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Thomas Stuart Chambers (born 22 May 1977) is an English actor, known for his role as

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in the

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s ''

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'' and ''

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'', Max Tyler in BBC drama series '' Waterloo Road'' and Inspector Sullivan in ''

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''. He also won the sixth series of ''

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'' with his partner

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Early life

Chambers was born and raised in a small village called

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and was educated at

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Career

Chambers attended the

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and

Guildford School of Acting Guildford School of Acting (GSA) is a drama school in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is an academic school in the University of Surrey. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools The Federation of Drama Schools functions to facilitate ...

. He has starred opposite

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and

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in the British film ''

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''. Chambers' interest in dance led him to recreate the sequence from the 1937 RKO film'' A Damsel in Distress'' in which

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tap dances with a drum kit. The video was sent to casting directors and led to Chambers gaining a part in ''Holby City'' as cardiothoracic registrar

. A video of the performance was posted on

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prior to his appearance on

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's ''

''. He later uploaded a video diary of his rehearsals for the recording. When he left ''Holby City'', the programme honoured him with a montage of his three years' work. In May 2009, it was announced by

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on ''

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'' that Chambers would be joining the fifth series of BBC drama, '' Waterloo Road'' as new Executive Head Teacher, Max Tyler, where he appeared in ten episodes. Chambers narrates the series ''The Real A&E'' broadcast daily on

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. In November 2011, Chambers starred in the stage version tour of ''

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''. Tom was interviewed in June 2012 with questions about his career and in particular his role in Top Hat In 2014–2015, Chambers portrayed Inspector Sullivan in the BBC TV's ''

'' in Series 2 and 3. He reprised the role in Series 7 and 8, before returning as a regular in Series 10. In 2017–2018, Chambers returned to singing and dancing, starring as Bobby Child alongside Clare Sweeney and Charlotte Wakefield, touring the UK in the Watermill production of the

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and

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musical,'' Crazy For You''.

''Strictly Come Dancing''

Chambers competed in and won the sixth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'', paired with professional dancer

. The pair opened the series by performing the

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and scored 28 points. After being on top of the leaderboard twice in the series (joint first place with

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in Week 5 and joint first with Snowdon and

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in week 8), Chambers made it to the semi-finals of the competition, seeing off his apparently biggest challenger

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, with whom he shared a friendly rivalry. It was here, however, that Chambers' participation looked most in doubt, as he finished bottom of the leaderboard. However, he was reprieved when it became clear that a tie between the other two couples at the top of the leaderboard meant that there was no way for him to be saved from the dance-off, leading the BBC to put all three couples through to the final. In the final, Chambers beat Lisa Snowdon into third place, before competing head to head with

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in the final round, where his show dance with Dallerup was greatly praised by the judges. It was announced that Chambers and Dallerup had gained the most public votes and won the show, making Chambers the third male winner of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. It was Dallerup's first win on the show. On Christmas Day 2008, Chambers returned to partner Dallerup in the Christmas special; however, they came second from bottom of the leaderboard and were not voted into the final two by the studio audience. The pair have since appeared on the ''Strictly Come Dancing'' tour in early 2009 dancing the

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and the

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. In 2015, Chambers participated in the

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, with professional dancer,

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''Waterloo Road''

In May 2009, Chambers joined the cast of the BBC Drama ''Waterloo Road''. His first episode was episode 1 of the fifth series which first aired the week of 25 October 2009 portraying Executive

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Max Tyler, who is brought in to oversee the merger of Waterloo Road with local

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John Fosters. His distorted personality is progressively revealed, which climaxes in episode 5.10 where his true colours are finally revealed (when he hits a student) to the relief of the large majority of the school community, which results in his suspension.

Stage

Chambers originated the role of Jerry Travers in the UK production of ''Top Hat''. The show opened on 16 August 2011 at the Milton Keynes Theatre, touring the United Kingdom before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End. Chambers left the production on 4 February 2013. In October 2019, it was announced that Chambers would star in the new touring production of ''

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'' as Tony Wendice.

Personal life

In December 2000, Chambers came close to death when the

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flight on which he was travelling from London to

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was disrupted in a hijack attempt. Paul Mukonyi, a 27-year-old mental patient from Kenya, burst into the cockpit of the

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. As the cockpit crew fought to restrain Mukonyi, the auto-pilot became disengaged in the struggle, the jumbo was knocked off course and it plunged about with 398 passengers on board. The pilots recovered control of the aircraft and all passengers landed safely. Chambers described this as "the most terrifying experience of my life". It was this flight that caused him to seek out his teenage sweetheart, Clare Harding, and propose. The couple married in October 2008 in Derbyshire, having to change the date due to his commitments in ''Strictly Come Dancing''. In 2008, Chambers took part in the Great Walk to

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organised by singer

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in aid of

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awareness and research.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

13. In 2015 he was a judge on the arena tour of Strictly Come Dancing

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, Tom 1977 births Living people Alumni of the Guildford School of Acting English male television actors People educated at Repton School People from Darley Dale Strictly Come Dancing winners