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Tom Payne

トム・ペイン / とむ・ぺいん

Stage actor from United Kingdom

December 21, 1982 (age 43) ・ Chelmsford, United Kingdom

  • stage actor
  • film actor
  • television actor

My Take

Tom Payne is an actor I keep noticing in the supporting slots, and that's a compliment. English, Chelmsford-born, he broke through wider as Jesus on The Walking Dead, but I rate the breadth more: Brett on Waterloo Road, the lead as Malcolm Bright on Prodigal Son, and his recurring turn on Law & Order: Organized Crime. He trained across stage, film and TV, and you can feel that grounding in how steady he is on screen. He's not a viral name, he's a builder of a body of work. When someone like him sharpens a scene from the side, the whole thing tightens up.

Overview

Tom Payne (born 21 December 1982) is an English actor. He is known for appearing on AMC's The Walking Dead as Paul "Jesus" Rovia, and BBC's Waterloo Road as Brett Aspinall. He portrayed Malcolm Bright on the American television series Prodigal Son from 2019 to 2021. Payne also currently has a recurring role in Law & Order: Organized Crime.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Tom Payne
Name (Japanese)
トム・ペイン
Reading
とむ・ぺいん
Born
December 21, 1982 (age 43)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Sagittarius / Dog
Origin
Chelmsford, United Kingdom
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Occupation
stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

2. Background

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Junior high
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High school
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University
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3. Relationships

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Children
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4. Personality

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  • stage actor
  • film actor
  • television actor
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.