--- name: "Thomas Turgoose" canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-turgoose" fi1m_id: "thomas-turgoose" imdb_id: "nm2129938" tmdb_id: 70517 wikidata_id: "Q1334874" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 February 1992" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-10-07T17:20:05.059852+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Thomas Turgoose ## Identity Thomas Turgoose - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-turgoose - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** thomas-turgoose - **IMDb ID:** nm2129938 - **TMDB ID:** 70517 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1334874 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Turgoose, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334874, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2129938/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70517 Actor. Born 11 February 1992 in Grimsby, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 February 1992, Grimsby, England, UK - **Active:** 2007–present - **Frequently works with:** [Mark Herbert](https://film.one/person/mark-herbert.md), [Shane Meadows](https://film.one/person/shane-meadows.md), [Vicky McClure](https://film.one/person/vicky-mcclure.md), [Andrew Shim](https://film.one/person/andrew-shim.md), [Jack Thorne](https://film.one/person/jack-thorne.md), [Joe Gilgun](https://film.one/person/joseph-gilgun.md), [Stephen Graham](https://film.one/person/stephen-graham.md), [Rebekah Wray-Rogers](https://film.one/person/rebekah-wray-rogers.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 72 (4), 2020s 70 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 2 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $553m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Turgoose, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334874, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2129938/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70517 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*This Is England '86*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Thomas Turgoose > Thomas Turgoose makes a lonely boy’s need for company painfully clear without asking for pity. His work with Shane Meadows is our strongest reason to value an actor who can be stubborn and vulnerable at once. The pleasure Shaun takes in being accepted is what makes *This Is England* (2007) work. Thomas Turgoose lets us see how much the gang’s company matters, while keeping the boy stubborn enough to resist our pity. We were moved by his delight at being noticed, because the performance makes loneliness seem so ordinary to him. Shane Meadows gives the group’s humour and idle companionship time to register. Turgoose makes it possible to understand why Shaun would want to stay. He came to that lead role through street casting, without previous acting experience. Meadows used his humour and vulnerability again in *Somers Town* (2008), before Turgoose returned to Shaun in *This Is England ’86* (2010), *This Is England ’88* (2011) and *This Is England ’90* (2015). Those three television series made one character a substantial part of his working life. They also help explain how closely his work has remained associated with Meadows. Stephen Graham’s Combo shows why the pairing of Turgoose and Meadows works so well. Turgoose makes Shaun’s hunger for attention credible enough that Graham need not make the older man likeable, and the possibility of the boy looking to him for authority is frightening. The film is less persuasive when it loads Shaun with adult grievances and arranges its lessons too neatly. Even there, Turgoose keeps the child recognisable, rather than playing each scene as though he knows what it is meant to teach us. That stubbornness remains useful when the script starts asking too much of him. Later supporting appearances in *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017) and *Mickey 17* (2025) take him into larger productions. We would not measure his progress simply by their size. What interests us is whether a part gives him time to make a character’s need for other people clear, rather than leaving him with little to establish beyond a familiar face. For a first encounter, choose *This Is England* and do not expect a comfortable evening. ## Biography Thomas Turgoose is an English actor. He was born on 11 February 1992 in Grimsby, England. Turgoose made his screen debut at the age of 14 as Shaun Fields in the film *This Is England* (2006), directed by Shane Meadows. He reprised the role in the television series *This Is England '86* (2010), *This Is England '88* (2011) and *This Is England '90* (2015). Other credits include *Somers Town* (2008), *Eden Lake* (2008), *The Scouting Book for Boys* (2009), *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017) and a guest role in *Game of Thrones* (2017). Turgoose won the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for *This Is England*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) - *Mickey 17* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Bazooka Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md) - *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), Fi1m 42, as Liam — [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-golden-circle.md) - *This Is England '90* (2015), Fi1m 81, as Shaun Fields — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md) - *This Is England '88* (2011), Fi1m 86, as Shaun Fields — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md) - *This Is England '86* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Shaun — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) - *This Is England* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Shaun — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md) ## Complete filmography (31) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Synthesized* (2026), as Martyn Gannon - *Mickey 17* (2025), as Bazooka Soldier — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md) - *Jackdaw* (2024), as Craig - *All Town Aren't We* (2024), series, as Other - *The Gallows Pole* (2023), series, as Bill Hartley - *Ryan's Story* (2021), Casting Consultant - *Intergalactic* (2021), series, as Drew - *Creation Stories* (2021), as Dick Green - *Looted* (2020), as Leo - *Stratum Deep* (2020), as Robert - *Avengement* (2019), as Tune - *Hymn of Hate* (2018), as Private Billy Booth - *Swimming with Men* (2018), as Tom - *Terminal* (2018), as Raymond - *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), as Liam — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/kingsman-the-golden-circle.md) - *Butterfly Kisses* (2017), as Shrek - *This Is England '90* (2015), series, as Shaun Fields — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md) - *Jacked* (2015), as Waylen - *The Hatching* (2014), as Caesar - *Birdsong* (2012), series, as Private Tipper - *This Is England '88* (2011), series, as Shaun Fields — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md) - *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Lannister Soldier — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) - *This Is England '86* (2010), series, as Shaun — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) - *The Scouting Book for Boys* (2010), as David - *Dirty Egg* (2010), as The Kid - *Eden Lake* (2008), as Cooper - *Somers Town* (2008), as Tomo - *This Is England* (2007), as Shaun — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md) - *The Innocence Project* (2006), series, as Dizzy - *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor - *The Roots Manœuvre*, Actor ## Awards ### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - British Independent Film Awards 2008: Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (nominated), for *Somers Town* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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