charles matthew hunnam (born 10 april 1980) is an english actor. he is best known for playing jackson "jax" teller in the fx drama series "sons of anarchy" (2008–2014). he has also had roles as nathan maloney in the channel 4 drama "queer as folk" (1999–2000) and lloyd haythe in the fox comedy series "undeclared" (2001–2002). he has appeared in movies such as "nicholas nickleby" (2002), "green street" (2005), "pacific rim" (2013), "the lost city of z" (2017), "" (2017) and "the gentlemen" (2019).