Thomas Turgoose

Turgoose worked across actor, film actor and television actor. This article rests on 1 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Thomas Turgoose • Birth Name — Thomas Aiden Turgoose • Born — 11 February 1992 • Birthplace — Grimsby, Humberside, England • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2006–present

In his first film role in 2006, he played the lead character, Shaun Fields, in This Is England, written and directed by Shane Meadows. On television he played the character Dizzy, a young boy mentored by Adam Solomons (Luke Treadaway), in the 2006 BBC drama series The Innocence Project. 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 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 Festival. He was also in The Scouting Book for Boys, and appeared in This Is England '86, a 4-part TV series for Channel 4 looking at characters from This is England three years on. A year later, he appeared in the three-part series This Is England '88, aired just before Christmas 2011, and also appeared in This Is England '90, aired in 2015. He appeared on Pointless Celebrities, where he was paired with fellow actor Vas Blackwood. On 7 November 2015, he made his second appearance on Pointless Celebrities, where he was paired with Tyger Drew-Honey. In 2017, Turgoose appeared in the season 7 premiere of the HBO series Game of Thrones as a Lannister soldier.

Turgoose is a supporter of Grimsby Town, although he admits that as a boy he supported Manchester United, and is a season ticket holder at his hometown club. Prior to Grimsby Town's Conference Premier play-off final against Bristol Rovers, he interviewed manager Paul Hurst, club captain Craig Disley and striker Lenell John-Lewis for Football Focus, which was aired on 16 May 2015.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006–2007 — The Innocence Project — Dizzy — 4 episodes • 2009 — Cast Offs — Jake — Episode: "Will" • 2010 — This Is England '86 — Shaun Fields — 4 episodes • 2011 — This Is England '88 — Shaun Fields — 3 episodes • 2012 — Birdsong — Private Tipper — 2 episodes • Coming Up — Lump — Episode: "Ben and Lump" • 2015 — This Is England '90 — Shaun Fields — 4 episodes • 2016 — Storage Hunters UK — Himself — Celebrity, Cambridge episode • 2017 — Game of Thrones — Geoff — Episode: "Dragonstone" • 2021 — Intergalactic — Drew — 8 episodes • 2023 — The Gallows Pole — William Hartley — Miniseries; 3 episodes • 2024 — All Town Aren't We — Himself — Football documentary series; 3 episodes

• Year — Appearance — Role — Notes • 2007 — The Making of 'This is England — Himself — TV documentary short • 2008 — Cinema 3 — TV series (1 episode: "29 November 2008) • 2009 — Celebrity Juice — 25 March 2009 • 2010 — Breakfast — TV series (1 episode: "18 March 2010") • 2012 — Vic & Bob's Lucky Sexy Winners — Comedy panel show • Maxïmo Park – "Hips and Lips" — Video clip • 2015 — Celebrity Juice — 1 October 2015 • 2016 — Celebrity Mastermind — 9 January 2016 • 2022 — Red Rum Club - "Vanilla" — Video Clip