Tom Bateman (actor)
{{Short description|British actor (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tom Bateman
| image = Tom Bateman (22437087464) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Bateman in 2015
| birth_name = Thomas Jonathan Bateman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1989|03|15}}
| birth_place = Oxford, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2011–present
| partner =
| spouse = Daisy Ridley (2023-present)
}}
Thomas Jonathan Bateman (born 15 March 1989){{cite web |title=Tom Bateman Biography |url=https://elcinema.com/en/person/2140945/ |website=elcinema.com |publisher=ElCinema.com |access-date=12 January 2025}} is a British actor best known for his roles as Giuliano de' Medici in the Starz historical fantasy drama series Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015), as Bouc in the mystery films Murder on the Orient Express (2017){{cite news|title=Tom Bateman on playing both Jekyll and Hyde: 'Hopefully we can get the Doctor Who audience'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/oct/25/tom-bateman-on-playing-both-jekyll-and-hyde-hopefully-we-can-get-the-doctor-who-audience|work=Guardian (UK)|date=25 Oct 2015}} and Death on the Nile (2022), and as Matt Pierce in the Peacock comedy thriller Based on a True Story (2023).
Early life
Bateman was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, to a music teacher father and primary-school teacher mother.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/tom-bateman-interview-2018|title=Tom Bateman interview: 'Would I like to play Bond? Course I would!'|last=Halls|first=Eleanor|date=27 February 2019|website=British GQ|access-date=3 August 2020}} He has 12 siblings, including a twin brother named Merlin.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/interview-tom-bateman-261215|title=Interview: Tom Bateman|last=Christie|first=Janet|date=28 August 2018|work=The Scotsman|access-date=3 August 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tom-bateman-jekyll-hyde-bethany-minelle |title=Tom Bateman - Jekyll or Hyde? |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |date=24 November 2015 |website=linkedin.com |access-date=26 August 2024}}
Bateman studied drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA),{{Cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/tom-bateman-interview-30193|title=Mr Jekyll Will See You Now: Jekyll & Hyde's Tom Bateman On Smashing Tables And Working With Judi Dench|date=20 November 2015|website=Marie Claire|access-date=3 August 2020}} where he appeared in a production of Much Ado About Nothing with Catherine Tate and David Tennant. He later joined Kenneth Branagh's company at the Garrick Theatre, where he acted alongside Judi Dench in The Winter's Tale.
Personal life
Bateman has been in a relationship with actress Daisy Ridley since 2017, after meeting on the set of Murder on the Orient Express.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/07/daisy-ridley-jj-abrams-star-wars-a-religion|title=Daisy Ridley: 'JJ Abrams warned me that Star Wars is a religion'|last=Iqbal|first=Nosheen|date=7 December 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=3 August 2020}} During her promotion of Sometimes I Think About Dying at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2023, Ridley confirmed that she and Bateman had married.{{cite news|url=https://comicbook.com/irl/news/daisy-ridley-confirms-got-married-tom-bateman-husband/|title=Star Wars Actress Daisy Ridley Confirms Major Rumor About Her Romantic Life|last=Outlaw|first=Kofi|date=24 January 2023|work=ComicBook.com|access-date=24 January 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | |
| rowspan="2"|2015
| Michael Redmane | |
| Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
| Florizel | |
| rowspan="4"|2017
| B&B | Marc | |
| Snatched
| James | |
| Murder on the Orient Express
| Bouc | |
| Hi-Lo Joe
| Tony | |
| 2019
| Trevor "Viking" Calcote | |
| rowspan="2"|2022
| Bouc | |
| Thirteen Lives
| Chris Jewell | |
| 2024
| Magpie | {{N/A}} | Writer and producer |
| 2025
| Hedda | George Tesman | Post-production |
| {{TableTBA}}
| The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde | {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Danny Hillier | 7 episodes (season 1) |
| Da Vinci's Demons
| 28 episodes (seasons 1–3) |
| 2015
| Dr. Robert Jekyll/Hyde | 10 episodes |
| 2016
| Justin Parker | 2 episodes (season 6) |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Rawdon Crawley | 6 episodes (miniseries) |
| Into the Dark
| Wilkes | Episode: "The Body" |
| 2019
| John Beecham | 6 episodes (miniseries) |
| 2021
| David Ferguson | 6 episodes (miniseries) |
| 2023
| Clive | 6 episodes |
| 2023–2024
| Matt Pierce | Main role |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=5290643|name=Tom Bateman}}
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Category:British male film actors
Category:British male television actors
Category:Male actors from Oxford
Category:21st-century British male actors
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