Bio
Tom Payne is an English actor best known for his television roles as Brett Aspinall in Waterloo Road (2007-2008) and as jockey Leon Micheaux in Luck, in 2012.
Payne made his feature film debut in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day opposite Amy Adams and Frances McDormand, and was cited as one of Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow".
Other credits include playing the famous footballer George Best in the BBC telefilm Best, Miss Marple with Brian Cox and Wuthering Heights with Tom Hardy and Andrew Lincoln.
A U.K. native, Tom is a graduate of London's Central School of Speech and Drama, from which he earned his BA in Acting in 2005. At the school he appeared in stagings of such plays as Class Enemy, The Balcony, The Rivals, Three Sisters, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III and The Man Who Had All the Luck.
Post-graduation, Payne starred in a lead role in David Grindley's sold-out New Ambassadors revival of Journey's End in London's West End; and played opposite Imogen Stubbs in Maria Aberg's Soho Theatre staging of Shrieks of Laughter.
He has also made appearances on U.K. television, in episodes of the hugely popular Skins as well as Casualty.
He had a regular role on the hit show Waterloo Road and has co-starred in the telefilms Miss Marie Lloyd directed by James Hawes and He Kills Coppers directed by Adrian Shergold.