1. Thomas Brodie-Sangster voiced Ferb in the first four seasons of Phineas and Ferb, and subsequently gained wider attention with his roles as Jake Murray in Accused, Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones and Newt in the Maze Runner trilogy.
24 Facts About Thomas Brodie-Sangster
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster has since portrayed the titular pickpocket in the Disney+ comedy series The Artful Dodger and Rafe Sadler in the series sequel Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, reprising his earlier role in the first Wolf Hall series.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster was born on 16 May 1990 in Southwark, London, to Mark Sangster and Tasha Bertram.
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Thomas 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.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster learned to play the drums for his role in Love Actually.
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In 2001, Thomas Brodie-Sangster's first acting role was in a BBC television film, Station Jim.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster subsequently appeared in a few more television films, including the lead roles in Bobbie's Girl, The Miracle of the Cards and Stig of the Dump.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster won the "Golden Nymph" award at the 43rd Annual Monte Carlo Television Festival for his role in the miniseries Entrusted.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award and a Young Artist Award for his role in the film.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film Nanny McPhee as the eldest of seven children.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster starred in the film adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel The Last Legion, released in 2007.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster appeared in the 2008 miniseries Pinocchio, filmed in Italy, as Lampwick.
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In 2008, Thomas Brodie-Sangster had a role in director Jane Campion's film Bright Star, a love story about John Keats and his lover Fanny Brawne.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster starred as Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy, a film directed by artist Sam Taylor-Wood, about the teenage years of John Lennon.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster appeared as Casey in the film Some Dogs Bite, about a boy who wants to keep his family together.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster appeared in the Irish film Death of a Superhero, based on the novel by Anthony McCarten.
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In 2011, Thomas Brodie-Sangster played Liam in the film The Last Furlong.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster played Newt in the 20th Century Fox Maze Runner trilogy, including The Maze Runner, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
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In 2017, Thomas Brodie-Sangster began portraying Whitey Winn in the 2017 Netflix western drama miniseries Godless, created by Scott Frank.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster began the 2020s with a role as chess player Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit, marking his second collaboration with Frank.
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In 2023, Thomas Brodie-Sangster played Jack "Artful Dodger" Dawkins, originally featured in Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist, in the Disney+ miniseries The Artful Dodger, which follows the character after the novel's events.
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Thomas 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".
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster plays bass guitar and, in January 2010, joined the band Winnet, in which his mother provides vocals.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster married actress Talulah Riley on 22 June 2024, in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.