Matthew Tennyson

Matthew Tennyson is an English actor of stage and screen. He won the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer in 2012.

Personal Life

Matthew Tennyson was born in Stoke Newington, London, the son of a physics professor and a nurse. He is a great-great-great-grandson of poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2011.[1]

Career

Tennyson made his professional stage debut under the direction of Trevor Nunn in the role of Percy in Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. In the same year he gave a "sensitive" performance as Jamie in Beautiful Thing at The Royal Exchange[2] and created a "strong impression" as Eric in Making Noise Quietly at the Donmar Warehouse.[3] In 2013 he played Edward in Blue Stockings and most notably a "fascinatingly ethereal" Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe.[4]

His television roles include Clarence in The Hollow Crown (Henry IV Parts I and II), Arlo in Da Vinci's Demons (Season 1 Episode 1 'The Hanged Man') and Ottaviano Riario in Borgia (Season 2 Episodes 11 and 12).[5] He played "Jonesy" in Radio 4 play "Jonesy" by Tom Wells broadcsast in February 2014.

Tennyson was awarded Best Newcomer at the Manchester Theatre Awards in 2011 for Beautiful Thing and the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards in 2012 for Making Noise Quietly.

He featured in the 2014 film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus.

In 2015 he appeared as Thomas Potts in the BBC TV series Father Brown episode 3.6 "The Upcott Fraternity".

References

  1. ↑ Curtis, Nick, 'Bright Young Things', London Evening Standard, 20 November 2012
  2. ↑ Radcliffe, Philip, 'Beautiful Thing, Royal Exchange, Manchester', http://www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/beautiful-thing-royal-exchange-manchester published 15 November 2011 accessed 30 September 2013
  3. ↑ Hitchings, Henry, 'Making Noise Quietly - Donmar Warehouse review', London Evening Standard, 24 April 2012
  4. ↑ Spencer, Charles, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Globe, Review', The Telegraph, 31 May 2013
  5. ↑ Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2046894/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 accessed 30 September 2013

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