for Fusion Management and Phase 1 Models which he joined back in 2018.