Tom Weston Jones is a popular English film and theater actor born on June 29, 1987. He gained world fame by portraying Kevin Corcoran, an immigrant detective from Ireland in the BBC television series Copper.
Biography
The future actor was born in the town of Burton upon Trent in the east of the county of Staffordshire, UK, in the family of Nick and Irma Jones, who taught at the theater school in Dubai, where Tom and his sister and brother Betan and Ben got their education.
The spirit of creativity was always present in the family, and it is not surprising that all children have chosen a future associated with art. Tom Weston's debut on the stage can be considered his appearance with his brother in the school play "Brothers in Blood", staged by parents. By the way, Weston is not a surname, but the middle name of an actor who did not want to speak to the public under the banal name of Tom Jones. After graduating from Royal College of Holloway at the University of London, Tom studied acting at Bristol Old Wick until 2010.
Career
In 2010, Tom played in the play "Enlightenment" at the Hampstead Theater, after which he was noticed and offered a role in the television series "Ghosts". After that, the career of a young talented artist was ensured. He began to be invited to various projects, first English, and then American television. Basically, Tom played in various series, and he became famous when he played the main role in the historical series "Pointing".
The events of this historical drama take place in the second half of the 19th century, and Weston had to learn a lot and learn a lot about that era. This process led him into a real delight, and he said that he loved his work for the opportunity to plunge into the world of another person, another reality and another time, to learn a lot about the world. "This is something that I would never experience becoming a lawyer or a banker, " said Tom.
On the account of the actor about a dozen works on television and he is engaged in four performances of the theaters of Almeida and Hampstead. According to the press, he is one of the most promising artists of British television. In 2018, Tom took part in the filming of the mini-series “Terror” based on the novel by the great Dan Simmons, and in 2019, the historical action movie “Warrior” with Weston is preparing for release on the screens.
