Thomas Nelstrop (born 29 July 1980) is an English actor, comedian, and voiceover artist. He plays Julian in the NBC series Brave New World. In 2007, he played Ben Wainright in the Doctor Who episode "Blink" has appeared in The Crown, Honest, Casualty, The Trial of Christine Keeler & Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
Early life Nelstrop was born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. He gained a B.A. degree in Actor Musicianship from Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in 2002.
Career Nelstrop based himself in London after graduating from Rose Bruford College to concentrate on performing arts. He received his first acting credits as the 16th and the 17th century English Poet John Donne in Channel 4's educational series Arrows of Desire in 2003.
Nelstrop spent the next three years focussing on acting in theatres, most notably as Sampson/Peter in the production of Romeo and Juliet by the English Touring Theatre in 2005, while taking on some TV and film roles from time to time.
In 2007, Nelstrop was chosen to play Ben Wainwright in the critically acclaimed Doctor Who episode Blink, alongside Carey Mulligan and Lucy Gaskell. Following this appearance, he went on to play Constable Harrison in Honest, Wesley Presley in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, and as a recurring cast member in The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson.
Aside from acting, Nelstrop is also a comedian and made his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in 2012 with his own show Thomas Nelstrop: Great (ish) Hits at the Pleasance, which received favourable reviews. He is also known by his spoof musician persona, Jonni Music, whose music videos are often broadcast by BBC Three and BBC Online. In 2013, he was hired to create comedy clips to be broadcast between acts at the Singapore Social music festival which featured Aerosmith, Carly Rae Jepsen, Psy, and Blush.
Filmography
Television
Year Title Role Channel Notes 2004 EastEnders Best Man BBC One 2 episodes2007 Doctor Who Ben Wainwright 1 episode Comedy: Shuffle Dr. Gustav Grippenschaaft BBC Three 3 episodes; also writer Living... with Kimberly Stewart Narrator TV4 6 episodes2008 Honest Constable Harrison ITV 6 episodes The Wrong Door Various BBC Three 3 episodes2009 Genie in the House Tour Guide/Curator Nickelodeon 2 episodes The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson Various BBC One 4 episodes Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Wesley Presley BBC Three 7 episodes2010 Doctors Ed Wells BBC One 1 episode Hotel Trubble Louie Lipinski CBBC 1 episode 2011 Little Howard's Big Question Fake Big Howard 1 episode 2013 Pat & Cabbage Toby ITV 3 episodes 2016 Mr Selfridge Michael 1 episode 2016–2017 Class Dismissed Various CBBC 24 episodes 2016 To Walk Invisible Dr John Wheelhouse BBC One TV movie 2018 Damned Garston Channel 4 1 episode 2019 Casualty Danny McClair BBC One 1 episode2020 The Trial of Christine Keeler Lewis Morley BBC One 1 episode Brave New World Julian Sky One 1 episode 2023 The Crown Jonathan Powell Netflix Season 6
Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 Chemical Wedding Jones 2008ArcadiaClint 2014 Knight Rusty Prince Novel/Bernie Flame/Various Voice 2016 Love Meet Hope Jack 2019Soul ReaperAlex
Video games Year Title Role Notes2013Zombies Run! 2Runner 3Voice 2015 Dying Light Tolga/Rocket/Faraj Voice2016Dying Light: The FollowingTolgaVoice2023The Lord of the Rings: GollumOrc/ElfVoice2024Dying Light 2TolgaVoice
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