Tom Brooke


Thomas Brooke is an English actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Thick Kevin in The Boat That Rocked, Bill Wiggins and Andy Apsted in the BBC One television series Sherlock and Bodyguard respectively, Fiore in the AMC television series Preacher and as MI5 agent J.K. Coe in Slow Horses.

Early life

He is the son of actor Paul Brooke. Brooke attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich, London, and Hull University. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

Brooke played Bill Wiggins in series 3 of BBC's Sherlock, "Lame" Lothar Frey in season 3 of HBO's Game of Thrones, and Fiore in AMC's Preacher.
In 2011 Brooke played the dimwitted Lee in Jez Butterworth's much-garlanded play Jerusalem at The Royal Court theatre to great acclaim. The following year, he reprised the role in the play's first West End run at The Apollo and was soon after cast in the lead role of the National Theatre's revival of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen to critical plaudits.
In 2024, Brooke played quiet and reclusive MI5 operative and psychologist, J.K. Coe, in Season 4 of Apple TV's Slow Horses. He returned in season 5 with a more prominent role in the plot.

Personal life

In 2014, Brooke married Irish actress Fiona Glascott

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

Brooke received the TMA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Sheffield Lyceum in 2006.