Tom Prior
Born (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990
England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, and writer
Years active2014-present
Websitehttp://www.tomcprior.com/

Christopher Thomas Prior (born December 1990)[1] is an English actor, known for his lead role as Sergey in the British-Estonian historical romantic drama Firebird. He has also appeared in supporting roles in Kingsman: The Secret Service and in The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking's son Robert.[2]

Early life

Prior was educated at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.[3] In 2002 he appeared in "Fire from Heaven", produced by the Dorchester Community Plays Association.[4] He studied Performing Arts at Weymouth College, graduating with distinction, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).[3] He graduated from RADA in 2012.[5]

Career

Prior's West End debut was in 2013 in a trio of plays produced by the National Youth Theatre: Tory Boyz by James Graham; Romeo and Juliet; and Prince of Denmark, a Hamlet prequel by Michael Lesslie.[6][7][5]

Prior wrote his first short film Breaking the Circle in 2014.[8][5]

In 2021, Prior starred in Firebird as Sergey Serebrennikov.[9][10] He co-wrote and produced the film with director Peeter Rebane.[11] The film is about the real-life romance between a conscript, Sergey Fetisov, and a fighter pilot in Soviet era Estonia. Rebane began working on a screenplay based on a memoir by Fetisov. After learning about the script, Prior met with Rebane in London.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Alex Was a Friend of Mine Alex Short film
2014 The Theory of Everything 17 year-old Robert Hawking
Kingsman: The Secret Service Hugo
2016 Dusty and Me Georgie
2020 Iceland Is Best Jack
2021 Blood on the Crown Private Love
Firebird Sergey Serebrennikov co-writer, co-producer, and music supervisor

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Endeavour Billy Karswell 1 episode
2017 Three Girls Police Officer 1 episode

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2021 FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival Best Actor Firebird Won [13]
Best Narrative Feature Won

Personal life

Prior identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Priority Productions Ltd". Companies House. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Theory Of Everything". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 "Former Thomas Hardye schoolboy accepted into RADA". Dorset Echo. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "DCPA - Where are they now?".
  5. 1 2 3 "Firebird".
  6. ↑ "2014-10-08 Romeo + Juliet – VeA Archive". 16 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Meech, Ruth (24 August 2013). "West End Boys - the Dorset performers set to make a name themselves in theatreland". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "TOM PRIOR | the Factory".
  9. ↑ "Firebird". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Firebird's Tom Prior on Soviet Air Forces-set gay love movie: 'I got to keep the uniforms!'". Attitude.co.uk. 19 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Tom Prior and Peeter Rebane's Film "Firebird" is Too Good to be True". 26 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Why a star of the film 'Firebird' missed its premiere: He's in Ukraine". Los Angeles Daily News. 29 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Tom Prior - Awards - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Firebird: The Gay Cold War Romance the World Needs". www.out.com. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.


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