Thomas Aiden Turgoose (born 11 February 1992) is an English actor, best known for his role as Shaun Fields in the film ''

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'' (2006), a role he reprises in the ''This Is England'' TV series ''

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'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011) and ''

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'' (2015).

Career

In his first film role in 2006, he played the lead character, Shaun Fields, in ''

'', written and directed by

Shane Meadows Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film ''This Is England'' (2006) and its three sequels (2010–2015). Meadows' other films inc ...

. On television he played the character Dizzy, a young boy mentored by Adam Solomons (

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), in the 2006 BBC drama series ''

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''. The programme was cancelled after eight episodes due to poor ratings and negative reviews. Turgoose's character was in six of the eight episodes. In 2008, he was again in a Shane Meadows film, '' Somers Town'', where he co-starred in a comedy role with young Polish actor Piotr Jagiello. Both young actors shared the "Best Actor in a Narrative Feature" award at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. He was also in ''

The Scouting Book for Boys ''The Scouting Book for Boys'' is a 2009 British drama-thriller film directed by Tom Harper, produced by Ivana MacKinnon, and written by Jack Thorne. It stars Thomas Turgoose, Holliday Grainger, Rafe Spall, Susan Lynch, Tony Maudsley, and St ...

'', and appeared in ''

'', a 4-part TV series for

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looking at characters from ''This is England'' three years on. A year later, he appeared in the three-part series ''

'', aired just before Christmas 2011, and also appeared in ''

'', aired in 2015. He appeared on ''

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'', where he was paired with fellow actor

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. On 7 November 2015, he made his second appearance on ''Pointless Celebrities'', where he was paired with

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. In 2017, Turgoose appeared in the

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of the

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series ''

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'' as a Lannister soldier.

Personal life

Turgoose is a supporter of

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, although he admits that as a boy he supported

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, and is a season ticket holder at his hometown club. Prior to Grimsby Town's Conference Premier play-off final against

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, he interviewed manager

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, club captain

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and striker Lenell John-Lewis for ''

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'', which was aired on 16 May 2015.

Filmography

Appearances

Honours

*2006 Won – British Independent Film Awards – "Most Promising Newcomer" *2008 Nominated – British Independent Film Awards – "Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film" *2008 Won –

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, New York – "Best Actor in a Narrative Feature" (with Piotr Jagiello) for '' Somers Town''

References

External links

*
Thomas Turgoose interview
with

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magazine (2013)
LOVEFiLM Blog
Thomas Turgoose at the London Film Festival screening of The Scouting Book for Boys (Oct 2009)
Telegraph.co.uk
Review o
Somers Town
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