Tom Payne (actor)

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Tom Payne
Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Spouse
​
(m. 2020)​
Children3[1]
Parent
  • Jeremy Payne (father)
RelativesWill 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.

Early life

Payne grew up in

Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
, graduating in June 2005.

Career

In January 2007, he first appeared in

Skins and was named one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2007.[3]

After leaving

They Do It With Mirrors and Wuthering Heights
for ITV.

On 8 March 2010, it was announced that Tom had joined the cast of

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 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 a son Harrison born on January 5, 2022 and welcomed twins on April 1, 2024.

His younger brother Will Payne is also an actor.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Phil Goldman
2009 Into the Rose-Garden Sam Short film
2011 The Task Stanton
Generation Perdue Toby Perdue Short film
2012
The Inheritance
 		Matthew
My Funny Valentine Zander
Still Young Edward Short film
2013 The Physician Rob Cole
2015 Winter Tom
MindGamers Jaxon
2017 It's No Game East Short film
2019
IO
 		Elon Voice role
2024 Imaginary Max
Horizon: An American Saga

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Casualty Toby Tyler Episode: "Love and Duty"
2007
Skins
 		Spencer Episode: "Effy"
Miss Marie Lloyd Bernard Television film
2007–2008 Waterloo Road Brett Aspinall Recurring role, 32 episodes
2008 He Kills Coppers Jonny Taylor Television film
2009 Wuthering Heights Linton 2 episodes
Miss Marple Edgar Lawson Episode: "They Do It with Mirrors"
Best: His Mother's Son George Best Television film
Beautiful People
 		Mr. Carr Episode: "How I Got My Plumes"
2010 The People vs. George Lucas Himself Documentary
2011–2012 Luck Leon Micheaux 9 episodes
2014 New Worlds Monmouth 4 episodes
2016–2019 The Walking Dead Paul "Jesus" Rovia Recurring (season 6)
Main Cast (seasons 7–9)
2016–2018 Talking Dead Himself 7 episodes
2017
The Nightly Show
 		Episode: "With David Walliams - Night Four"
2018 Fear the Walking Dead Paul "Jesus" Rovia Guest Star, episode: "What's Your Story?" (season 4)
2019–2021 Prodigal Son Malcolm Bright (formerly Whitly) Lead role (32 episodes)

References

  1. ^ "Walking Dead Star Tom Payne and Wife Jennifer Akerman Welcome a Baby Boy: 'Love You Immeasurably'".
  2. ^ "Famous birthdays for Dec. 21: Tom Payne, Jane Fonda". UPI. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ Dobson, Patricia (12 July 2007). "UK Stars Of Tomorrow 2007: The Actors (3)". Screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Simon (27 November 2008). "Payne to star as George Best in BBC drama". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 October 2010). "Four trying their 'Luck' in HBO pilot". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Jesus Speaks! The Walking Dead's Tom Payne Talks His Big Arrival and Surprising Connection to Andrew Lincoln". E! News. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Jesus speaks! New 'Walking Dead' cast addition Tom Payne gives first interview". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (7 July 2016). "'Walking Dead' Promotes 4 to Series Regular for Season 7 (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  9. ^ Otterson, Joe (12 March 2019). "Tom Payne Takes Over Lead Role in Fox Pilot 'Prodigal Son' From Finn Jones". Variety. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  10. ^ Paige, Rachel (9 May 2019). "Scandal Alum Bellamy Young's New Show Prodigal Son Is Officially Heading to Fox". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (9 May 2019). "Fox Picks Up 4 New Drama Series: 'Prodigal Son', 'Deputy', 'NeXt' & Weisman/Katims; What Does It Mean For Network's Bubble Dramas?". Deadline. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

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