Ty Tennant

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| name = Ty Tennant

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| birth_name = Ty Peter Martin-Moffett

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = White City, London, England

| alma_mater =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2013–present

| parents = {{ubl|Georgia Tennant (mother)|David Tennant (adoptive father)}}

| relatives = {{ubl|Peter Davison (maternal grandfather)|Sandra Dickinson (maternal grandmother)|Sandy McDonald (adoptive paternal grandfather)|Harold Searles (maternal great-grandfather)}}

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Ty Peter Tennant ({{né}} Martin-Moffett; born 27 March 2002) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Tom Gresham in the science fiction series War of the Worlds (2019–2022) and young Aegon II Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2023).

Early life

Tennant was born Ty Peter Martin-Moffett at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in the White City area of West London to then 17-year-old actress Georgia Moffett and grew up in Chiswick.{{cite web|title=I showed my mum a scan of my beautiful baby... but I was too scared|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+showed+my+mum+a+scan+of+my+beautiful+baby+..+but+I+was+too+scared...-a088254014|work=Sunday Mirror|first=Carole|last=Malone|access-date=9 September 2012|date=5 May 2002}} In 2011, when his mother married actor David Tennant, whom she had met in 2008, Tennant adopted Ty, who gained Tennant's surname.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/ty-tennant-house-of-the-dragon-48960796|title=David Tennant's Son Ty Is "House of the Dragon"'s Young Aegon|journal=PopSugar|first=Victoria|last=Edel|date=26 September 2022|accessdate=26 September 2022}} His maternal grandparents are actors Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson.{{Cite web |url=https://virginradio.co.uk/the-graham-norton-radio-show-with-waitrose/112389/georgia-tennant-tells-graham-norton-about-her-meta-comedy-staged-and-her-many-connections-with-doctor-who |title=Georgia Tennant tells Graham Norton about her meta comedy Staged and her many connections with Doctor Who |date=2 July 2023 |website=Virgin Radio UK |access-date=17 September 2023}} He is of Guyanese descent through Davison's father,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/11/peter-davison-actor-father-sister |title=Peter Davison: 'Britain wasn't as welcoming as it should have been for my father' |last=Palmer |first=Camilla |date=11 August 2017 |website=theguardian.com|access-date=11 August 2017}} and Finnish descent through Dickinson's mother.{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/embed/robertburrowsdes02burr |title=Robert Burrows and descendants, 1630-1974 |last=Burrows |first=Raymond Earl |date=1975 |website=Internet Archive |page=978 |access-date=16 September 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2MW_inhqC/ |title=My first trip to Finland with my baby bro... the homeland of our mother and my hair |author=Sandra Dickinson |via=Instagram |date=28 February 2021 |access-date=16 September 2023 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CL2MW_inhqC |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=limited}}{{cbignore}} Tennant attended Arts Educational School (ArtsEd) for sixth form.{{Cite web|url=https://artsed.co.uk/alumni/gallery/|title=Alumni Gallery|website=ArtsEd|accessdate=6 September 2022}}

Career

Tennant had a brief cameo in the 2013 comedy spoof The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. He later made his feature film debut in 2019 as a younger version of Tom Glynn-Carney's Christopher Wiseman in Tolkien. That same year, he began starring in the science fiction series War of the Worlds as Tom Gresham, the younger brother of Daisy Edgar-Jones' character Emily.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.heyuguys.com/war-of-the-worlds-interviews-ty-tennant-stephen-campbell-moore-daisy-edgar-jones-and-natasha-little/|title=War of the Worlds Interviews: Ty Tennant, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Natasha Little|journal=HeyUGuys|first=Jon|last=Lyus|date=3 March 2020|accessdate=21 November 2021}} He also made a guest appearance in an episode of the BBC One soap opera Casualty.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/david-tennants-son-ty-makes-debut-on-casualty/|title=David Tennant's son Ty makes debut on Casualty|journal=Radio Times|first=James|last=Gill|date=5 May 2019|accessdate=21 November 2021}}

