| Thomas Brodie-Sangster | |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1990 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Other Names: | Thomas Sangster |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990)[1] is an English actor. As a child actor, he gained recognition for his roles in the commercially successful films Love Actually (2003) and Nanny McPhee (2005). He voiced Ferb in Phineas and Ferb (20072015; 2024–present) and subsequently gained wider attention with his roles as Jake Murray in Accused (20102012), Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones (20132014) and Newt in the Maze Runner trilogy (20142018). Continued acclaim ensued with the independent films Nowhere Boy (2009), in which he portrayed Paul McCartney, Bright Star (2009), and Death of a Superhero (2011).
Brodie-Sangster received praise for his roles in the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017) and as chess champion Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020). His performance in The Queen's Gambit earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He has since portrayed the Artful Dodger in the Disney+ miniseries The Artful Dodger (2023) and Rafe Sadler in the upcoming miniseries (2024).
Thomas Brodie-Sangster was born on 16 May 1990 in Southwark, London, to Mark Sangster and Tasha Bertram. Brodie-Sangster's father's family is from Banchory, Scotland.[2] He has a sister. Brodie-Sangster plays bass and guitar, and he learned to play left-handed guitar to portray the left-handed Paul McCartney in the feature film Nowhere Boy. He also learned to play the drums for his role in Love Actually (2003).
In 2001, Brodie-Sangster's first acting role was in a BBC television film, Station Jim. He subsequently appeared in a few more television films, including the lead roles in Bobbie's Girl, The Miracle of the Cards (based on the story of Craig Shergold) and Stig of the Dump. He won the "Golden Nymph" award at the 43rd Annual Monte Carlo Television Festival[3] for his role in the miniseries Entrusted. Brodie-Sangster's first major theatrical film was Love Actually (2003), in which he played Sam. He was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award[4] and a Young Artist Award[5] for his role in the film.
Brodie-Sangster next appeared in a television adaptation of the novel Feather Boy and played a younger version of James Franco's Tristan in the film version of Tristan & Isolde. Brodie-Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film Nanny McPhee (2005) as the eldest of seven children.
In 2007, he appeared in a two-part story ("Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood") in Doctor Who as schoolboy Tim Latimer,[6] and guest-starred in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas The Mind's Eye[7] and The Bride of Peladon. He also starred in the film adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel The Last Legion, released in 2007. That same year, he voiced the character of Ferb Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb. He appeared in the 2008 miniseries Pinocchio, filmed in Italy, as Lampwick.
In 2008, Brodie-Sangster had a role in director Jane Campion's film Bright Star, a love story about John Keats and his lover Fanny Brawne. He also starred as Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy, a film directed by award-winning artist Sam Taylor-Wood, about the teenage years of John Lennon.
Brodie-Sangster appeared as Casey in the film Some Dogs Bite, about a boy who wants to keep his family together. He also appeared in the Irish film Death of a Superhero, based on the novel by Anthony McCarten.[8]
In 2011, Brodie-Sangster played Liam in the film The Last Furlong. In April that same year, he made a guest appearance as Adam Douglas in an episode of British detective drama Lewis. In 2012, he starred in The Baytown Outlaws, in which he plays a young disabled man in a wheelchair, and in Ella Jones's short film The Ugly Duckling, the third instalment of the Tales trilogy of reworked fairy tales from More Films.[9] From 2013 to 2014, he played the role of Jojen Reed in the HBO series Game of Thrones.[10] In 2015, he began providing the voice of John Tracy in ITV's remake of Gerry Anderson's puppet series Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020).
Brodie-Sangster played Newt in the 20th Century Fox Maze Runner trilogy, including The Maze Runner (2014), (2015), and (2018).[11] In BBC2's 6-part television adaptation of Wolf Hall (on BBC2 from 21 January 2015), Brodie-Sangster portrayed Rafe Sadler, the ward of Thomas Cromwell.[12]
On 24 May 2017, a 15-minute sequel to Love Actually was released, with Brodie-Sangster as part of the cast. It was shown on the BBC as part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day and titled Red Nose Day Actually; it brought back a large number of characters from the first film.[13]
In 2017, Brodie-Sangster began portraying Whitey Winn in the 2017 Netflix western drama miniseries Godless, created by Scott Frank.
