Tom Austen

Not to be confused with Tom Austin.

Tom Austen
Austen discusses his Helstrom television series in 2020
Born (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 (age 37)
Hampshire, England
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
RelativesFreddy Carter (brother)

Thomas Michael Carter (born 15 September 1987), known professionally as Tom Austen, is an English actor, known for his television appearances portraying Jasper Frost on The Royals and Guy Hopkins on Grantchester.

Early life

Born in the county of Hampshire and raised in Taunton, Somerset, Austen attended Queen's College, Taunton and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1] His younger brother, Freddy Carter, is also an actor.

Career

Austen's first acting job was portraying rent boy Anto in an episode of the UK series Shameless in 2010.[2] He played multi-episode roles on The Borgias and Beaver Falls in 2012,[1][2] and starred as Marc Bayard in the police procedural series Jo in 2013.[2][3][4] After his costarring role as Grantchester's Guy Hopkins in 2014,[5][6] Austen began portraying duplicitous bodyguard Jasper Frost on the E! drama series The Royals in 2015.[7][8][9][10] In October 2019, Austen was cast as Daimon Helstrom in the Hulu series Helstrom.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon Scott [2]
2014 Ironclad: Battle for Blood Guy the Squire [12]
2017 Bitter Harvest Taras [13]
2019 No. 89 John Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Shameless Anto Episode: "Gang Wars" [1][2]
2011 Doctors Jonathan Bone Episode: "Charming" [14]
2012 The Borgias Raffaello Pallavicini 4 episodes [2][3]
2012 Misfits Pete Episode: "In the Skin of Another" [1][2]
2012 Beaver Falls Mac Main role [1][2]
2013 Jo Marc Bayard Main role [2][3][4]
2013 London Irish Martin Episode 4 [15]
2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Ted Williams Episode: "The Labours of Hercules" [16][17]
2014–2017 Grantchester Guy Hopkins 11 episodes [5][6]
2015 Unforgotten Josh Cross 6 episodes [18]
2015–2018 The Royals Jasper Frost Main role [7][8][9][10]
2020 The Bold Type Cody 3 episodes
2020 Helstrom Daimon Helstrom Main role
2023 Django Elijah 1 episode [19]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Batman: Arkham VR Robin / Tim Drake Video game [20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Marsh, Michael (20 July 2012). "Ex-Taunton student Tom Austen has the world at his feet". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hawkins, Shane (23 July 2012). "Beaver Falls: Tom Austen". Wonderland. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Richford, Rhonda (7 June 2013). "Jean Reno's Detective Series Jo Canceled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b Boland, John (25 May 2013). "A crime drama set in Paris? Yet there's still nothing to see here!". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Grantchester: Cast & Credits". PBS. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "ITV announces the cast of new six-part drama Grantchester". ITV. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b Gordon, Diane (13 March 2015). "The Royals Review: E!'s Elizabeth Hurley Drama Is a Not So Guilty Pleasure". TheWrap. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  8. ^ a b Owen, Rob (12 March 2015). "Tuned In: The Royals lathers up Sunday night". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  9. ^ a b Perigard, Mark (12 March 2015). "Only Elizabeth Hurley shines in E! drama about Brits". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  10. ^ a b Dewolf Smith, Nancy (12 March 2015). "They'll Never Be Royals". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  11. ^ Flook, Ray (8 October 2019). "Marvel's Helstrom: The Royals Tom Austen, FTWD Sydney Lemon, 5 More Join Hulu Series". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  12. ^ Lodge, Guy (24 July 2014). "Film Review: Ironclad: Battle for Blood". Variety. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  13. ^ Trumbore, Dave (4 February 2014). "First-Look Images from THE DEVIL'S HARVEST Starring Terence Stamp, Max Irons, and Barry Pepper". Collider. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Doctors: "Charming" – Series 13". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  15. ^ "London Irish: Series 1, Episode 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Agatha Christie's Poirot: 'The Labours of Hercules'". ITV. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  17. ^ Graham, Alison. "Unforgotten: Series 13, Episode 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  18. ^ Graham, Alison. "Unforgotten: Series 1, Episode 2". Radio Times. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  19. ^ Vivarelli, John Hopewell,Nick; Hopewell, John; Vivarelli, Nick (11 May 2021). "Noomi Rapace, Nicholas Pinnock Join Matthias Schoenaerts in 'Django,' From Sky and Canal Plus (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Tom Austen (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 12 February 2017. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.