Tom Prior

Tom Prior (born 1990/1991[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
OccupationActor
Years active2014-present

Early life

Prior was educated at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.[1] In 2002 he appeared in "Fire from Heaven", produced by the Dorchester Community Plays Association.[3] He studied Performing Arts at Weymouth College, graduating with distinction, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).[1] He graduated from RADA in 2012.[4]

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.[5][6][4]

Prior wrote his first short film Breaking the Circle in 2014.[7][4]

In 2021, Prior starred in Firebird as Sergey.[8][9] He co-wrote and produced the film.[10]

Filmography

References
  1. "Former Thomas Hardye schoolboy accepted into RADA". Dorset Echo. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. "The Theory Of Everything". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  3. "DCPA - Where are they now?".
  4. "Firebird".
  5. "2014-10-08 Romeo + Juliet – VeA Archive". 16 October 2014.
  6. 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.
  7. "TOM PRIOR | the Factory".
  8. "Firebird". BFI.
  9. "Firebird's Tom Prior on Soviet Air Forces-set gay love movie: 'I got to keep the uniforms!'". Attitude.co.uk. March 19, 2021.
  10. "Tom Prior and Peeter Rebane's Film "Firebird" is Too Good to be True". 26 August 2021.


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