He grew up in the city of Bath (Somerset), where he attended King Edward’s School, having a very active participation in the Theater Department of the school. Later he completed his studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which he graduated in June 2005, immediately working on the comedy film “
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In 2009, Payne played George Best on “Best: His Mother’s Son“, a BBC 2 film about the legendary footballer. That same year he worked on the series”Marple: They Do It With Mirrors” and in “Wuthering Heights“for ITV.
His last small screen job was on the HBO series “Luck“directed by Michael Mann and starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. Tom played the role of Leon micheaux.
In 2012 the feature film “My funny valentine“, which starred him alongside Pippa Black; and, that same year, he was chosen to play the leading role of”The doctor“(based on the book of the same name by Noah Gordon), opposite Stellan Skarsgard and Ben Kingsley. The film was released in December 2013.
Tom He has a younger brother, Will Payne, who is also an actor.