Biography

Turgoose is from Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. He attended Wintringham School of the same town whilst filming This Is England (2006) and The The Innocence Project (2006)

Turgoose's mother Sharon died in 2005; This Is England is dedicated to her memory.

He has three older brothers, born Karl, Matthew and Jamie in descending order of age.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sije Harkema

By his own account he was playing truant when he chanced on a crowd of youths who turned out to be auditioning for This Is England (2006). He had no particular desire to act, so when his turn came he charged writer/director Shane Meadows £5. He got both the money and the part.