Tom Goodman-Hill (born Tom Hill 1968, in the London Borough of Enfield^[1]) is a British actor. He gained a BA in Drama and English with a teaching qualification from the University of Warwick, where he took an active role in student drama. He spent several years as a supply teacher in the Coventry area, before moving to London to pursue a full time acting career.^[2]

Contents 1 Career 1.1 On screen 1.2 Radio 1.3 Theatre 2 Personal life 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career

[edit] On screen

Goodman-Hill has made many notable television appearances. He is best known for playing the Police Constable in Ideal.

In 2001 he appeared in an episode of Murder in Mind. Recently, he played one of the lead guest roles in Doctor Who episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp". He has had recurring parts in several programmes, especially comedies. He was in the second series of The Office, as Ray and Broken News, in a variety of roles.^[1] 2009 saw him appear in the sixth episode of Series 5 of BBC One's Hustle as Alfie Baron.

On film, Goodman-Hill starred along with Sean Connery in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

In 2008 he also plays the character of John Lilburne in Channel 4's period drama The Devil's Whore. Born in 1614, John Lilburne earned his nickname for arguing for his 'freeborn rights' that men should own their own land and be masters of their destiny. Tom Goodman-Hill is related to the historical figure. He can trace his father's family back to John Lilburne's Uncle Joseph, back 16 generations.^[3]

[edit] Radio

Goodman-Hill's radio credits are also numerous.^[4] He has played Jesus in Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, supporting roles in Another Case of Milton Jones, the security guard Ron in Self-Storage, opposite Reece Shearsmith and one of the main roles in Hut 33, a comedy set amongst the wartime code-breakers at Bletchley Park (all on BBC Radio 4).

[edit] Theatre

Goodman-Hill started his professional career in the theatre. He has since appeared in productions such as Pete and Dud: Come Again, as Peter Cook, and The Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union as Eric. He received an Laurence Olivier Award nomination for the Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical award, for his performance as Sir Lancelot (and other roles, mostly those played by John Cleese in the original film Monty Python and the Holy Grail), in the London production of Spamalot. In 2009 he played Andy Fastow, the former CFO of Enron in Lucy Prebble's ENRON at Chichester and the Royal Court Theatre. The production transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre in January 2010 and in the interim he replaced Mark Gatiss in Darker Shores at the Hampstead Theatre during December 2009^[5].

[edit] Personal life

He has two children, Joe and Ellen, with his wife, Kerry.

[edit] External links

• Tom Goodman-Hill at the Internet Movie Database
• Performer - The Tom Goodman-Hill Fansite and Fanlisting

[edit] References

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