Charley Boorman (born 23 August 1966) is an English TV presenter,
travel writer and actor. As a noted motorbike enthusiast, Boorman is
widely known for a series of three long distance motorcycle rides with
friend Ewan McGregor, documented in Long Way Round (2004, 31K km),
Long Way Down (2007, 24K km), and Long Way Up (2020, 21K km).Born in
Wimbledon, London, Boorman spent much of his formative years in County
Wicklow, Ireland. Boorman is the son of German costume designer
Christel Kruse and film director John Boorman.Boorman attended three
schools in Ireland: St Gerard's School (Bray, County Wicklow) and St
Oliver Plunkett Primary School (Monkstown, County Dublin), both Roman
Catholic schools, the latter a school dedicated to teaching children
with dyslexia. He also attended the German-language medium school, St
Kilians Deutsche Schule (Dublin). In England, he went on to attend
Sibford School, a Quaker school near Banbury, Oxfordshire (from
1980â€"83), where he received extra lessons in a specialist department
catering for pupils with dyslexia.
travel writer and actor. As a noted motorbike enthusiast, Boorman is
widely known for a series of three long distance motorcycle rides with
friend Ewan McGregor, documented in Long Way Round (2004, 31K km),
Long Way Down (2007, 24K km), and Long Way Up (2020, 21K km).Born in
Wimbledon, London, Boorman spent much of his formative years in County
Wicklow, Ireland. Boorman is the son of German costume designer
Christel Kruse and film director John Boorman.Boorman attended three
schools in Ireland: St Gerard's School (Bray, County Wicklow) and St
Oliver Plunkett Primary School (Monkstown, County Dublin), both Roman
Catholic schools, the latter a school dedicated to teaching children
with dyslexia. He also attended the German-language medium school, St
Kilians Deutsche Schule (Dublin). In England, he went on to attend
Sibford School, a Quaker school near Banbury, Oxfordshire (from
1980â€"83), where he received extra lessons in a specialist department
catering for pupils with dyslexia.
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