Tom Ellis (actor)

Tom Ellis
File:Tom Ellis SDCC 2015.jpg
Born	Thomas Ellis (1978-11-17) 17 November 1978 Bangor, Wales
Spouse(s)	Tamzin Outhwaite (2006–2014)
Children	3

Tom Ellis (born 17 November 1978) is a Welsh actor best known for playing Dr. Oliver Cousins in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Detective Sergeant Sam Speed in a Life on Mars parody on The Catherine Tate Show. He was also Sam in the BBC comedy Pulling and played Gary in the BBC2/BBC1 comedy Miranda.

Personal life

Ellis was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales. His father, sister and uncle are all church ministers, with his uncle Robert Ellis being Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford, which his father Chris also attended. Ellis attended High Storrs School in Sheffield during his education and was a French Horn player in the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra.

Ellis was married to actress Tamzin Outhwaite from 2006 to 2014. On 25 June 2008, she gave birth to their first daughter, Florence Elsie Ellis. He has another daughter, Nora Ellis, from a previous relationship. On 20 December 2008, the pair appeared on ITV gameshow All Star Mr & Mrs Christmas Special . On 19 March 2012, Ellis announced via his Twitter account that Outhwaite was pregnant with their second child together; their daughter Marnie Mae Ellis was born 2 August 2012.

On 29 August 2013, Ellis and Outhwaite announced their separation. Their spokesperson stated that the couple had separated and the following month, Outhwaite filed for divorce, citing Ellis' infidelity as the grounds for dissolution of the marriage.

Ellis was a Sheffield Wednesday fan, but now supports Arsenal.

Career

Other notable roles include Justyn in Channel 4's No Angels and Thomas Milligan in the series three finale of British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who. In 2013, he was cast as Victor Frankenstein ("a brilliant doctor who's trying to find a way to bring his late daughter, Anna, back to life") in the ABC pilot series Gothica, a modern-day supernatural drama. In February 2015 it was announced that Ellis was cast as Lucifer Morningstar in the Fox Television drama Lucifer, based on the comic with the same name.

In July and August 2009, Ellis starred in ITV comedy drama Monday Monday with Fay Ripley.

Ellis was the star of the USA network series Rush, playing a Hollywood physician.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	John Browdie
2001–2002	Nice Guy Eddie	Frank Bennett
2001	High Heels and Low Lifes	Police Officer
	Buffalo Soldiers	Squash
2003	Pollyanna	Timothy
	I'll Be There	Ivor
2004	Messiah III: The Promise	Dr. Phillip Ryder
	Vera Drake	Police Officer
2005	Much Ado About Nothing	Claude
	Midsomer Murders – Midsomer Rhapsody	Lee Smeeton
	Waking the Dead - Straw Dog	Harry Taylor
2005–2006	No Angels	Justyn
2006	EastEnders	Dr. Oliver Cousins
	The Catherine Tate Show	Detective Sergeant Sam Speed
2007	Suburban Shootout	P.C. Haines
	Doctor Who	Tom Milligan
	The Catherine Tate Christmas Show	Detective Sergeant Sam Speed
2008	Trial & Retribution	Nick Fisher
	Miss Conception	Zak
	The Passion	Apostle Philip/Philip
2009	Monday Monday	Steven
2009–2015	Miranda	Gary Preston
2010	Dappers	Marco
	Merlin	King Cenred
	Accused	Neil
2011	The Fades	Mark Etches
	Once Upon a Time	Robin Hood
	Sugartown	Max Burr
2012	Gates	Mark Pearson
	The Secret of Crickley Hall	Gabe Caleigh
2014	Rush	Dr. William Rush
2015	The Strain	Rob Bradley
2016	Lucifer	Lucifer Morningstar

External links

• Tom Ellis at the Internet Movie Database

• Kelby McNally. "Tamzin Outhwaite 'files for divorce from Tom Ellis, citing adultery'", Express, 10 September 2013.
• (No author.) "Tamzin Outhwaite 'Divorcing' Tom Ellis After He Reportedly Admits Cheating With One-Night Stand", Huffington Post UK, 9 October 2013.
• Kelby McNally. "'We're all moving forward' Tom Ellis speaks out about Tamzin Outhwaite split", Express, 19 September 2013.
• Miranda's Tom Ellis to play Frankenstein in US pilot Gothica Radio Times. 22 February 2013.