Thomas Turgoose
Acting

Thomas Turgoose

Born 11 February 1992 · Grimsby, England, UK
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Thomas Aiden Turgoose (born February 11, 1992) is an English actor, best known for his role as Shaun Fields in the film This Is England (2006), a role he reprises in the This Is England TV series This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011) and This Is England '90 (2015). In his first film role in 2006, he played the lead character, Shaun Fields, in This Is England, written and directed by Shane Meadows. On television he played the character Dizzy, a young boy mentored by Adam Solomons (Luke Treadaway), in the 2006 BBC drama series The Innocence Project. The programme was cancelled after eight episodes due to poor ratings and negative reviews. Turgoose's character was in six of the eight episodes. In 2008, he was again in a Shane Meadows film, Somers Town, where he co-starred in a comedy role with young Polish actor Piotr Jagiello. Both young actors shared the "Best Actor in a Narrative Feature" award at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. He was also in The Scouting Book for Boys, and appeared in This Is England '86, a 4-part TV series for Channel 4 looking at characters from This is England three years on. A year later, he appeared in the three-part series This Is England '88, aired just before Christmas 2011, and also appeared in This Is England '90, aired in 2015. He appeared on Pointless Celebrities, where he was paired with fellow actor Vas Blackwood. On 7 November 2015, he made his second appearance on Pointless Celebrities, where he was paired with Tyger Drew-Honey. In 2017, Turgoose appeared in the Season 7 premiere of the HBO series Game of Thrones as a Lannister soldier.

Known for

Game of Thrones
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Mickey 17
Eden Lake
This Is England
Terminal
Avengement
This Is England '86
This Is England '88
This Is England '90
Somers Town
Swimming with Men
Synthesized
Mickey 17
Jackdaw
Creation Stories
Stratum Deep
Looted
Avengement
Terminal
Swimming with Men
Hymn of Hate
Butterfly Kisses
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Jacked
The Hatching
The Scouting Book for Boys
Eden Lake
Somers Town
This Is England
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