Wow, he's dreamy. Yes! Yes he is. But that's not why we're watching him. We don't want to run our fingers through his hair/find him at all sexy.

What's his talent? He's film poster boy of the year, starring opposite Jaime Winstone in Elfie Hopkins, a "quirky Tim Burton-esque horror". Then there's Citadel, which just won big at the South By Southwest festival; and Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes (with Alfred Molina and Jessica Biel).

How do you pronounce his name? A-nigh-rin. With a roll of the tongue on the "R" if you're from the Welsh Valleys.

So he's a Valley Boy? Yep, he's from the Ogmore Valley, near Bridgend. He's the son of a retired coal miner and a mum who works as a "factory girl". "Until," he says, "the day I can earn enough to stop that happening."

Will he be the next Michael Sheen? He's already picked up an Olivier Award for his 2009 role in the musical Spring Awakening (beating Rowan Atkinson).

He says: "I want to be a leading man and a man, like Richard Burton."

We say: Watch out for the next Frodo Baggins. Next in his diary is Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box, the first film adaptation of the trilogy of fantasy novels. He's playing the lead, and guess what? Michael Sheen is co-starring.

Elfie Hopkins is released in cinemas on 20 April