Tommy Bastow

The actor and musician Tommy Bastow comes from Epsom, Surrey. He trained at the BRIT School in Croydon and earned a BA in acting from the Drama Centre London, then landed his first major film part in 2008 as Dave the Laugh in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). Early television work included the CBBC program M.I.High and a young Sir Guy of Gisborne in the BBC One mini-series Robin Hood, and he appeared in The Boys Are Back (2009) and starred in the horror film Exorcismus (2010). He had a recurring role on the BBC Switch teen drama The Cut as Greg Cranborne and appeared in EastEnders as Seb Parker in 2011. He was cast in the NHK morning drama The Ghost Writer's Wife and worked on the Disney FX series Shōgun, and he sings lead in the band FranKo, whose debut album Vote FranKo was released in 2010.