Tom Lister (born June 21, 1978) is an English actor, known for his roles as Carl King in ''

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'' from 2004 to 2012, Harry Wainwright in '' Heartbeat'' and Rob Ingram in ''

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''.

Early and personal life

Lister was born as Thomas Brown, but took on his mother's maiden name when acting to avoid confusion with another actor under the name of Tom Brown. He is married to primary school headteacher Jennifer Humpage and they have two sons, Benjamin and Samuel. He is also a Christian man. He studied at

Birmingham School of Acting Birmingham School of Acting (BSA), previously known as Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art (BSSTDA) and then as Birmingham School of Speech and Drama (BSSD) was a drama school located in Birmingham, England. It was founded in 19 ...

(BSA) for three years and graduated in 2001.

Career

Lister began his career making appearances in series including '' Heartbeat'', '' Doctors'' and ''

''. In February 2004, he made his debut appearance on the ITV

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'' as Carl King, a role he maintained for eight years until his departure on 18 October 2012. Lister appeared alongside his ''Emmerdale'' co-stars Lucy Pargeter, Nick Miles, Kelsey-Beth Crossley and Nicola Wheeler as the King family in a special episode of ''

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'', playing against ''

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s Webster family and winning. He also appeared as singer

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in ''

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''.

Stage roles

Later in 2012, Lister appeared as Captain Hook in the Sunderland Empire pantomime, ''

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''. He made his musical theatre debut in the world premiere of ''The Water Babies'' at the

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in Leicester on 24 April 2014 as Grimes. In 2014, Lister toured the UK as Wild Bill Hickok in the musical ''

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''. A few years later, he appeared in a West End revival of '' 42nd Street''.

Filmography

* ''Shifting Units'' (1999) (Credited as Tom Brown) as Sales Office Team Member * '' Heartbeat'' (2002) as Harry Wainwright * '' Doctors'' (2002) as Andy Mills * ''

'' (2002) as Rob Ingram * ''

'' (2004–2012) as Carl King * ''Doctors'' (2016) as Martin Laws * ''Doctors'' (2020–2021) as

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*''West End In Blackpool'' (2021) as Self

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lister, Tom 1978 births Alumni of Birmingham School of Acting English Christians English male television actors Living people Male actors from Lancashire People from Craven District