samuel george claflin played finnick in the hunger games.
samuel george claflin played finnick in the hunger games.
what actor plays finnick in the hunger games?
samuel george claflin
sam claflin









































samuel george claflin (born 27 june 1986) is an english actor. he is known for portraying finnick odair in "the hunger games" film series, philip swift in "", and will traynor in "me before you".









































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sam claflin was born in ipswich, suffolk, the third boy of a family of four boys to mark, a finance officer, and sue claflin, a classroom assistant. he has two older brothers, benjamin and daniel, and a younger brother, joseph (born 1989), who is also an actor. he grew up in norwich, norfolk.
sam claflin
bullet::::- finnick odair is the male tribute from district 4 who was reaped into the third quarter quell. he is 25 years old and described as being very handsome, muscular, athletic and tall with tan skin, bronze hair, and stunning sea-green eyes. he is very popular among the people of the capitol, both because he is a victorious career tribute and a sex symbol, known for having many lovers in the capitol, none of whom he stays with for long. at age 14, he won the 65th hunger games by using a trident and a net against other tributes (a skill unique to district 4's trade of fishing). katniss remarks that the trident given to him by a sponsor may have been the most expensive gift ever seen in the games. during the quarter quell, katniss is hesitant to make finnick her ally, because she does not trust him—to her, he appears to be shallow, arrogant, and superficial. however, finnick soon proves to be trustworthy by saving peeta by using cpr to resuscitate him (which katniss notes as, "one of the things i will never stop owing him for"), and using his skills to provide shelter. when jabberjays that make sounds of the screams of loved ones being tortured appear in the quell, the one made to target finnick uses the voice of annie cresta, his "poor, mad" lover in district 4, who was also a victor of the games. in "mockingjay", finnick enters a deep depression, a result of annie's being held prisoner by the capitol, and forms a close bond with katniss over their mutual pain and experiences. he assists with the rebellion by appearing in rebel propaganda. he later reveals that victors of the games are often prostituted to wealthy citizens of the capitol by president snow, which resulted in finnick's reputation for having many lovers. he also reveals all of the political secrets he learned from clients, including the fact that president snow only became the leader of panem by poisoning his opponents. finnick is reunited with annie (when district 13 retrieves her, johanna, and peeta from the capitol), and they marry. finnick is a member of the "star squad" that goes to fight in the capitol during the final stages of the rebellion. he and katniss fight off lizard muttations (or "mutts") during the attempt to infiltrate the capitol, with finnick holding them off for katniss to escape but being dragged back by them before he can escape himself. katniss says "nightlock" three times into the holo, causing it to explode, allowing finnick to die quickly and painlessly. in the novel, however, finnick is decapitated by the mutts. katniss sees moments from finnick's life pass before her eyes as he dies. some months after his death, annie has their son. finnick and katniss grow very close in catching fire, and he is katniss's best friend throughout the last novel, being one of the only people who understand what she is going through.
list of the hunger games characters