Early Life
Campbell was born in Glasgow, to an Iranian father Dr. Booth Danesh and a Scottish mother Dr. Avril Campbell. His family live in Bearsden and he has two younger brothers, Cyrus and Aria. Educated at Bearsden Primary School and the Glasgow Academy, he went on to study English Literature and Philosophy at Edinburgh University.
His professional career began acting as a ten-year-old Trojan boy in a non-singing role of the Scottish Opera's avant garde 1990s production of The Trojans. As a teenager he then performed at Covent Garden Royal Opera House with the Scottish Opera in a critically acclaimed production of Carmen.
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