Tom Glynn-Carney
Tom Glynn-Carney is an English actor. He appeared in Christopher Nolan's war film Dunkirk and won a Drama Desk Award in 2019 for his performance in the play The Ferryman. He gained recognition for starring as Aegon II Targaryen in the fantasy drama series House of the Dragon.
Life and career
Glynn-Carney was born on 7 February 1995 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. He studied at Canon Slade School in Bolton, and went on to study Musical Theatre in Pendleton Sixth Form College, receiving a triple distinction star in performing arts, the highest possible grade for a vocational qualification. He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied acting. While studying, he participated in professional stage adaptations of Peter Pan and Macbeth.His first experience on television was in 2013 when he had a role in two episodes of Casualty. He secured a lead role in the BBC military drama The Last Post, launched as part of the new season Autumn 2017 content on BBC1. He plays Lance Corporal Tony Armstrong. From April 2017, he starred as Shane Corcoran in the Jez Butterworth play The Ferryman, which opened at the Royal Court Theatre. He later transferred with the production to the west end at the Gielgud Theatre, leaving the production in October 2017. Glynn-Carney won the Emerging Talent Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performance.
Glynn-Carney's first introduction to American audiences was in the war drama Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan and released in July 2017. He plays Peter, the son of the small boat captain who sailed to rescue British soldiers from the surrounded city Dunkirk. In 2018 Glynn-Carney was named as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow, along with Naomi Ackie, Jessie Buckley, and Connor Swindells amongst others.
In 2019 he starred as Henry "Hotspur" Percy in the David Michôd directed film The King in a cast which included Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Timothée Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp.
Tom Glynn-Carney portrayed Christopher Wiseman, one of J. R. R. Tolkien’s close friends, in the 2019 biographical film Tolkien, alongside Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins. The film depicts the life of the English professor, philologist, and author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
In March 2022, Glynn-Carney joined the cast of House of the Dragon, where he plays King Aegon II Targaryen, first born son of King Viserys Targaryen, played by Paddy Considine, and Alicent Hightower, played by Olivia Cooke. He appeared in the BBC miniseries SAS: Rogue Heroes, released in October 2022. In 2023, he appeared in The Book of Clarence. The following year, he starred in the crime drama The Jetty.
Glynn-Carney is also the lead singer of the indie band, Sleep Walking Animals.