Tom Prior

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Tom Prior
Born (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 34)
England, United Kingdom
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, and writer
Years active2014–present
Website www.tomcprior.com

Christopher Thomas Prior (born December 1990) [1] is an English actor, known for his lead role as Sergey in the British-Estonian historical romantic drama Firebird . He has also appeared in supporting roles in Kingsman: The Secret Service and in The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking's son Robert. [2]

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Early life

Prior was educated at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester, Dorset. [3] In 2002, he appeared in Fire from Heaven, produced by the Dorchester Community Plays Association. [4] He studied Performing Arts at Weymouth College, graduating with distinction, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). [3] He graduated from RADA in 2012. [5]

Career

Prior's West End debut was in 2013 in a trio of plays produced by the National Youth Theatre: Tory Boyz by James Graham; Romeo and Juliet; and Prince of Denmark, a Hamlet prequel by Michael Lesslie. [6] [7] [5]

Prior wrote his first short film Breaking the Circle in 2014. [8] [5]

In 2021, Prior starred in Firebird as Sergey Serebrennikov. [9] [10] He co-wrote and produced the film with director Peeter Rebane. [11] The film is about the real-life romance between a conscript, Sergey Fetisov, and a fighter pilot in Soviet era Estonia. Rebane began working on a screenplay based on a memoir by Fetisov. After learning about the script, Prior met with Rebane in London. [12]

Personal life

Prior identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 The Theory of Everything 17 year-old Robert Hawking
Kingsman: The Secret Service Hugo
2016Dusty and MeGeorgie
2020 Iceland Is Best Jack
2021 Blood on the Crown Private Love
Firebird Sergey SerebrennikovAlso co-writer, co-producer, and music supervisor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Endeavour Billy KarswellEpisode: "Nocturne"
2017 Three Girls Police OfficerEpisode #1.2

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2021FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film FestivalBest Actor Firebird Won [14]
Best Narrative FeatureWon

References

  1. ↑ "Priority Productions Ltd". Companies House. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Theory Of Everything". bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Former Thomas Hardye schoolboy accepted into RADA". Dorset Echo. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "DCPA - Where are they now?". Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Firebird". Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "2014-10-08 Romeo + Juliet – VeA Archive". 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Meech, Ruth (24 August 2013). "West End Boys - the Dorset performers set to make a name themselves in theatreland". Bournemouth Echo. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tom Prior | the Factory". Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Firebird". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Firebird's Tom Prior on Soviet Air Forces-set gay love movie: 'I got to keep the uniforms!'". Attitude.co.uk. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Tom Prior and Peeter Rebane's Film "Firebird" is Too Good to be True". 26 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Why a star of the film 'Firebird' missed its premiere: He's in Ukraine". Los Angeles Daily News . 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Firebird: The Gay Cold War Romance the World Needs". out.com. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "Tom Prior - Awards - IMDb". IMDb . Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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