Thomas Sangster

Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Brodie-Sangster at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	Thomas Brodie Sangster (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 26) Southwark, London, England
Other names	Thomas Sangster
Occupation	Actor, model, musician
Years active	2001–present

Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990), also credited as Thomas Sangster, is an English actor and musician, known for his roles as Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones, his voice as Ferb Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb, as John Tracy in the ITV series Thunderbirds Are Go, as well as his roles as Sam in Richard Curtis's Love Actually and Newt in the Maze Runner film series. Sangster also grew in popularity for starring in critically acclaimed cult films such as Death of a Superhero, Bright Star and as Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy. He also had a cameo in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Thomas Sangster was born in London on 16 May 1990: Brodie was initially his middle name. He has a sister, Ava, and is the son of actors Anastasia (née Bertram) and Mark Ernest Sangster. His father is a musician and film editor. Sangster's father's family is from Banchory, Scotland.

On his mother's side, Sangster is a second cousin, once removed, of actor Hugh Grant, his great-grandmother, Barbara (née Randolph) Bertram, and Grant's grandmother were sisters. His great-grandfather, Anthony Bertram, was a novelist, and a maternal ancestor was politician and colonial administrator Sir Evan Nepean, through whom he has Cornish and Welsh ancestry.

Sangster plays bass and guitar, and he learned to play left-handed guitar to portray the left-handed Paul McCartney in the feature film Nowhere Boy.