Personal life

Thomas Sangster was born in London on 16 May 1990; Brodie was initially his middle name. He has a sister, Ava, and is the son of actors Anastasia (née Bertram) and Mark Ernest Sangster. His father is a musician and film editor. Sangster's father's family is from Banchory, Scotland.

On his mother's side, Sangster is a second cousin, once removed, of actor Hugh Grant, alongside whom he appeared in Love Actually; his great-grandmother, Barbara (née Randolph) Bertram, and Grant's grandmother were sisters. His great-grandfather, Anthony Bertram, was a novelist, and a maternal ancestor was politician and colonial administrator Sir Evan Nepean, through whom he has Cornish and Welsh ancestry.

Sangster plays bass and guitar, and he learned to play left-handed guitar to portray the left-handed Paul McCartney in the feature film Nowhere Boy.

Career

Sangster's first acting role was in a BBC television film, Station Jim. He subsequently appeared in a few more television films, including the lead roles in Bobbie's Girl, The Miracle of the Cards (based on the story of Craig Shergold) and Stig of the Dump. He won the "Golden Nymph" award at the 43rd Annual Monte Carlo Television Festival for his role in the miniseries Entrusted. Love Actually, in which he played Liam Neeson's stepson, was Sangster's first major theatrical film. He was nominated for a "Golden Satellite Award" and a "Young Artist Award" for his role in the film.

Sangster next appeared in a television adaptation of the novel Feather Boy and played a younger version of James Franco's role in the film version of Tristan and Isolde. Among other things, Sangster takes part in a (child's) swordfight in the film. Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film Nanny McPhee, as the eldest of seven children.

In 2007 he appeared in a two-part story (Human Nature and The Family of Blood) in Doctor Who as schoolboy Timothy "Tim" Latimer, and guest-starred in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas The Mind's Eye and The Bride of Peladon. His voice lowered during filming of the Doctor Who episodes. He also starred alongside Love Actually and Nanny McPhee co-star Colin Firth in the film adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel The Last Legion, released in 2007. That same year he voiced the character of Ferb Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb alongside Love Actually co-star Olivia Olson. As of December 2007, he was also working on the filming of a television series of the story of Pinocchio, filmed in Italy.

In March 2008 it was announced that Sangster would star in Steven Spielberg's CGI motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin as the title character of Hergé's comic books. Sangster left the project after scheduling difficulties when filming was delayed in October 2008 and the role was given to Jamie Bell.

At the end of March 2008, he began working with director Jane Campion on her film Bright Star, a love story with Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish portraying John Keats and his lover Fanny Brawne. In March 2009 Sangster joined Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff in Nowhere Boy, a film directed by award-winning artist Sam Taylor-Wood, about the teenage years of John Lennon and the two women who shaped his early life: his mother Julia (Duff) and his aunt Mimi (Scott Thomas). This would be his second time acting with Johnson, the first being in 2004's Feather Boy.

Sangster appeared in the film Some Dogs Bite about a boy who wants to keep his family together. Casey (Sangster) takes his baby brother out of care, and with the help of his older brother, goes in search of their father. Sangster appeared with Andy Serkis in an Irish film, Death of a Superhero, based on the novel, Death of Superhero by Anthony McCarten.

Additionally, Sangster plays Liam in the 2011 film, The Last Furlong. In April 2011, he made a guest appearance as Adam Douglas in an episode of British detective drama Lewis. In 2012 he starred in The Baytown Outlaws and in Ella Jones's short film, The Ugly Duckling, the third installment of the Tales trilogy of reworked fairy tales from More Films. He also plays the role of Jojen Reed in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2015, he will be providing the voice of John Tracy in ITV's remake of Gerry Anderson's puppet series Thunderbirds

Sangster played Newt in the 20th Century Fox films The Maze Runner (2014) and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). In BBC2's 6-part television adaptation of Wolf Hall (on BBC2 from 21 January 2015), Sangster portrays Ralph Sadler, the ward of Thomas Cromwell.

