Tom Riley
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Tom received a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru award for his starring role as Leonardo Da Vinci in Da Vinci’s Demons, which he also Co-Produced alongside showrunner David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel). Since then, Tom went on to star in Amazon’s first original UK drama The Collection, the Netflix comedy satire The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window and as lead, DI Will Wagstaffe, in ITV’s crime drama Dark Heart. His leading role in the Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated HBO sci-fi drama series The Nevers cements his talent as an ensemble cast member across multiple genres.
Tom’s previous extensive television work includes BAFTA-Winning Twenty Twelve, Inside No9, Ill Behaviour, Lost in Austen, Doctor Who, Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy and, most recently, Down Cemetery Road, alongside Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson.
Tom’s feature film credits are equally eclectic: from moving audiences with his brutally honest portrayal of a man suddenly hit with the horrifying, disfiguring disease sepsis in Starfish to the dark comedy Ghost Light and the cult comedy-thriller Kill Your Friends.
To his prestigious work on screen, Tom adds a wealth of critically acclaimed theatre performances. After graduating from LAMDA, Tom garnered impressive reviews for his professional theatre debut in The Woman Before and received a Best Male Performance nomination at the OffWestEnd Awards for Hurts Given and Received. He went on to star as Septimus Hodge in the Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia – a performance earning him much critical acclaim and a nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor In A Play at the 2011 Drama Desk Awards. Tom starred alongside Hayley Atwell in Hampstead Theatre’s razor-sharp comedy Dry Powder and in 2023 he played Gerry in Dancing at Lughnasa directed by Josie Rourke at The National Theatre.
Currently starring in Off-Broadway production The Unbelievers, opposite Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under, Servant), Tom continues to be an exceptional collaborator, exciting audiences with uncompromising and compelling dramatic work.