Thomas Turgoose

Thomas Aiden Turgoose born February 11 1992 is an English actor best known for his role as Shaun Fields in the film This Is England 2006 a role he reprises in the This Is England TV series This Is England 86 2010 This Is England 88 2011 and This Is England 90 2015 In his first film role in 2006 he played the lead character Shaun Fields in This Is England written and directed by Shane Meadows On television he played the character Dizzy a young boy mentored by Adam Solomons Luke Treadaway in the 2006 BBC drama series The Innocence Project The programme was cancelled after eight episodes due to poor ratings and negative reviews Turgooses character was in six of the eight episodes In 2008 he was again in a Shane Meadows film Somers Town where he costarred in a comedy role with young Polish actor Piotr Jagiello Both young actors shared the Best Actor in a Narrative Feature award at New Yorks Tribeca Film Festival He was also in The Scouting Book for Boys and appeared in This Is England 86 a 4part TV series for Channel 4 looking at characters from This is England three years on A year later he appeared in the threepart series This Is England 88 aired just before Christmas 2011 and also appeared in This Is England 90 aired in 2015 He appeared on Pointless Celebrities where he was paired with fellow actor Vas Blackwood On 7 November 2015 he made his second appearance on Pointless Celebrities where he was paired with Tyger DrewHoney In 2017 Turgoose appeared in the Season 7 premiere of the HBO series Game of Thrones as a Lannister soldier Turgoose is a supporter of Grimsby Town although he admits that as a boy he supported Manchester United and is a season ticket holder at his hometown club Prior to Grimsby Towns Conference Premier playoff final against Bristol Rovers he interviewed manager Paul Hurst club captain Craig Disley and striker Lenell JohnLewis for Football Focus which was aired on 16 May 2015