Tom Glynn-Carney | |
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 Glynn-Carney at the 2019 WonderCon | |
| Born | 7 February 1995 [1] [2] Salford, Greater Manchester, England |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Tom Glynn-Carney (born 7 February 1995) is an English actor and singer. He has appeared in Christopher Nolan's war film Dunkirk (2017), Tolkien , The King , and Rialto (2019), and as Aegon II Targaryen in House of the Dragon (2022).
Glynn-Carney was born on 7 February 1995 in Salford, England. [3] [4] He studied at Canon Slade School in Bolton, [5] and went on to study Musical Theatre in Pendleton Sixth Form College, receiving a triple distinction star in performing arts, the highest possible grade for a vocational qualification. [5] He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, [6] where he studied acting. While studying, he participated in professional stage adaptations of Peter Pan and Macbeth . [6]
His first experience on television was in 2013 when he had a role in two episodes of Casualty . [5] He secured a lead role in the BBC military drama The Last Post, [2] launched as part of the new season Autumn 2017 content on BBC1. He plays Lance Corporal Tony Armstrong. [2] From April 2017, he starred as Shane Corcoran in the Jez Butterworth play The Ferryman, [1] which opened at the Royal Court Theatre. [7] He later transferred with the production to the west end at the Gielgud Theatre, leaving the production in October 2017. Glynn-Carney won the Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performance. [8]
Glynn-Carney's first introduction to American audiences was in the war drama Dunkirk , [2] directed by Christopher Nolan and released in July 2017. [2] He plays Peter, the son of the small boat captain who sailed to rescue British soldiers from the surrounded city Dunkirk. [2] In 2018, Glynn-Carney was named as Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow, along with Naomi Ackie, Jessie Buckley, and Connor Swindells amongst others. [9]
In 2019, he starred as Henry "Hotspur" Percy in the David Michôd directed film The King [5] in a cast which included Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Timothée Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp. [5]
In March 2022, Glynn-Carney joined the cast of House of the Dragon , [10] where he played King Aegon II Targaryen, [10] first born son of King Viserys, played by Paddy Considine, and Alicent Hightower played by Olivia Cooke. [10] He appeared in the BBC miniseries SAS: Rogue Heroes , released in October 2022. [11] In December 2022, he was cast in The Book of Clarence . [12]
Glynn-Carney is also the lead singer of the indie band, Sleep Walking Animals. [13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Peter Dawson | |
| 2019 | Tolkien | Christopher Wiseman | |
| The King | Henry "Hotspur" Percy | ||
| Rialto | Jay | ||
| 2023 | The Book of Clarence | Decimus |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Casualty | George Thorne | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Last Post | Anthony "Tony" Armstrong | Main role |
| 2018 | Doing Money | Sean | Television film |
| 2021 | Domina | Young Gaius | 2 episodes |
| 2022–present | House of the Dragon | Aegon II Targaryen | Main role, 3 episodes |
| 2022 | SAS: Rogue Heroes | Michael "Mike" Sadler | |
| Mayflies | Young Tully | Two-part drama [14] | |
| 2024 | The Jetty [15] |
| Year | Production | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Ferryman | Shane Corcoran | Royal Court Theatre/Gielgud Theatre |
| 2018 | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | ||
| 2022 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Duke of York's Theatre |
| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result | ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Emerging Talent Award | The Ferryman | Won | [16] |
| 2018 | Screen International | Stars of Tomorrow | Won | [9] | |
| 2019 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | The Ferryman | Won | [17] |
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