In 2021, Tennant and Sebastian Croft were cast as the Dead Boy Detectives Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland respectively in season 3 of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol.{{cite web|url=https://thedirect.com/article/doom-patrol-season-3-cast-sebastian-croft-ty-tennant-dead-boy-detectives-exclusive|last=Eclarinal|first=Aeron Mer|title=Doom Patrol Season 3: Sebastian Croft & Ty Tennant Cast as Dead Boy Detectives (Exclusive)|work=thedirect.com|date=15 April 2021|accessdate=24 April 2021}} He had a cameo in Around the World in 80 Days.{{Cite journal|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/13/david-tennant-on-acting-with-son-ty-for-first-time-it-was-weird-15766799/|title=David Tennant on acting with son Ty for first time in Around the World in 80 Days: 'It was quite weird!'|journal=Metro|first=Tori|last=Brazier|date=13 December 2021|accessdate=27 August 2022}} Tennant once again played a young Tom Glynn-Carney, this time as Aegon II Targaryen in the 2022 HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon, a Game of Thrones prequel and adaptation of George R. R. Martin's companion book Fire and Blood.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/house-of-the-dragon-david-tennant-son-b2154016.html|title=Ty Tennant: Is David Tennant's son starring in House of the Dragon?|journal=The Independent|first=Ellie|last=Harrison|date=19 August 2022|accessdate=27 August 2022}} In 2023, Tennant played the role of Raffy in Channel 4's standalone drama Consent.{{Cite web |title=Meet the cast of Consent, Channel 4's bold new factual drama |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/consent-cast-channel-4/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Radio Times |language=en}} In March 2023, it was announced Tennant would appear in season 2 of Good Omens on Amazon Prime, alongside his father, David Tennant, and grandfather, Peter Davison.{{Cite web |title=Good Omens season 2 casts Ty Tennant and Peter Davison |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/good-omens-season-2-ty-tennant-peter-davison-newsupdate/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}

In addition to acting, Tennant is a professional musician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.93feeteast.co.uk/record/ty-tennant-feat-walking-through-walls-red-zest/|title=Ty Tennant Feat. Walking Through Walls & Red Zest|work=93 Feet East|accessdate=13 May 2025}}

Filmography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+ Film !scope="col"\| Year !scope="col"\| Title !scope="col"\| Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope="row"\| 2019 \| {{sort\|Tolkien\|Tolkien}} \| {{sort\|Young\|Christopher Wiseman}} \|

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|+ Film

!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Role(s)

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row"| 2019

| {{sort|Tolkien|Tolkien}}

| {{sort|Young|Christopher Wiseman}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+ Television !scope="col"\| Year !scope="col"\| Title !scope="col"\| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope="row"\| 2013 \| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot \| {{sort\|Ty Tennant\|Himself}} \| TV film
scope="row"\| 2019 \| Casualty \| {{sort\|Aaron\|Aaron McKiernan}} \| S33, E34
scope="row"\| 2019–2022 \| War of the Worlds \| {{sort\|Tom\|Tom Gresham}} \|Main role; 19 episodes
rowspan="2" scope="row"\| 2021 \| Doom Patrol \| {{sort\|Edwin\|Edwin Paine}} \| Episode: "Dead Patrol"
Around the World in 80 Days \| {{sort\|Gang\|Gang Leader}} \| 1 episode
rowspan="2" scope="row"\| 2022 \| House of the Dragon \| {{sort\|Aegon\|Young Aegon II Targaryen}} \| 2 episodes
Staged \| {{sort\|Ty Tennant\|Himself}} \| Episode: "Past"
rowspan="2" scope="row"\| 2023 \| Consent \| {{sort\|R\|Raffy}} \| TV film
Good Omens \| {{sort\|E\|Ennon}} \| Episode: "The Clue"
scope="row"\| 2025 \| Every Time I See a Yellow Car \| Olly \| Short film

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|+ Television

!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Role

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row"| 2013

| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

| {{sort|Ty Tennant|Himself}}

| TV film

scope="row"| 2019

| Casualty