Turner was born at home in Clondalkin, a suburban town of Dublin. The family moved later to Walkinstown.[9] Turner attended secondary school at St Mac Dara's Community College in Templeogue before leaving to join his older brother at Firhouse Community College. Turner has stated: "I probably wasn't a great student. I had a car when I was 17, so I used to just run out of school when I could, jump in the car and go play pool in Tallaght. I don't know how I knew, but I convinced myself that my Leaving Cert results were never going to matter to me."[10]
Before becoming an actor, Turner was a successful ballroom dancer, once obtaining third place in the adult section of the Irish National Championships.[9] After finishing secondary school, he briefly worked as an apprentice electrician, alongside his father. After he saw a notice up in Dublin's Gaiety School of Acting, and having become interested in acting while working in a cinema, he applied.[11][12][13] He graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2004.[11]
Turner's television acting career began in 2007 with an uncredited appearance on the first episode of The Tudors.[16] In the same year he produced and starred in the film Porcelain, directed by Gavin Cleland, which was shot in a convent in Dublin. However only a trailer of the movie was ever released.[17] Between 2008 and 2009, he appeared in a recurring role on The Clinic.[18] Appearing in 18 episodes as Ruairí McGowan, he followed The Clinic with a BBC production, Desperate Romantics.[16] He portrayed Dante Gabriel Rossetti in all six episodes of the show, which aired in 2009.[16][19][20] Turner played the vampire John Mitchell on the supernatural drama programme Being Human during the first three series from 2009 to 2011, for which he received widespread praise.[21][22][23]
His film career began with two short films, The Sound of People and Matterhorn, both in 2007. He later played Mal in the thriller feature film Alarm (2008).[24][25]
Turner performed the title role of Ross Poldark in the 2015 revival of the BBC series.[11][27][28] At the National Television Awards ceremony in 2016, Turner was presented with the "Impact Award" for his performance in Poldark.[29]
Since Poldark ended in 2019, Turner has led the Italian series Leonardo and also had a role in the ITV police procedural The Suspect as Dr Joseph O'Loughlin.
Personal life
In 2017, Turner met actress Caitlin FitzGerald. He also bought an 18th-century house in East London that year.[30][31] The couple married in August 2020;[32] they have a child together, born in January 2022.[33]
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Awards and nominations
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