Thomas Brodie-Sangster was born on 16 May 1990 in Southwark, London, to Mark Sangster and Tasha Bertram. Brodie-Sangster's father's family is from Banchory, Scotland.[2] He has a sister. Brodie-Sangster plays bass and guitar, and he learned to play left-handed guitar to portray the left-handed Paul McCartney in the feature film Nowhere Boy. He also learned to play the drums for his role in Love Actually (2003).
Brodie-Sangster next appeared in a television adaptation of the novel Feather Boy and played a younger version of James Franco's Tristan in the film version of Tristan & Isolde. Brodie-Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film Nanny McPhee (2005) as the eldest of seven children.
In 2008, Brodie-Sangster had a role in director Jane Campion's film Bright Star, a love story about John Keats and his lover Fanny Brawne. He also starred as Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy, a film directed by award-winning artist Sam Taylor-Wood, about the teenage years of John Lennon.
Brodie-Sangster appeared as Casey in the film Some Dogs Bite, about a boy who wants to keep his family together. He also appeared in the Irish film Death of a Superhero, based on the novel by Anthony McCarten.[8]
Mature roles, independent films, and established actor (2010s)
In 2011, Brodie-Sangster played Liam in the film The Last Furlong. In April that same year, he made a guest appearance as Adam Douglas in an episode of British detective drama Lewis. In 2012, he starred in The Baytown Outlaws, in which he plays a young disabled man in a wheelchair, and in Ella Jones's short film The Ugly Duckling, the third instalment of the Tales trilogy of reworked fairy tales from More Films.[9] From 2013 to 2014, he played the role of Jojen Reed in the HBO series Game of Thrones.[10] In 2015, he began providing the voice of John Tracy in ITV's remake of Gerry Anderson's puppet series Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020).
On 24 May 2017, a 15-minute sequel to Love Actually was released, with Brodie-Sangster as part of the cast. It was shown on the BBC as part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day and titled Red Nose Day Actually; it brought back a large number of characters from the first film.[13]
Brodie-Sangster established Brodie Films in 2006 with his mother, Tasha Bertram, "to create opportunities in the film industry for new British talent; innovative writers, actors and directors".[16] The company was dissolved in May 2013.[17]
Brodie-Sangster plays bass guitar and, in January 2010, joined the band Winnet, in which his mother provides vocals.[18]
Personal life
Since July 2022, it had been reported that Brodie-Sangster was dating actress Talulah Riley after meeting while working together on Pistol in 2021.[19] It was announced in July 2023 that Brodie-Sangster and Riley were engaged.[20] The couple married on June 22, 2024, in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.[21]
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