Five things you need to know about Jeremy Irvine

If you're a bit baffled by this (very handsome) boy, let us introduce you.

He's British actor Jeremy Irvine and is about to become a household name after Stephen Spielberg cast him to play the lead role in new blockbuster, War Horse (hitting UK cinemas after Christmas).

Just like Miss Marple or Angela Lansbury in Murder She Wrote (best daytime telly ever), we've been doing some investigating to bring you everything you need to know about Britain's hottest new export. Impress your mates with Google's our finest trivia...

1. Jeremy Irvine isn't his real name. Well the Jeremy bit is, but he's actually called Jeremy Smith.

2. He's from Cambridge, just like JLS' Aston Merrygold and our mate Nick.

3. Stephen Spielberg offered Jeremy the part of Albert Narracott after meeting him for a cup of tea. How very British.

4. He's "not a huge animal person" who had a "never ridden a horse" before filming started. A slight issue when playing the lead in a film about said animals. Cue a two-month intensive training course in all things horsey before the cameras could roll.

5. Expect to see Jeremy popping everywhere from now on. He's apparently already been cast in a Charles Dickens adaptation starring Helena Bonham Carter, and in Colin Firth's new film, The Railway Man.