Thomas Aldridge

Thomas Aldridge, also known as Tom Aldridge, is an English television and theatre actor.

Biography

Born in Essex, Aldridge has been working in professional theatre and television since the 1990s. He made his professional theatre debut at the age of twelve in the Catherine Cookson play Fifteen Streets, at the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. He then went on to feature in programs such as Our Boy with Ray Winstone, The Bill, London's Burning before appearing as Jenkins in Boyz Unlimited and Danny in the second series of the BBC drama Hope and Glory.

In 2000 Aldridge gained a scholarship to the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London where he trained for three years. In his graduate year he played Jesus in the concerts for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar in a two week run at the Actors' Church in London's Covent Garden. Since then, Aldridge has continued to work concurrently in both television and theatre, appearing as Aaron in Eastenders, Jason in the BBC drama Killers written by David Eldridge and Tony Jordan, Warren in the second series of the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval^[1], Reece in the second series of Law and Order UK, and most recently, as Stewart Taylor in the ITV and ABC America series Titanic written by Downton Abbey and Gosford Park creator Julian Fellowes. Film roles include Mikey in Elsa O'Tooles's Blasted as well as Phillip Patel in MI 9-2-5 made by the National Film and Television School and directed by Blackadder director Richard Boden.

On stage Aldridge was part of the original national tour cast of the Cole Porter musical High Society which starred Susie Blake and Liza Goddard, before appearing in the West End production, which starred Jerry Hall, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Other West End credits include Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Curtis in The Taming of the Shrew and Puppy in Babe (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park). For the Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldridge created the role of Bruce Bogtrotter in the development of Matilda with music written by Australian comedian Tim Minchin.

Most recent roles include Billy Kostecki in the first ever national tour of the musical Dirty Dancing, Dickon in West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep's new production of The Secret Garden, Roger Parslow in the national tour of His Dark Materials based on the Philip Pullman trilogy and adapted for the stage by Nicholas Wright, Munchkin Mayor in the RSC version of The Wizard of Oz (West Yorkshire Playhouse), as well as the role of Tootles in the original cast of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's musical adaptation of J.M Barrie's Peter Pan at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.^[2] and the West Yorkshire Playhouse, for which he features on the original cast recording album.

Aldridge also featured in the Oasis number one music video Go Let It Out and has appeared in numerous commercials most recently for Mars, Gamestation, and Paddy Power

References

External links

• Aldridge, Tom at the Internet Movie Database
• Bio at Birmingham Rep
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