Thomas Brodie-Sangster
English actor celebrated for iconic roles across film, television, and animation, with a career spanning more than two decades.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster - Personal Information
- Name: Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- Date of Birth: May 16, 1990
- Place of Birth: Southwark, London, England, UK
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
Biography
Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990), is an English actor. He is known for playing Sam in Love Actually (2003), Simon in Nanny McPhee (2005), Ferb in Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015), Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones (2013–2014), Newt in the Maze Runner film series (2014–2018), and Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
Brodie-Sangster also grew in popularity for starring in critically acclaimed cult films such as Death of a Superhero (2011), Bright Star (2009), and as Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy (2009). He played Jake Murray in the series Accused (2010–2012). He also had a cameo as an officer of the First Order in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), a role as Whitey Winn in the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017) and voiced John Tracy in Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020).
Selected Filmography
A selection of Thomas Brodie-Sangster's most notable recent screen appearances.
- Grand Prix of Europe (2025) as Ed (voice)
- Unsinkable (TV - 2024) as Arthur Hawkins
- The Artful Dodger (TV - 2023) as Jack Dawkins
- Les voix de la libération (TV - 2023)
- The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022) as Self
- Sleep No More (2022) as Samuel Emerson
- Pistol (TV - 2022) as Malcolm McLaren
- Voices of Liberation (TV - 2022) as Self
- Creating The Queen's Gambit (2021) as Self - Benny Watts
- The Queen's Gambit (TV - 2020) as Benny Watts
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