TOM STURRIDGE

'Tom Sturridge' (born January, 1986^[1]) is an English actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Sturridge was born in London, England to director Charles Sturridge and actress Phoebe Nicholls. Grandson of thespians Anthony Nicholls and Faith Kent,^[2] he is the eldest of three children.

Career

He began as a child actor, in the television adaptation of Gulliver's Travels directed by his father. Reemerging in 2004 with Vanity Fair and Being Julia.
In 2006, the pschological thriller, ''Like Minds'' was released. It tells the story of two boys Alex (played by Eddie Redmayne) and Nigel (Sturridge's character) placed together as roommates, much to Alex's objections. Alex is horrified and yet fascinated with the ritual-influenced deaths that begin to occur around them, and when Nigel himself is murdered, Alex is blamed.
He was originally cast as the lead in the sci-fi trilogy ''Jumper''. However two months into production New Regency and 20th Century Fox fearing the gamble of spending over $100 million on a movie starring an unknown actor,^[3] replaced him with the "more prominent" Hayden Christensen.^[4]
Author Stephenie Meyer would like Sturridge to play the character Edward Cullen in Summit Entertainment's forthcoming adaptation of her novel ''Twilight''.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1996	''Gulliver's Travels''	Tom Gulliver
1997	''	Hab
2004	''Vanity Fair''	Young Georgy
	''Being Julia''	Roger Gosselyn
2005	''Brothers of the Head''	Barry Howe (Two-Way Rodeo)
	''A Waste of Shame''	William Herbert
2006	Like Minds	Nigel
2007	Maestro	Paul Crabbe

References

1. Ancestry.com
2. British Film Institute
3. JoBlo.com
4. SCI FI Wire
5. stepheniemeyer.com

External links

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★ Tom Sturridge Fan - Fansite