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 Tom Price at "The Hub", a Torchwood Convention |
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| Born | Thomas Price July 12, 1980 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Beth Morrey |
Tom Price (born July 12, 1980) is a British actor, voice over artist and stand up comedian. He is married to TV producer Beth Morrey, who is most noted for being the creator of hit Channel 4 quiz format Wogan's Perfect Recall.
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[edit] TV and Film Career
His first TV appearance was playing a waiter in an Episode of Absolute Power. He is known to television audiences for being one of the stars of the Five comedy sketch show Swinging. He has also appeared in a recurring role as police officer Andy Davidson in a number of episodes of Torchwood, a spin-off from the long running science fiction series Doctor Who. In 2008 he starred in the BBC Three sketch show The Wrong Door and filmed the role of Darrin Stephens in a pilot UK remake of Bewitched, which never got aired. Other TV appearances include Doctors (2009) and Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2010). 2011 will see Price reprise the role of Andy Davidson in Torchwood: Miracle Day airing on BBC One and US premium television network Starz.[1]
In addition to his TV performances Price has appeared in a minor role in the films The Boat that Rocked and Hereafter.[2]
[edit] Other Projects
Price appeared as Gordon, a young drunken doctor, in the BBC Radio 4 comedy show Rigor Mortis for three series, alongside Peter Davison, Geoffrey Whitehead, Matilda Ziegler and, for series one, Tracy-Ann Oberman. His radio credits also include the Torchwood Radio Play Asylum, in which he reprised his role as Andy.
He often works as a standup comedian in and around London. He was in the final of the Daily Telegraph Open Mic award in 2001. He was one of the faces of Destination Three, and he presented Senseless on MTV.
He has appeared in Velvet Triple Soft and Trident "Mastication for the Nation" adverts. He is the voice of Nescafe. He is also in the Virgin Atlantic advert and appears in jingles on the cult comedy podcast Answer Me This!.[3]
Tom starred in an episode of Celebrity Ready Steady Cook with Torchwood co-star Kai Owen (Rhys) (recorded 26 August 2009, broadcast 8 January 2010).[4]
He is taking his debut stand-up show, Say When, to the Edinburgh Festival in 2011.[5] Speaking ahead of the opening of Price's Edinburgh show James Kettle of the Guardian described his comedic style as "easygoing, good-natured autobiographical".[6]
[edit] Filmography
| Year(s) | Title | Role | More information |
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| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | Tim Rice | TV movie |
| My Family | Boy | TV episode "Germs of Endearment" | |
| 2010 | D.O.A | Luke Chambers | TV Movie D.O.A at IMDb |
| Hereafter | Man | Hereafter at IMDb | |
| Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Simon | Episode #3.3 | |
| 2009 | Doctors | Richie Dunston | TV Episode - "Rivals" |
| Hotel Trubble | Prince Wally | TV Episode - "Royal Trubble" | |
| The Boat That Rocked | Undisclosed | The Boat That Rocked on IMDb | |
| 2008 | The Wrong Door | Various | The Wrong Door at IMDb |
| 2007 | The Scum Also Rises | Billy | TV Movie - The Scum Also Rises at IMDb |
| Living with Two People You Like Individually... But Not as a Couple | Craig | TV Series - Living with Two People You Like Individually... But Not as a Couple at IMDb | |
| Nuclear Secrets | Pragnell, Max | TV mini-series - Nuclear Secrets at IMDb | |
| 2006–Present | Torchwood | Andy Davidson | Recurring role |
| 2005 | Swinging | Various | TV Programme - Swinging at IMDb |
| Absolute Power | Waiter | TV Series - Absolute Power at IMDb |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/01/dwn3001112330-torchwood-week-three.html
- ^ http://www.lisathomasmanagement.com/tom-price/
- ^ http://answermethispodcast.com/players/
- ^ "Ready Steady Cook, Series 21, Episode 22". BBC. 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00psqdh. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- ^ http://www.pleasance.co.uk/edinburgh/events/tom-price-say-when
- ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/jul/23/this-weeks-new-comedy%7Ctitle=This week's new comedy|publisher=The Guardian|last=Kettle|first=James|date=23 July 2011|accessdate=5 August 2011
