Tom Chambers (actor)

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Tom Chambers
Born
Thomas Stuart Chambers

(1977-05-22) 22 May 1977 (age 47)
Derbyshire, England
Alma mater Guildford School of Acting
Occupation(s) Actor, Television Personality
SpouseClare Harding (m. 2008)
Children3

Thomas Stuart Chambers (born 22 May 1977) is an English actor, known for his role as Sam Strachan in the BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty , Max Tyler in BBC drama series Waterloo Road and Inspector Sullivan in Father Brown . He also won the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing with his partner Camilla Dallerup. His stage roles include Walter Hobbs in Elf in the West End.

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Early life

Chambers was born in Darley Dale and raised in the small village of Parwich [ citation needed ] in Derbyshire, the son of Stuart and Rosemary, [1] and was educated at Repton School.[ citation needed ]

Career

Chambers attended the National Youth Music Theatre and Guildford School of Acting. He has starred opposite Matthew Rhys and Kate Ashfield in the British film Fakers .[ citation needed ]

Chambers' interest in dance led him to recreate the sequence from the 1937 RKO film A Damsel in Distress in which Fred Astaire tap dances with a drum kit. [2] The video was sent to casting directors and led to Chambers gaining a part in Holby City as cardiothoracic registrar Sam Strachan, which he played from 2006 to 2008. [3]

Strictly Come Dancing

Chambers competed in and won the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Camilla Dallerup, while still filming Holby City. [1] They first performed the cha-cha-cha, scoring 28 points. After topping the leaderboard twice in the series (joint first place with Lisa Snowdon in Week 5 and joint first with Snowdon and Cherie Lunghi in week 8), Chambers reached the semi-finals of the competition, as his apparently biggest challenger Austin Healey, was eliminated. Here, however, Chambers finished last on the leaderboard. He was reprieved, however, when the BBC put all three couples through to the final. In the final, Chambers beat Snowdon before competing head to head with Rachel Stevens, where his show dance with Dallerup was praised by the judges. Chambers and Dallerup gained the most public votes and won the show, making him the third male winner of Strictly Come Dancing. On Christmas Day 2008, Chambers returned to partner Dallerup in the Christmas special; but they placed second from bottom of the leaderboard and were not voted into the final two by the studio audience. The pair appeared on the Strictly Come Dancing tour in 2009. In 2015, Chambers appeared in the Christmas special, [4] with professional dancer Oti Mabuse.

Week #Dance/SongJudges' scoresResult
HorwoodPhillips/BussellGoodmanTonioliTotal
1 Cha-cha-cha/Nowhere to Run 678728Safe
3 Jive/Black and Gold 789933Safe
5 American Smooth/Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) 899935Joint First Place/Safe
6 Viennese Waltz/Can't Help Falling in Love 797932Safe
7 Paso doble/(I Just) Died in Your Arms 898934Safe
8 Quickstep/Town Called Malice 999936Joint First Place/Safe
9 Salsa/Pa Goza Con Fruko899935Safe
10 Tango/Please Mr. Brown999936Safe
11 Waltz/Moon River 7910935Safe
Samba/Mr. Melody899935
Q-Final Foxtrot/Here You Come Again 910101039Safe
Rumba/You Needed Me 998834
S-Final Jive/Waterloo 889833Last Place/Safe
Argentine Tango/Por Una Cabeza 889934
Final Foxtrot/Here You Come Again 899935Last Place/Winners
Salsa/Pa Goza Con Fruko91010938
Christmas Special 2008 Foxtrot/Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 9109937
Christmas Special 2015 Charleston/Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 1010101040

Later years

In 2009, Chambers joined the fifth series of BBC drama, Waterloo Road as Executive Head Teacher, Max Tyler, where he appeared in ten episodes.[ citation needed ] Chambers narrates the series The Real A&E broadcast daily on Sky One. In 2011, he starred as Jerry Travers in the UK tour of the musical Top Hat [5] [6] before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End. Chambers left the production on 4 February 2013. [7]

In 2014–2015, Chambers portrayed Inspector Sullivan in the BBC TV's Father Brown in Series 2 and 3. He reprised the role in Series 7 and 8, before returning as a regular in Series 10. In 2017–2018, Chambers returned to singing and dancing, starring as Bobby Child alongside Clare Sweeney and Charlotte Wakefield, touring the UK in the Watermill production of the George and Ira Gershwin musical, Crazy for You . Chambers starred in the 2020 touring production of Dial M for Murder as Tony Wendice. [8] In 2022 and 2023, he played Walter Hobbs in Elf in the West End. [9] From 2023 to 2024, he appeared in a touring production of Murder in the Dark . [10]

Personal life

In December 2000, Chambers was travelling from London to Nairobi when his British Airways flight was disrupted in a hijack attempt. Paul Mukonyi, a mental patient from Kenya, burst into the cockpit of the Boeing 747. As the crew fought to restrain Mukonyi, the auto-pilot became disengaged in the struggle, the jumbo jet was knocked off course and plunged about 19,000 feet (5,800 m) with 398 passengers on board. The pilots recovered control of the aircraft, and all passengers landed safely. The experience led Chambers to seek out his teenage sweetheart, Clare Harding, and propose marriage. [11] The couple married in October 2008 in Derbyshire, having to change the date due to his commitments in Strictly Come Dancing.[ citation needed ]

In 2008, Chambers took part in the Great Walk to Beijing organised by singer Olivia Newton-John in aid of breast cancer awareness and research. [12]

Chambers lives in Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Representative RadioP.C. Lotus
2004 Fakers Tony Evans
2015Meet Pursuit Delange: The MovieYoung Edward Mead

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 The Afternoon Play PeterEpisode: "The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds"
2006 The Virgin Queen Sir Thomas Gorges 1 episode
2006-2008 Holby City Sam Strachan Series regular, 101 episodes
2008 Strictly Come Dancing Contestant and winner Series 6 of the dance contest
2009 Waterloo Road Max TylerSeries regular, 10 episodes
2013 The Great Train Robbery DS Steve Moore Episode: "A Copper's Tale"
2014-present Father Brown Inspector Sullivan/Chief Inspector SullivanSeries regular, 37 episodes
2016-2017 Casualty Sam Strachan/Widow TwankeySeries regular, 25 episodes
2018 Emmerdale CliveSeries regular, 16 episodes
2019 Midsomer Murders Ray WilderS21E1: "The Point of Balance"
2020Apollo 13: The Dark Side of the Moon Jack Swigert

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chambers nervous ahead of Strictly debut", BBC, 9 September 2008
  2. ↑ Fred Astaire recreation: Tom Chambers Tap Dancing with Drums. 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ Tom Chambers. 3 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ Coupe, Kerry (17 December 2015). "Royal Marine Cassidy Little to star in Christmas Strictly special". Stamford Mercury. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Top Hat Retrieved 2 November 2011
  6. ↑ "Interview with Tom Chambers: Jerry Travers in Top Hat". Last Minute Theatre Tickets. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Persistent Tom Chambers' career didn't end a Casualty". Sunday Post. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Tom Chambers and Sally Bretton Lead the Cast in Dial M for Murder". londontheatre1.com. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Millward, Tom. "Elf reveals full casting including Matthew Wolfenden and Tom Chambers", WhatsOnStage, 6 September 2023
  10. ↑ Bosanquet, Theo (20 July 2023). "Full casting announced for Murder in the Dark tour". WhatsOnStage . Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "Strictly Come Dancing favourite Tom Chambers says: 'I'll wed the girl I met at school'". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009.
  12. ↑ "Stars of stage and screen, they share with Olivia the vision to make a difference for the millions affected by cancer". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
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