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Tom Mothersdale

By louisa.headsmccann@lyric.co.uk May 18, 2021

Tom Mothersdale launched his career with roles in Peaky Blinders, Doc Martin, King Charles III and Endeavour and has continued to work extensively across stage, film and television. Recently he finished shooting Amazon’s Alex Rider Season 2 and War of the Worlds Season 2 and featured in Van Der Valk, Sky’s A Discovery Of Witches and the USA Network series Treadstone where he stars as Ferguson.

Other TV Credits include Hanna, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – The Hood Maker. He can also be seen in Bad Robot’s cult film Overlord. Out West is Tom’s third time working with Simon Stephens, having previously collaborated on A Thousand Stars Explode In The Sky also at the Lyric and The Cherry Orchard at The Young Vic, for which he received an Ian Charleson award.

Recently in theatre, Tom played the title role in Headlong’s Richard III, and starred in Caryl Churchil’s plays, Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. at The Royal Court.

Other theatre credits include: John (National Theatre), Oil (Almeida Theatre), The Woods (The Royal Court), Dealing With Clair (Orange Tree Theatre), Boys and The Glass Menagerie (Headlong), and Cleansed (National Theatre). Tom was listed as one of the Top 5 young actors to watch in 2019 in The Sunday Times Culture Magazine.