Thomas Turgoose

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Thomas Turgoose
Born
Thomas Aiden Turgoose

(1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 32)
Grimsby, Humberside, England
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Spouse
Charlotte Revell
​
(m. 2018)​

Thomas Aiden Turgoose (born 11 February 1992) [1] is an English actor, best known for his role as Shaun Fields in the film This Is England (2006), a role he reprises in the This Is England TV series This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011) and This Is England '90 (2015). [2]

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Career

In his first film role in 2006, he played the lead character, Shaun Fields, in This Is England , written and directed by Shane Meadows. On television he played the character Dizzy, a young boy mentored by Adam Solomons (Luke Treadaway), in the 2006 BBC drama series The Innocence Project . The programme was cancelled after eight episodes due to poor ratings and negative reviews. [3] Turgoose's character was in six of the eight episodes. In 2008, he was again in a Meadows film, Somers Town , where he co-starred in a comedy role with young Polish actor Piotr Jagiello. Both young actors shared the "Best Actor in a Narrative Feature" award at New York's Tribeca Festival. [4] [5] He was also in The Scouting Book for Boys , and appeared in This Is England '86 , a 4-part TV series for Channel 4 looking at characters from This is England three years on. [6] A year later, he appeared in the three-part series This Is England '88 , aired just before Christmas 2011, and also appeared in This Is England '90 , aired in 2015. [7]

He appeared on Pointless Celebrities , where he was paired with fellow actor Vas Blackwood. On 7 November 2015, he made his second appearance on Pointless Celebrities, where he was paired with Tyger Drew-Honey. In 2017, Turgoose appeared in the season 7 premiere of the HBO series Game of Thrones as a Lannister soldier.

Personal life

Turgoose is a supporter of Grimsby Town, although he admits that as a boy he supported Manchester United, [8] and is a season ticket holder at his hometown club. [9] Prior to Grimsby Town's Conference Premier play-off final against Bristol Rovers, he interviewed manager Paul Hurst, club captain Craig Disley and striker Lenell John-Lewis for Football Focus , which was aired on 16 May 2015. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 This Is England Shaun Fields British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
Nominated – ALFS Award for British Breakthrough – Acting
Nominated – Empire Award for Best Newcomer
2008 Somers Town Tomo London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year (also for Eden Lake )
Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
Eden Lake Cooper
2009 The Scouting Book for Boys DavidNominated – ALFS Award for Young British Performer of the Year
2014 The Hatching Caesar
2017 Butterfly Kisses Shrek
Kingsman: The Golden Circle Liam
2018 Terminal Raymond
Swimming with Men Tom
2019 Avengement Tune
LootedLeo
2021 Creation Stories Dick Green
2023 Jackdaw Craig
2025 Mickey 17 TBA

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006–2007 The Innocence Project Dizzy4 episodes
2009 Cast Offs JakeEpisode: "Will"
2010 This Is England '86 Shaun Fields4 episodes
2011 This Is England '88 Shaun Fields3 episodes
2012 Birdsong Private Tipper2 episodes
Coming Up LumpEpisode: "Ben and Lump"
2015 This Is England '90 Shaun Fields4 episodes
2016 Storage Hunters UKHimselfCelebrity, Cambridge episode
2017 Game of Thrones Lannister SoldierEpisode: "Dragonstone"
2021 Intergalactic Drew8 episodes
2023 The Gallows Pole William HartleyMiniseries; 3 episodes

Appearances

YearAppearanceRoleNotes
2007The Making of 'This is England'HimselfTV documentary short
2008Cinema 3TV series (1 episode: "29 November 2008)
2009 Celebrity Juice 25 March 2009
2010 Breakfast TV series (1 episode: "18 March 2010")
2012Vic & Bob's Lucky Sexy WinnersComedy panel show
Maxïmo Park – "Hips and Lips"Video clip
2015 Celebrity Juice 1 October 2015
2016 Celebrity Mastermind 9 January 2016
2022 Red Rum Club - "Vanilla"Video Clip

Honours

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