Tom Prior

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Tom Prior
Born (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 31)
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2014-present

Tom Prior (born 2 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]

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]

Personal life[]

As of 2021, Prior is dating Estonian producer and entrepreneur Peeter Rebane.[12] They were introduced in December 2014 in London and later co-wrote and co-produced Firebird, Rebane's feature directorial debut, together.[13][14]

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 [15]
Best Narrative Feature Won

References[]

  1. ^ "Tom Prior - Biography - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "The Theory Of Everything". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Former Thomas Hardye schoolboy accepted into RADA". Dorset Echo. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "DCPA - Where are they now?".
  5. ^ a b c "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. March 19, 2021.
  11. ^ "Tom Prior and Peeter Rebane's Film "Firebird" is Too Good to be True". 26 August 2021.
  12. ^ ""Tulilinnu" täht Tom Prior: homoseksuaalsed suhted käivad s��dadega käsikäes. Iseasi, kui palju seda tunnistatakse". EPL.
  13. ^ "Sergey's Story". Firebird Movie.
  14. ^ ""Tulilinnu" täht Tom Prior: homoseksuaalsed suhted käivad sõdadega käsikäes. Iseasi, kui palju seda tunnistatakse". 21 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Tom Prior - Awards - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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