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Strike star Tom Burke on impact being born with a cleft lip had on him

Tom Burke had reconstructive surgery on his cleft lip as a child, but he has nothing negative to say about life with a cleft lip.

He hails from London but grew up in Kent; his parents, David Burke and Anna Calder-Marshall, are both actors, as are his godparents, Alan Rickman and Bridget Turner. Tom Burke was born with a cleft lip but had reconstructive surgery as a child to correct it (Credit: BBC Trailers/YouTube) It’s a charity that raises funds to give free and safe surgeries to children and young adults with cleft lips and palates around the world. Outfitter Earl Of Bedlam explained at the time that Tom drew Chaplin’s boots for the tee.

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