Biography
Thomas Jessop (born 19 January 1985) is a British actor. He is the first actor with Down syndrome to star in a primetime BBC drama, the first professional actor with Down syndrome to tour theatres as Hamlet, and the first to become a full voting member of BAFTA. In 2021, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of the Arts by the University of Winchester and became an Ambassador to Mencap and to the National Down syndrome Policy Group.
He has commented that disabled actors need opportunities to appear other than as victims or objects of pity.
Filmography
all 8
Movies 7
TV Shows 1
Director 1
self 1
Tommy
Masters of the Air (2024)
TV
Director
Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood (2023)
Movie
Dylan McCarthy
Innocence (2019)
Movie
John (fisherman)
Little Shit (2017)
Movie
Fighter
Fighter (2017)
Movie
Self / Hamlet
Growing Up Down's (2014)
Movie
John
Day of the Flowers (2013)
Movie
Ben Philips
Coming Down the Mountain (2007)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.46
Based on 26.4 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
2007
2014
2017
2024
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1985-01-19 (39 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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