Charley Boorman (born 23 August 1966) is an English TV presenter, travel writer and actor. He is known for his enthusiasm for motorbikes, as demonstrated in several documentaries of his travels, including three with his friend, actor Ewan McGregor.
Born in Wimbledon, London, Boorman spent much of his formative years in County Wicklow, Ireland. Boorman is the son of German costume designer Christel Kruse and film director John Boorman.
Boorman attended three schools in Ireland: St Gerard's School (Bray, County Wicklow) and (Monkstown, County Dublin), both Roman Catholic schools,the latter a school dedicated to teaching children with dyslexia. He also attended the German-language medium school, St Kilians Deutsche Schule (Dublin). In England, he went on to attend Sibford School, a Quaker school near Banbury, Oxfordshire (from 1980–83), where he received extra lessons in a specialist department catering for pupils with dyslexia.