Tom Sturridge
Thomas Sidney Jerome Sturridge (born 5 December 1985) is an English actor. His early films include Being Julia (2004), Like Minds (2006), and The Boat That Rocked (2009). He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performances in Orphans (2013) and Sea Wall/A Life (2020).[2][3] He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in American Buffalo (2016). Since 2022, Sturridge has starred as Dream in the Netflix fantasy series The Sandman.
Tom Sturridge
1996–present
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- Charles Sturridge (father)
- Phoebe Nicholls (mother)
- Matilda Sturridge (sister)
- Anthony Nicholls (grandfather)
- Horace Nicholls (great-grandfather)
Early life[edit]
Sturridge was born in Lambeth, London,[4] one of three children of director Charles Sturridge and actress Phoebe Nicholls.[5][6] His sister, Matilda Sturridge, is also an actress.[7]
Sturridge was educated at The Harrodian School, an independent school in Barnes in South West London, whose pupils included future actors Robert Pattinson, Will Poulter and George MacKay.[8] Between the years 1999 ('Short Half') and 2001, Sturridge attended Winchester College, an independent school for boys in Winchester, Hampshire. He boarded at the College's House E (Morshead's)"Freddie's".[9]
Personal life[edit]
From 2011-2015, Sturridge was dating actress Sienna Miller.[16] Their daughter was born in July 2012.[17][18]
Sturridge's maternal grandparents are actors Anthony Nicholls and Faith Kent,[19] and his great-grandfather is photojournalist Horace Nicholls.[20]