Tom Sturridge

Thomas Sidney Jerome "Tom" Sturridge (born 5 December 1985) is an English actor best known for his work in Being Julia, Like Minds, and The Boat That Rocked. As of September 2010, he was filming a role in Walter Salles's highly anticipated film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road.

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Being Julia (2004)

Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  István Szabó
CAST:  Michael Gambon  •  Annette Bening  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Leigh Lawson

Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  István Szabó
CAST:  Michael Gambon  •  Annette Bening  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Leigh Lawson

Brothers of the Head (2005)

In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Fulton  •  Louis Pepe
CAST:  Luke Treadaway  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Harry Treadaway  •  James Greene

In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Fulton  •  Louis Pepe
CAST:  Luke Treadaway  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Harry Treadaway  •  James Greene

Vanity Fair (2004)

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Reese Witherspoon  •  James Purefoy  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Romola Garai

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Reese Witherspoon  •  James Purefoy  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Romola Garai

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  Harvey Keitel  •  Florence Hoath  •  Peter O'Toole  •  Elizabeth Earl

Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  Harvey Keitel  •  Florence Hoath  •  Peter O'Toole  •  Elizabeth Earl

Like Minds (2006)

A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory J. Read
CAST:  Eddie Redmayne  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Toni Collette  •  Richard Roxburgh

A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory J. Read
CAST:  Eddie Redmayne  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Toni Collette  •  Richard Roxburgh

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)

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Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Vinterberg
CAST:  Carey Mulligan  •  Juno Temple  •  Michael Sheen  •  Tom Sturridge

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Vinterberg
CAST:  Carey Mulligan  •  Juno Temple  •  Michael Sheen  •  Tom Sturridge

Song to Song (2017)

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terrence Malick
CAST:  Cate Blanchett  •  Natalie Portman  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Val Kilmer

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terrence Malick
CAST:  Cate Blanchett  •  Natalie Portman  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Val Kilmer

Effie Gray (2014)

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Laxton
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Dakota Fanning  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Robbie Coltrane

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Laxton
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Dakota Fanning  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Robbie Coltrane

Junkhearts (2011)

Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. Lynette, a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinge Krishnan
CAST:  Eddie Marsan  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Romola Garai  •  Candese Reid

Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. Lynette, a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinge Krishnan
CAST:  Eddie Marsan  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Romola Garai  •  Candese Reid

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)

In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries. What are the identities of “the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McKay
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Indira Varma  •  Zoë Wanamaker

In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries. What are the identities of “the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McKay
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Indira Varma  •  Zoë Wanamaker

On the Road (2012)

Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Salles
CAST:  Sam Riley  •  Garrett Hedlund  •  Kristen Stewart  •  Kirsten Dunst

Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Salles
CAST:  Sam Riley  •  Garrett Hedlund  •  Kristen Stewart  •  Kirsten Dunst

Waiting for Forever (2010)

A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Keach
CAST:  Rachel Bilson  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Matthew Davis  •  Scott Mechlowicz

A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Keach
CAST:  Rachel Bilson  •  Tom Sturridge  •  Matthew Davis  •  Scott Mechlowicz

The Boat That Rocked (2009)

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The Boat That Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Curtis
CAST:  Tom Sturridge  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Rhys Ifans  •  Bill Nighy

The Boat That Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Curtis
CAST:  Tom Sturridge  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Rhys Ifans  •  Bill Nighy

Remainder (2015)

A London man who loses his memory when he's struck by a falling object develops a way to reconstruct his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omer Fast
CAST:  Tom Sturridge  •  Ed Speleers  •  Arsher Ali  •  Nicholas Farrell

A London man who loses his memory when he's struck by a falling object develops a way to reconstruct his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omer Fast
CAST:  Tom Sturridge  •  Ed Speleers  •  Arsher Ali  •  Nicholas Farrell

Hello Apartment (2018)

Ava enters the Brooklyn loft for the first time. It's empty. Painted fresh, but old. The sunlight enters from the large windows, on the wooden floor, worn and with the signs of the previous inhabitants. Ava sits down. And it's immediately home. Her house. It is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dakota Fanning
CAST:  Eve Hewson  •  Malika Samuel  •  Yadira Guevara  •  Granit Lahu

Ava enters the Brooklyn loft for the first time. It's empty. Painted fresh, but old. The sunlight enters from the large windows, on the wooden floor, worn and with the signs of the previous inhabitants. Ava sits down. And it's immediately home. Her house. It is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dakota Fanning
CAST:  Eve Hewson  •  Malika Samuel  •  Yadira Guevara  •  Granit Lahu

Journey's End (2017)

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saul Dibb
CAST:  Sam Claflin  •  Asa Butterfield  •  Paul Bettany  •  Tom Sturridge

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saul Dibb
CAST:  Sam Claflin  •  Asa Butterfield  •  Paul Bettany  •  Tom Sturridge

Double Date (2017)

Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls, and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night before he turns 30. He and his cocky friend Alex think they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet the beautiful siblings Kitty and Lulu, who seem up for anything on a wild ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Barfoot
CAST:  Danny Morgan  •  Michael Socha  •  Kelly Wenham  •  Georgia Groome

Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls, and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night before he turns 30. He and his cocky friend Alex think they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet the beautiful siblings Kitty and Lulu, who seem up for anything on a wild ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Barfoot
CAST:  Danny Morgan  •  Michael Socha  •  Kelly Wenham  •  Georgia Groome

Mary Shelley (2017)

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haifaa al-Mansour
CAST:  Elle Fanning  •  Douglas Booth  •  Bel Powley  •  Maisie Williams

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haifaa al-Mansour
CAST:  Elle Fanning  •  Douglas Booth  •  Bel Powley  •  Maisie Williams

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

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Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Gilroy
CAST:  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Zawe Ashton  •  Rene Russo  •  Tom Sturridge

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Gilroy
CAST:  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Zawe Ashton  •  Rene Russo  •  Tom Sturridge

3 Way Junction (2018)

Inspired by real events, a London architect who travels to the grand dunes of the Namibian Desert to escape. But when he finds himself stranded alone, desperately waiting for a ride that never comes, he must embark on a bitter rite of passage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juergen Bollmeyer
CAST:  Tom Sturridge  •  Tommy Flanagan  •  Stacy Martin  •  Jamie-Lee Money

Inspired by real events, a London architect who travels to the grand dunes of the Namibian Desert to escape. But when he finds himself stranded alone, desperately waiting for a ride that never comes, he must embark on a bitter rite of passage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juergen Bollmeyer
CAST:  Tom Sturridge  •  Tommy Flanagan  •  Stacy Martin  •  Jamie-Lee Money
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