Torrance Coombs | |
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Torrance Coombs, Long Beach, California on January 4, 2014
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Born |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
June 14, 1983
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse(s) | Alyssa Campanella (m. 2016) |
Website | www |
Torrance Coombs (born June 14, 1983) is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for his role as Sebastian (Bash) in the CW drama series Reign and Thomas Culpepper in The Tudors.
Coombs was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He joined the school choir to better express himself and was soon cast in the role of Rum Tum Tugger in the musical play Cats. He rented a video of Elvis Presley in concert to help prepare for the role. Coombs holds dual citizenship in both Canada and the United States.
He continued to do theatre roles throughout high school at University Hill Secondary School and eventually enrolled in the acting program at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Coombs has appeared in productions at Bard on the Beach, an annual professional Shakespeare festival held in Vancouver; he has also appeared in the musical play A Little Night Music.
His first starring role on television was as John Doe in the 2008 CBC comedy series jPod, based on the novel of the same name by Douglas Coupland. Coombs also appeared as Lance Corporal C. Sellers in a 2009 episode of the television series Battlestar Galactica.
In 2010, Coombs appeared in a recurring role as Thomas Culpepper in the television series The Tudors, and in CBC's Heartland as Chase Powers. In 2011, he co-starred as Sam Besht as in the Hulu drama series Endgame.