Tom Prior

Christopher Thomas Prior (born December 1990)[1] is an English actor, known for his roles in Kingsman: The Secret Service as Hugo and in The Theory of Everything as 17-year-old Robert Hawking.[2]

Tom Prior
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2014-present

Early life

Prior was educated at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.[3] In 2002 he appeared in "Fire from Heaven", produced by the Dorchester Community Plays Association.[4] He studied Performing Arts at Weymouth College, graduating with distinction, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).[3] He graduated from RADA in 2012.[5]

Career

Prior's West End debut was in 2013 in a trio of plays produced by the National Youth Theatre: Tory Boyz by James Graham; Romeo and Juliet; and Prince of Denmark, a Hamlet prequel by Michael Lesslie.[6][7][5]

Prior wrote his first short film Breaking the Circle in 2014.[8][5]

In 2021, Prior starred in Firebird as Sergey.[9][10] He co-wrote and produced the film.[11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Alex Was a Friend of Mine Alex Short film
2014 The Theory of Everything Robert Hawking
Kingsman: The Secret Service Hugo
2016 Dusty and Me Georgie
2020 Iceland Is Best Jack
2021 Just Noise Private Love
Firebird Sergey Serebrennikov Also co-writer and co-producer

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Endeavour Billy Karswell 1 episode
2017 Three Girls Police Officer 1 episode

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2021 FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival Best Actor Firebird Won [12]
Best Narrative Feature Won

References
  1. "Priority Productions Ltd". Companies House. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. "The Theory Of Everything". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  3. "Former Thomas Hardye schoolboy accepted into RADA". Dorset Echo. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. "DCPA - Where are they now?".
  5. "Firebird".
  6. "2014-10-08 Romeo + Juliet – VeA Archive". 16 October 2014.
  7. Meech, Ruth (24 August 2013). "West End Boys - the Dorset performers set to make a name themselves in theatreland". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. "TOM PRIOR | the Factory".
  9. "Firebird". BFI.
  10. "Firebird's Tom Prior on Soviet Air Forces-set gay love movie: 'I got to keep the uniforms!'". Attitude.co.uk. 19 March 2021.
  11. "Tom Prior and Peeter Rebane's Film "Firebird" is Too Good to be True". 26 August 2021.
  12. "Tom Prior - Awards - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2 January 2022.


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