Thomas Doherty (actor)

Thomas Anthony Doherty (born 21 April 1995)[2] is a Scottish actor and singer from Edinburgh, known for his roles as Sean Matthews on the Disney Channel musical series The Lodge, Harry Hook in the Descendants film franchise, and Max Wolfe in the HBO Max reboot of Gossip Girl.

Thomas Doherty
Doherty in 2019
Born
Thomas Anthony Doherty[1]

(1995-04-21) 21 April 1995
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2013–present

Early life

Doherty was born in Edinburgh on 21 April 1995, and grew up in the city. He has an older brother and younger sister, and his parents were both in the banking business.[3] Doherty attended Royal High School in Edinburgh.[4] After high school, Doherty attended The MGA Academy of Performing Arts in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5] He graduated after studying musical theatre at the MGA Academy in July 2015 and signed a contract with Olivia Bell Management in London.[6]

Career

After graduating from The MGA Academy of Performing Arts in the summer of 2015, Doherty began waiting tables in Edinburgh at Tigerlilly restaurant.[4] On his days off, Doherty split his time between auditioning for The Lodge and working with the Edinburgh Fringe.[7] Doherty was offered the role of Sean Matthews in The Lodge, and had to undergo intensive training in mountain biking to prepare for the role.[8] The Lodge was filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[9][10] While Doherty's character is Scottish, Doherty focused on toning down his accent in order to better accommodate the viewers in all 108 countries that The Lodge aired in.[7] In December 2016, The Lodge was renewed for a second series which began production in February 2017.[11]

In 2016, Doherty auditioned for Descendants 2 and was cast as Harry Hook, the son of villain Captain James Hook from Peter Pan.[7] Descendants 2 was filmed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2016 and aired on Disney Channel on 21 July 2017.[12] He reprised his role as Harry Hook in the third installment of the Disney Channel franchise, Descendants 3 which premiered in 2019.[13] In August 2017, Doherty was named one of the 50 fittest boys in the world by Vogue magazine.[14] From 2019 to 2020, he appeared in the CW series Legacies as Sebastian.[15] Then in March 2020, it was announced that Doherty is set to star in the upcoming HBO Max teen drama Gossip Girl.[16]

Personal life

Doherty credits his experience in Gossip Girl as "educational" as it "challenged [his] own preconceived notions and indoctrination of 'this is who you love, this is what you do, everything else is wrong'". In an interview with Variety, Doherty declared that, while he has only been in heterosexual relationships, he has always seen sexuality as a spectrum and does not believe in labels.[17]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Dracula Street Boy Episode: "Servant to Two Masters"
2016 Lord of the Dance Neil Tucker Short film
2016–2017 The Lodge Sean Matthews Main role
2017 Descendants 2 Harry Hook Television film
Under The Sea: A Descendants Story Harry Hook Short film
2018 High Strung: Free Dance Zander Film
2019 Catherine the Great Peter Zavadovsky 3 episodes
Descendants 3 Harry Hook Television film
2019–2020 Legacies Sebastian Recurring role; 10 episodes
2020 High Fidelity Liam Shawcross 3 episodes
2021-present Gossip Girl Maximus Wolfe Main role

References
  1. "THOMAS ANTHONY DOHERTY - EDINBURGH - ACTOR". imdb. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. "Thomas Doherty Reveals The First Thing He Noticed About Wells Fargo". Tiger Beat. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. "Meet the young Scots actor set to become Disney's latest sensation". STV News. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. Cameron, Courtney (26 September 2016). "Edinburgh waiter tipped to be next Zac Efron with Disney role". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. "Thomas is filming new teen musical for Disney". The MGA Academy of Performing Arts. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  6. "Olivia Bell Management -- Thomas Doherty CV" (PDF). Olivia Bell Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2017.
  7. McIver, Brian (19 August 2016). "Scots actor was a waiter a year ago, now he's following in Zac Efron's footsteps". Daily Record. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  8. "The Lodge's Thomas Doherty Talks Mountain Biking". SI Kids. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  9. "Disney Channel begins filming The Lodge in Northern Ireland". Northern Ireland Screen. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  10. "Disney Channel: Major musical drama The Lodge filming in Northern Ireland". BBC News. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  11. "The first look photos from Disney's The Lodge Season 2 as production begins". Heyuguys. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  12. Andreeva, Nellie (26 July 2017). "Disney Channel's 'Descendants 2' Draws 21 Million Viewers Across 6 Networks In L+3 – Update". Deadline. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  13. Denise Petski (20 April 2018). "'Descendants 3': Sarah Jeffery, Thomas Doherty & Dylan Playfair To Reprise Roles In Threequel". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  14. "The 50 Fittest Boys Of 2017". Vogue. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  15. Swift, Andy (19 July 2019). "Legacies Adds Descendants Star as [Spoiler]'s Love Interest in Season 2". TVLine. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  16. "'Gossip Girl': Tavi Gevinson, Thomas Doherty, Adam Chanler-Berat & Zion Moreno Join Reboot On HBO Max". Deadline. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  17. Setoodeh, Ramin. "How Thomas Doherty Became the Pansexual Heartthrob of the New 'Gossip Girl'". Variety.
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