He might be playing the most fantasised-about romantic hero created in recent years but there's plenty more to British star Jamie Dornan than whips and chains. The 32-year-old former model plays the BDSM-loving billionaire with a high-flying business and penchant for canes and floggers in the much talked-about film version of Fifty Shades of Grey. His character seduces literature student Anastasia Steele in the steamy story - but Dornan, who hails from County Down in Northern Ireland, has been getting women hot under the collar since his days as a a Calvin Klein model. Scroll down for video Jamie Dornan started his career as a model, making his name posing in tight, white pants while smouldering moodily for Calvin Klein
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Jamie Dornan, 32, stars as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey
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The  former model known as the 'Golden Torso' had women swooning before he starred in long-awaited film
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Northern Irish star's back catalogue reveals why director Sam Taylor-Wood made him her Christian Grey
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Now the actor has made his breakthrough in his first major part as BDSM-loving billionaire @placeholder, here clad in a well-cut navy suit
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Dapper and rugged: Jamie showed Fifty Shades fans exactly why @placeholder cast him as the tortured whip-wielding hero