Tom Bateman was born in 1989 to two teachers, one of fourteen children, and has a twin brother. He was raised in Jericho, Oxford, and attended Cherwell School before joining the National Youth Theatre and enrolling at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he was awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship.
As a rising star, Bateman has appeared in numerous projects, including his role as Rawdon Crawley in ITV and Amazon's adaptation of Vanity Fair, opposite Olivia Cooke, Johnny Flynn, and Claudia Jessie. He has also been seen as Wilkes in the premiere episode of Hulu's anthology horror series, Into the Dark, alongside Dermot Mulroney and Rebecca Rittenhouse.
Bateman's recent awards include the Breakthrough Actor award at GQ's 2018 Men of the Year Awards. His upcoming projects include starring in the Hans Petter Moland revenge thriller, Cold Pursuit, opposite Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, and Emmy Rossum, which is based on the 2014 Norwegian film, In Order of Disappearance. The film follows a snowplow driver who seeks revenge against the drug dealers he believes killed his son.
In addition to his film work, Bateman has begun production on ITV's upcoming period drama, Beecham House, where he will play the title role of John Beecham. Written and directed by Gurinder Chadha, the series is set in late 18th century India and explores intrigue, murder, and greed, as well as love and loyalty between a British family and their Indian relationships.
Bateman has also appeared in Kenneth Branagh's star-studded remake of the classic Agatha Christie classic, Murder on the Orient Express, and made his US feature film debut in Jonathan Levine's Snatched, opposite Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer.
On television, Bateman has played the title roles in ITV's Jekyll & Hyde and has appeared in numerous other shows, including Hugo Blick's The Honourable Woman, Dominik Moll's The Tunnel, David Goyer's Da Vinci's Demons, and Susanna White's Parade's End, among others.
Before his film and television career, Bateman was a member of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company and collaborated with Branagh on his theatre productions of The Winter's Tale and Harlequinade at the West End's Garrick Theatre. He has also appeared in numerous other theatre productions, including Shakespeare in Love, Lizzie Siddal, The Duchess of Malfi, The Lion in Winter, and Much Ado About Nothing.
