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Thomas Brodie-Sangster
English actor (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990)[1] is an English actor. As a child actor, he gained recognition for his roles in the commercially successful films Love Actually (2003) and Nanny McPhee (2005). He voiced the latter titular character in Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015; 2024–present) and subsequently gained wider attention with his roles as Jake Murray in Accused (2010–2012), Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones (2013–2014) and Newt in the Maze Runner trilogy (2014–2018). Continued acclaim ensued with the independent films Nowhere Boy (2009), in which he portrayed Paul McCartney, Bright Star (2009), and Death of a Superhero (2011).
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![]() Brodie-Sangster at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con | |
Born | (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 34) London, England |
Other names | Thomas Sangster |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
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Brodie-Sangster received praise for his roles in the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017) and as chess champion Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020). The last of these earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He has since portrayed the titular pickpocket in the Disney+ miniseries The Artful Dodger (2023) and Rafe Sadler in the upcoming miniseries Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (2024).