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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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- 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.