Brodie Films and Winnet music

Sangster established Brodie Films in 2006 with his mother, Tasha Bertram, "to create opportunities in the film industry for new British talent; innovative writers, actors and directors." The company was dissolved in May 2013.

Sangster plays bass guitar, and in January 2010 joined the band Winnet, in which his mother sings the vocals.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Mrs. Meitlemeihr	Boy 1	Short film
2003	Love Actually	Sam
2005	Nanny McPhee	Simon Brown
2006	Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front	Boy in Spelling Bee
2006	Tristan and Isolde	Young Tristan
2007	The Last Legion	Romulus Augustus
2009	Bright Star	Samuel Brawne
2009	Nowhere Boy	Paul McCartney
2009	The Alchemistic Suitcase	Boy	Short film
2010	Some Dogs Bite	Casey	TV film
2011	My Left Hand Man	Samuel Emerson	Short Film
2011	Hideaways	Liam
2011	Death of a Superhero	Donald Clarke
2011	Albatross	Mark
2012	The Baytown Outlaws	Rob
2012	The Ugly Duckling	The Ugly Duckling	Short film
2013	Orbit Ever After	Nigel	Short film
2014	The Maze Runner	Newt
2014	Phantom Halo	Samuel Emerson
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Newt
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Petty Officer Thanisson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Station Jim	Henry	TV film
	The Miracle of the Cards	Craig Shergold
2002	Stig of the Dump	Barney	TV mini-series 6 episodes
	Bobbie's Girl	Alan	TV film
	London's Burning	Stephen	Episode #14.6
2003	Hitler: The Rise of Evil	Young Hitler	TV film
	Entrusted	Thomas von Gall
	Ultimate Force	Gabriel	Episode: "What in the Name of God"
2004	Feather Boy	Robert Nobel	TV mini-series 6 episodes
2005	Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder	John Duff	Episode: "The Case of the Croydon Poisonings"
2007-2015	Phineas and Ferb	Ferb Fletcher (voice)
2007	Doctor Who	Timothy "Tim" Latimer	Episodes: "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood"
2008	Pinocchio	Lampwick	TV film
2010	Some Dogs Bite	Casey
2011	Lewis	Adam Douglas	Episode: "The Mind Has Mountains"
	Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension	Ferb Fletcher	TV film
2012	Accused	Jake Murray	Episodes: "Tina's Story" and "Mo and Sue's Story"
2013-2014	Game of Thrones	Jojen Reed	10 episodes
2014	American Dad!	(voice)	Episode: "I Ain't No Holodeck Boy"
2015	Wolf Hall	Rafe Sadler	TV mini-series Airing from 21 January 2015 on BBC 2
	Thunderbirds Are Go	John Tracy (voice)	TV Show. Airing in 2015 on ITV.

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role
2014	30 Minute Break	The Luka State	Boyfriend
	Rain

Audio plays

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Country Life	Boris	First broadcast on 22 March 2007, BBC Radio 4
	The Mind's Eye	Kyle	Recorded: 25, 27 July 2007; Released: November 2007
2008	The Bride of Peladon	Miner	Recorded: 26, 27 July 2007; Released: January 2008

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated Work	Category	Result
2003	Entrusted	Golden Nymph at Monte Carlo Television Festival: Best Actor in a mini-series	Won
2004	Love Actually	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards: Best Performance by Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role - Male	Nominated
		Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards: Best Ensemble Acting for Love Actually	Nominated
		Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical	Nominated
		Young Artist Award: Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor	Nominated
2007	Nanny McPhee	Young Artist Award: Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Nominated
		Young Artist Award: Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Nominated
2008	The Last Legion	Young Artist Award: Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer	Nominated
2015	The Maze Runner	Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Breakout Star	Nominated
		Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Chemistry	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]