Tom Austen
British actor
Thomas Michael Carter (born 15 September 1987), known professionally as Tom Austen, is an English actor, known for his television appearances portraying Jasper Frost on The Royals, Guy Hopkins on Grantchester and Daimon Helstrom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Helstrom.
01Early life
Born in the county of Hampshire and raised in Taunton, Somerset, Austen attended Queen's College, Taunton and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His younger brother, Freddy Carter, is also an actor.
02Career
Austen's first acting job was portraying rent boy Anto in an episode of the UK series Shameless in 2010. He played multi-episode roles on The Borgias and Beaver Falls in 2012, and starred as Marc Bayard in the police procedural series Jo in 2013. After his costarring role as Grantchester's Guy Hopkins in 2014, Austen began portraying duplicitous bodyguard Jasper Frost on the E! drama series The Royals in 2015. In October 2019, Austen was cast as Daimon Helstrom in the Hulu series Helstrom.
03Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon | Scott | ||
| 2014 | Ironclad: Battle for Blood | Guy the Squire | ||
| 2017 | Bitter Harvest | Taras | ||
| 2019 | No. 89 | John | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Shameless | Anto | Episode: "Gang Wars" | |
| 2011 | Doctors | Jonathan Bone | Episode: "Charming" | |
| 2012 | The Borgias | Raffaello Pallavicini | 4 episodes | |
| 2012 | Misfits | Pete | Episode: "In the Skin of Another" | |
| 2012 | Beaver Falls | Mac | Main role | |
| 2013 | Jo | Marc Bayard | Main role | |
| 2013 | London Irish | Martin | Episode 4 | |
| 2013 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Ted Williams | Episode: "The Labours of Hercules" | |
| 2014-2017 | Grantchester | Guy Hopkins | 11 episodes | |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Josh Cross | 6 episodes | |
| 2015-2018 | The Royals | Jasper Frost | Main role | |
| 2020 | The Bold Type | Cody | 3 episodes | |
| 2020 | Helstrom | Daimon Helstrom | Main role | |
| 2023 | Django | Elijah | 1 episode |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Batman: Arkham VR | Robin / Tim Drake | Video game |
Sources and credits
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- Tom Austen on Sidewalks Entertainment.jpg by Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0
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