Tom Payne (actor)

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Tom Payne
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Born (1982-12-21) 21 December 1982 (age 41)
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Education Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Spouse
(m. 2020)
Children3 [1]
FatherJeremy Payne
Relatives Will Payne (brother)

Tom Payne (born 21 December 1982 [2] ) is an English actor. He is known for appearing on AMC's The Walking Dead as Paul "Jesus" Rovia, and BBC's Waterloo Road as Brett Aspinall. He portrayed Malcolm Bright on the American television series Prodigal Son from 2019 to 2021. Payne also currently has a recurring role in Law & Order: Organized Crime .

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Early life

Payne grew up in Bath, Somerset, where he attended King Edward's School and was a prolific contributor to the school's drama department. He attended the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, graduating in June 2005.

Career

In January 2007, he first appeared in Waterloo Road for the BBC, playing sixth former Brett Aspinall. Despite being 24 at the time, Payne portrayed a 17-year-old character. He remained in the series until the end of the following season in March 2008. It was revealed afterwards that he would not be returning for the new season. Between season 1 and 2 he filmed Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and Skins and was named one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2007. [3]

After leaving Waterloo Road Payne played George Best in Best: His Mother's Son , a BBC2 film about the legendary footballer. [4] In the same year he appeared in Marple : They Do It With Mirrors and Wuthering Heights for ITV.

On 8 March 2010, it was announced that Tom had joined the cast of Luck a new pilot for HBO directed by Michael Mann, written by David Milch, starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. [5] He played the role of a Cajun jockey.

In 2012, he was cast in the title role of The Physician (based on the book of the same name) alongside Stellan Skarsgård and Ben Kingsley.

His career defining role came when he was cast with a recurring role in Season 6 of The Walking Dead , as Paul "Jesus" Rovia, [6] [7] and promoted to series regular for season 7. [8] He played the character until midway through season 9.

In 2019, Payne was cast in the lead role as a serial killer's son in the Fox police procedural series Prodigal Son . [9] [10] [11]

Personal life

Payne began dating singer Jennifer Åkerman in late 2013. He announced on an episode of Talking Dead that they had become engaged. Åkerman later revealed on her Instagram that they married on December 21, 2020 after postponing their wedding due to COVID-19. They had a son, born on January 5, 2022 and twins on April 1, 2024.

His younger brother Will Payne is also an actor.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Phil Goldman
2009Into the Rose-GardenSamShort film
2011 The Task Stanton
Generation PerdueToby PerdueShort film
2012 The Inheritance Matthew
My Funny ValentineZander
Still Young EdwardShort film
2013 The Physician Rob Cole
2015WinterTom
MindGamers Jaxon
2017 It's No Game EastShort film
2019 IO ElonVoice role
2024 Imaginary Max
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Hugh Proctor
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 Hugh Proctor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Casualty Toby TylerEpisode: "Love and Duty"
2007 Skins SpencerEpisode: "Effy"
Miss Marie Lloyd BernardTelevision film
2007–2008 Waterloo Road Brett AspinallRecurring role, 32 episodes
2008 He Kills Coppers Jonny TaylorTelevision film
2009 Wuthering Heights Linton2 episodes
Miss Marple Edgar LawsonEpisode: "They Do It with Mirrors"
Best: His Mother's Son George BestTelevision film
Beautiful People Mr. CarrEpisode: "How I Got My Plumes"
2010 The People vs. George Lucas HimselfDocumentary
2011–2012 Luck Leon Micheaux9 episodes
2014 New Worlds Monmouth4 episodes
2016–2019 The Walking Dead Paul "Jesus" Rovia Recurring (season 6)
Main Cast (seasons 7–9)
2016–2018 Talking Dead Himself7 episodes
2017 The Nightly Show Episode: "With David Walliams - Night Four"
2018 Fear the Walking Dead Paul "Jesus" RoviaGuest Star, episode: "What's Your Story?" (season 4)
2019–2021 Prodigal Son Malcolm Bright (formerly Whitly)Lead role (32 episodes)
2024 Law & Order: Organized Crime Julian Emery3 episodes

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