Brodie-Sangster began the 2020s with a role as chess player Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), marking his second collaboration with Frank.[14] His performance as Watts earned Brodie-Sangster a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
In 2023, Brodie-Sangster played Jack "Artful Dodger" Dawkins, originally featured in Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist, in the Disney+ miniseries The Artful Dodger, which follows the character after the novel's events.[15]
Brodie-Sangster established Brodie Films in 2006 with his mother, Tasha Bertram, "to create opportunities in the film industry for new British talent; innovative writers, actors and directors".[16] The company was dissolved in May 2013.[17]
Brodie-Sangster plays bass guitar and, in January 2010, joined the band Winnet, in which his mother provides vocals.[18]
Since July 2022, it had been reported that Brodie-Sangster was dating actress Talulah Riley after meeting while working together on Pistol in 2021.[19] It was announced in July 2023 that Brodie-Sangster and Riley were engaged.[20] The couple married on June 22, 2024, in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.[21]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Love Actually | Sam | ||
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Simon Brown | ||
| 2006 | Boy in spelling bee | |||
| Tristan & Isolde | Young Tristan | |||
| 2007 | data-sort-value="Last Legion, The" | The Last Legion | Romulus Augustus | |
| 2009 | Bright Star | Samuel Brawne | ||
| Nowhere Boy | Paul McCartney | |||
| 2011 | Hideaways | Liam | ||
| Death of a Superhero | Donald Clarke | |||
| Albatross | Mark | |||
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Baytown Outlaws, The" | The Baytown Outlaws | Rob | |
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Maze Runner, The" | The Maze Runner | Newt | |
| Phantom Halo | Samuel Emerson | |||
| 2015 | Newt | |||
| Petty Officer Thanisson | Cameo | |||
| 2018 | Newt | |||
| 2020 | Dragon Rider | Firedrake | Voice role | |
| 2025 | Grand Prix of Europe [22] | Ed | Voice role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Station Jim | Henry | Television film | ||
| data-sort-value="Miracle of the Cards, The" | The Miracle of the Cards | Craig Shergold | Television film | ||
| 2002 | Stig of the Dump | Barney | Television miniseries | ||
| Bobbie's Girl | Alan | Television film | |||
| London's Burning | Stephen | Episode #14.6 | |||
| 2003 | Young Hitler | Television film | |||
| Entrusted | Thomas von Gall | Television film | |||
| Ultimate Force | Gabriel | Episode: "What in the Name of God" | |||
| 2004 | Feather Boy | Robert Nobel | Television miniseries | ||
| 2005 | John Duff | Episode: "The Case of the Croydon Poisonings" | |||
| 2007–2015; 2024–present | Phineas and Ferb | Ferb Fletcher | Voice role; main role (seasons 1–4) | ||
| 2007 | Doctor Who | Tim Latimer | Episodes: "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood" | ||
| 2008 | Pinocchio | Lampwick | Television film | ||
| 2010 | Some Dogs Bite | Casey | Television film | ||
| 2010–2011 | Take Two with Phineas and Ferb | Ferb Fletcher | Voice role; main role | ||
| 2011 | Lewis | Adam Douglas | Episode: "The Mind Has Mountains" | ||
| Ferb Fletcher | Television film; voice role | ||||
| 2012 | Accused | Jake Murray | Episodes: "Tina's Story" and "Mo and Sue's Story" | ||
| 2013–2014 | Game of Thrones | Jojen Reed | Recurring role (season 3–4) | ||
| 2014 | American Dad! | Avery's Roommate | Voice role; episode: "I Ain't No Holodeck Boy" | ||
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Rafe Sadler | Television miniseries | ||
| 2015–2020 | Thunderbirds Are Go | John Tracy / Pirate Dobbs | Voice role; main role[23] | ||
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Sam | Television short film | ||
| Godless | Whitey Winn | Miniseries | |||
| 2020 | data-sort-value="Queen's Gambit, The" | The Queen's Gambit | Benny Watts | Miniseries | |
| 2022 | Pistol | Malcolm McLaren | Miniseries | ||
| Interrupting Chicken | Apprentice | Voice role; episode: "Dr. Chickenstein / The Sorcerer's Thesaurus" | |||
| 2023 | data-sort-value="Artful Dodger, The" | The Artful Dodger | Jack Dawkins | Miniseries | |
| 2024 | data-sort-value="Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" | Rafe Sadler | Miniseries |
| Year | Title | Artist | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 Minute Break | The Luka State | Boyfriend | [24] | |
| 2016 | Tired of Lying | Kioko | – | ||
| 2020 | Ballad of You & I | Hotel Lux | – |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Country Life | Boris | First broadcast on 22 March 2007, BBC Radio 4[25] | |
| The Mind's Eye | Kyle | Recorded: 25, 27 July 2007; Released: November 2007[26] | ||
| 2008 | The Bride of Peladon | Miner | Recorded: 26, 27 July 2007; Released: January 2008[27] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Golden Nymph at Monte Carlo Television Festival | Best Actor in a Mini-series | Entrusted | ||||
| 2004 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble Acting | Love Actually | ||||
| Best Performance by Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role – Male | Love Actually | ||||||
| 2004 | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical | Love Actually | ||||
| 2004 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor | Love Actually | ||||
| 2007 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor | Nanny McPhee | ||||
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast | Nanny McPhee | ||||||
| 2008 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Leading Young Performer | data-sort-value="Last Legion, The" | The Last Legion | |||
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Breakout Star | data-sort-value="Maze Runner, The" | The Maze Runner | |||
| Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Dylan O'Brien) | data-sort-value="Maze Runner, The" | The Maze Runner | |||||
| 2016 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Dylan O'Brien) | |||||
| 2021 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | data-sort-value="Queen's Gambit, The" | The Queen's Gambit | [28] |