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Tom Sturridge Profile |
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Birth Date: January 1986
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Birth Place: London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Thomas Sidney Jerome Sturridge
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Biography |
Tom Sturridge is an
English actor best known for his work in Being Julia and
Like Minds.
Sturridge was born in London, England to director Charles
Sturridge and his wife, actress Phoebe Nicholls. Grandson of
actor Anthony Nicholls and actress Faith Kent, he is the
eldest of his two siblings, Arthur and Matilda, and was
educated at Winchester College. Sturridge met best friend
Robert Pattinson through his siblings, who attended
Harrodian School with Pattinson. He is often spotted lurking
in the corner during Pattinson's interviews, and the two
regularly share clothes.
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 by Eddie 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 and
20th Century Fox, fearing the gamble of spending over $100
million on a movie starring an unknown actor, replaced him
with the "more prominent" Hayden Christensen. Ironically, he
has just been cast alongside Rachel Bilson (who costarred in
Jumper) in the new indie-romance, Waiting For Forever.
Sturridge plays a lead role in the 2009 film The Boat That
Rocked as Carl. |
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Other Information |
Son of Charles Sturridge and Phoebe Nicholls.
Grandson of Anthony Nicholls and Faith Kent.
Nephew of Kate Nicholls.
Has two younger siblings, brother Arthur and sister Matilda.
Attended Winchester college, the same school attended by
Hugh Dancy, but became friends with Robert Pattinson through
his siblings, both of whom attended Harrodian.
Is good friends with Twilight star Robert Pattinson. |
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since December 18, 2008