- Thomas Sangster
Infobox actor
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birthname = Thomas Brodie Sangster
birthdate = Birth date and age|1990|5|16
birthplace =London ,England
yearsactive = 2001 - presentThomas Brodie Sangster (born
May 16 ,1990 ) is an Englishactor , perhaps best known for his roles in the films "Phineas and Ferb " (2009) and "Nanny McPhee " (2005).Biography
Personal life
Sangster was born in
South London , where he now lives with his sister, Ava, and his parents, actors Tasha (née Bertram) and Mark Sangster. His mother, a dancer and characterist, has appeared in severalBBC films while his father, who is also a musician, starred in "The Lion King" musical inGermany . Sangster is the second cousin once removed of actorHugh Grant ; his great-grandmother, Barbara Bertram,cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Barbara Bertram|pages=|publisher=The Times|date=2004-02-05 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1011503.ece|accessdate=2007-12-09] and Grant's grandmother were sisters.cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=I'm little Caesar, actually|pages=|publisher=Daily Mail|date=2007-10-05 |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/reviews.html?in_article_id=485806&in_page_id=1924|accessdate=2007-10-05] Sangster's great-grandfather,Anthony Bertram , was a novelist. [http://www.simplytasha.com/flash.swf] Sangster's interests include painting, tennis, drawing and skating. Two of his favorite artists areEminem and Queen. He is 1.67 m (approx. 5'6"). He studies inPimlico School in Pimlico, London.Career
Sangster's first acting job was in a
BBC television film, "The Adventures of Station Jim". He subsequently appeared in a few more television films, including the lead roles in "Bobbie's Girl ", "The Miracle of the Cards" (based on the story ofCraig Shergold ) and "Stig of the Dump ". He won the "Best Actor in a mini-series" award at the 2003 Monte Carlo Film Festival for his role in the miniseries "Entrusted". "Love Actually ", in which he playedLiam Neeson 's stepson, was Sangster's first major theatrical film. He was nominated for a "Golden Satellite Award" and aYoung Artist Award for his role in the film.Sangster next appeared in a television adaptation of the novel "
Feather Boy " (2004) and played a younger version ofJames Franco 's role in the film version of "Tristan and Isolde" (2006), which was filmed in theCzech Republic . Among other things, Sangster takes part in a swordfight in the film. Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film "Nanny McPhee ", as the eldest of seven children.In 2007 he appeared in a two-part story ("Human Nature" and "
The Family of Blood ") in the third series of "Doctor Who " as schoolboy Tim Latimer, [cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Series Three Update|pages=|publisher=Outpost Gallifrey|date=2006-12-29 |url=http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEyZuypVyuRuxdgRSn&tmpl=newsrss|accessdate=2006-12-30] and guest-starred in the "Doctor Who" audio dramas "The Mind's Eye" and "The Bride of Peladon ". His voice lowered during filming of the "Doctor Who" episodes. That same year he voiced the character of Ferb in the Disney Channel animated series "Phineas and Ferb ". He also starred alongside "Love Actually" and "Nanny McPhee" co-starColin Firth in the film adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel "The Last Legion ", released in 2007.Sangster is next scheduled to appear in the
Holocaust -themed, "The Fence". As of December 2007, he was also working on the filming of a television series of the story of "Pinocchio ". In March 2008 it was announced that he will star inSteven Spielberg 's CGI motion capture "Tintin" project as the boy reporter of Belgian author Hergé's comic books. [cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=South London sixth-former scores dream role as Spielberg's Tintin in multimillion dollar trilogy|pages=|publisher=Daily Mail|date=2008-03-28 |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=548049&in_page_id=1773 |accessdate=2008-03-28]Filmography
References
External links
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* [http://www.tv.com/thomas-sangster/person/106603/summary.html Thomas Sangster] atTV.com
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1807615495 Thomas Sangster] atYahoo! Movies
* [http://www.fandango.com/thomassangster/filmography/p363362 Thomas Sangster] atFandango.com
* [http://www.risingstar.to/tsangster.html Thomas Sangster] at RisingStar.to
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