- Tom Sturridge
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birthname = Thomas Sidney Jerome Sturridge
birthdate = January 1986 (age 22)
location =London ,England ,United Kingdom
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yearsactive = 1996 – present
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homepage = http://thomassturridge.net/
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tonyawards =Thomas Sidney Jerome Sturridge (born January, 1986cite web | title=Ancestry.com | work=England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984-2004 | url=http://www.ancestry.com | accessdate=April 26th | accessyear=2007] ) is an English
actor .Biography
Personal life
Sturridge was born in
London ,England to directorCharles Sturridge and his wife, actressPhoebe Nicholls . Grandson of thespians Anthony Nicholls and Faith Kent,cite web | title=British Film Institute| work=Film and TV Database NICHOLLS, Phoebe| url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/58880 | accessdate=April 26 | accessyear=2007] he is the eldest of his two siblings, Arthur and Matilda, and was educated atWinchester College . Sturridge met best friendRobert Pattinson through his siblings, who attended Harrodian School with Pattinson.Career
He began as a
child actor and he was in the 1996 television adaptation of "Gulliver's Travels", directed by his father and co-starring his mother. He reemerged in 2004 with "Vanity Fair" and "Being Julia ".In 2006, he played the role of Nigel in a psychological thriller, "
Like Minds " (aka "Murderous Intent "). It tells the story of two boys Alex (played byEddie Redmayne ) and Nigel placed together as roommates, much to Alex's objections. Alex is horrified and yet fascinated with the ritual-influenced deaths that begin to occur around them, and when Nigel himself is murdered, Alex is blamed.He was originally cast as the lead in the sci-fi
trilogy "Jumper". However, two months into production New Regency and20th Century Fox , fearing the gamble of spending over $100 million on a movie starring an unknown actor,cite web | title=JoBlo.com | work=Hayden in on Jumper| url=http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=12443 | accessdate=April 26 | accessyear=2007] replaced him with the "more prominent"Hayden Christensen .cite web | title=SCI FI Wire | work=Christensen Teleports To Jumper| url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=37463 | accessdate=April 26 | accessyear=2007] Ironically, he has just been cast alongsideRachel Bilson (who costarred in Jumper) in the new indie-romance, "Waiting For Forever ".Sturridge plays a supporting role in the 2009 film "
The Boat That Rocked " as Carl.Filmography
References
External links
*imdb name|id=0836432|name=Tom Sturridge
* [http://themovie-fanatic.com/hotlist/rising_stars/tom_sturridge/ Tom Sturridge comprehensive profile ]
* [http://tomsturridge.net/ Tom Sturridge Online ] - Tom Sturridge Online (Fansite)
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