Tom Glynn-Carney
Tom Glynn-Carney | |
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Born | [1][2] Salford, Greater Manchester, England | 7 February 1995
Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
Years active | 2013–present |
Tom Glynn-Carney (born 7 February 1995) is an English actor and singer. He has appeared in
Life and career
Glynn-Carney was born on 7 February 1995 in Salford, England.[3][4] He studied at Canon Slade School in Bolton,[5] and went on to study Musical Theatre in Pendleton Sixth Form College, receiving a triple distinction star in performing arts, the highest possible grade for a vocational qualification.[5] He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,[6] where he studied acting. While studying, he participated in professional stage adaptations of Peter Pan and Macbeth.[6]
His first experience on television was in 2013 when he had a role in two episodes of Casualty.[5] He secured a lead role in the BBC military drama The Last Post,[2] launched as part of the new season Autumn 2017 content on BBC1. He plays Lance Corporal Tony Armstrong.[2] From April 2017, he starred as Shane Corcoran in the Jez Butterworth play The Ferryman,[1] which opened at the Royal Court Theatre.[7] He later transferred with the production to the west end at the Gielgud Theatre, leaving the production in October 2017. Glynn-Carney won the Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performance.[8]
Glynn-Carney's first introduction to American audiences was in the war drama Dunkirk,[2] directed by Christopher Nolan and released in July 2017.[2] He plays Peter, the son of the small boat captain who sailed to rescue British soldiers from the surrounded city Dunkirk.[2] In 2018, Glynn-Carney was named as Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow, along with Naomi Ackie, Jessie Buckley, and Connor Swindells amongst others.[9]
In 2019, he starred as Henry "Hotspur" Percy in the David Michôd directed film The King[5] in a cast which included Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Timothée Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp.[5]
In March 2022, Glynn-Carney joined the cast of House of the Dragon,[10] where he played King Aegon II Targaryen,[10] first born son of King Viserys, played by Paddy Considine, and Alicent Hightower played by Olivia Cooke.[10] He appeared in the BBC miniseries SAS: Rogue Heroes, released in October 2022.[11] In December 2022, he was cast in The Book of Clarence.[12]
Glynn-Carney is also the lead singer of the indie band, Sleep Walking Animals.[13]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Dunkirk | Peter Dawson | |
2019 | Tolkien | Christopher Wiseman | |
The King | Henry "Hotspur" Percy | ||
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Jay | ||
2023 | The Book of Clarence | Decimus |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Casualty | George Thorne | 2 episodes |
2017 | The Last Post | Anthony "Tony" Armstrong | Main role |
2018 | Doing Money | Sean | Television film |
2021 | Domina | Young Gaius | 2 episodes |
2022–present | House of the Dragon | Aegon II Targaryen | Main role, 3 episodes |
2022 | SAS: Rogue Heroes | Michael "Mike" Sadler | |
Mayflies | Young Tully | Two-part drama[14] | |
2024 | The Jetty | [15] |
Theatre
Year | Production | Role | Theatre |
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2017 | The Ferryman | Shane Corcoran | Royal Court Theatre/Gielgud Theatre |
2018 | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | ||
2022 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Duke of York's Theatre |
Awards and nominations
Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result | ref |
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2017 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Emerging Talent Award | The Ferryman | Won | [16] |
2018 | Screen International | Stars of Tomorrow | Won | [9] | |
2019 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | The Ferryman | Won | [17] |
References
- ^ a b Hoggard, Liz (30 July 2017). "Tom Glynn-Carney: 'Dunkirk is about courage and community, not war'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Chauffeur dhari, Saiqa (30 September 2017). "Dunkirk actor Tom Glynn-Carney, who went to Canon Slade, stars in new BBC drama The Last Post". The theboltonnews.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Tom Glynn-Carney". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Curtis, Nick (2 October 2018). "Tom Glynn-Carney interview: 'I've changed a lot since doing The Ferryman in London - but my character hasn't'". Evening Standard.
- ^ a b c d e "Who is Tom Glynn-Carney? The Salford student who swapped the hallways of Pendleton Sixth Form College, for a career on the big-screen". Salford City College. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ a b "GSMD Graduates 2015-2016 - Tom Glynn-Carney". gsmd.ac.uk. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.
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- ^ "Acting alumnus Tom Glynn-Carney wins Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award 2018". Guildhall School of Music & Drama. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Screen's Stars of Tomorrow 2017". screendaily.com/. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Aegon Targaryen Should Play a Major Role in "House of the Dragon"". popsugar.co.uk. 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Schön! Interview with Tom Glynn-Carney". schonmagazine.com. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Kit, Borys (5 December 2022). "Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, RJ Cyler, Anna Diop Join Jeymes Samuel's Book of Clarence (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Interview: Tom Glynn-Carney". heliconmagazine.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Mayflies - Meet the cast and creatives behind the drama that 'discovers the joy and the costs of love'". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "BBC releases first look at Jenna Coleman in new thriller The Jetty". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2017: Who won and why". standard.co.uk. 4 December 2017.
- ^ "2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". newyorktheater.me. 2 June 2019.