Thomas Sangster

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Thomas Sangster
Image:ThomasSangsterJuly06.jpg Sangster at the Stormbreaker premiere in July 2006
Birth name	Thomas Brodie Sangster
Born	May 16 1990 (1990-05-16) (age 18) London, England
Years active	2001 - present

Thomas Brodie Sangster (born May 16, 1990) is an English actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Love Actually (2003) and Nanny McPhee (2005).

1 Biography
- 1.1 Personal life
- 1.2 Career
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Sangster was born in South London,where he now lives with his sister, Ava, and his parents, actors Tasha (née Bertram) and Mark Sangster.^[1] His mother, a dancer and characterist, has appeared in several BBC films while his father, who is also a musician, starred in The Lion King musical in Germany.^[1] Sangster is the second cousin once removed of actor Hugh Grant; his great-grandmother, Barbara Bertram,^[2] and Grant's grandmother were sisters.^[1] Sangster's interests include painting, tennis, drawing and skating. Two of his favourite artists are Eminem and Queen.Thomas Sangster goes to Pimlico secondary school.

[edit] Career

Sangster's first acting job was in a BBC television film, The Adventures of Station Jim. He subsequently appeared in a few more television films, including the lead roles in Bobbie's Girl, The Miracle of the Cards (based on the story of Craig Shergold) and Stig of the Dump. He won the Best Actor in a mini-series award at the 2003 Monte Carlo Film Festival for his role in the miniseries Entrusted. Love Actually, in which he played Liam Neeson's stepson, was Sangster's first major theatrical film.^[1] He was nominated for a "Golden Satellite Award" and a Young Artist Award for his role in the film.

Sangster next appeared in a television adaptation of the novel Feather Boy (2004) and played a younger version of James Franco's role in the film version of Tristan and Isolde (2006), which was filmed in the Czech Republic. Among other things, Sangster takes part in a swordfight in the film. Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film Nanny McPhee, as the eldest of seven children.^[1]

He appeared in a two-part story ("Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood") in the third series of Doctor Who as schoolboy Tim Latimer,^[3] and voiced the character of Ferb in the Disney Channel animated Series Phineas and Ferb. His voice lowered during filming of the Doctor Who episodes. Sangster is next scheduled to appear in the Holocaust-themed story, The Fence.^[1] He also starred alongside Love Actually and Nanny McPhee co-star Colin Firth in the film adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel The Last Legion, released in 2007.^[1] In 2007, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas The Mind's Eye and The Bride of Peladon.

As at December 2007, Sangster is working on the filming of a television series of the story of Pinocchio and an upcoming movie, The Fence, about a Holocaust survivor.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Miracle of the Cards	Craig Shergold	TV
2001	Station Jim	Henry	TV
2002	Bobbie's Girl	Alan
2002	Stig of the Dump	Barney	TV
2003	Love Actually	Sam
	Entrusted	Thomas von Gall	TV
	Hitler: The Rise of Evil	Young Hitler	TV
	Ultimate Force	Gabriel	Episode "What in the name of God"
2004	Feather Boy	Robert Nobel	TV
2006	Nanny McPhee	Simon Brown
2006	Tristan and Isolde	Young Tristan
2007	The Last Legion	Romulus Augustus
2007	Doctor Who	Tim Latimer	Episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood"