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Tommy Jessop
Tommy (right) with brother William (left)
Born
(1985-01-19) 19 January 1985 (age 39)
Occupation
Actor
Years active
2007–present
Website
tommy-jessop.com
Thomas Jessop (born 19 January 1985) is a British actor. He is the first actor with Down syndrome to star in a primetime BBC drama,[1] the first professional actor with Down syndrome to tour theatres as Hamlet, and the first to become a full voting member of BAFTA. In 2021, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of the Arts by the University of Winchester and became an Ambassador to Mencap and to the National Down syndrome Policy Group.
He has commented that disabled actors need opportunities to appear other than as victims or objects of pity.[2]
^"Coming Down the Mountain". broadcastnow.co.uk.
^Morris, Andy (9 August 2021). "'People have outdated views about disabled performers': Line of Duty's Tommy Jessop on acting with Down's syndrome". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
Kraków Film Festival. Jessop also played a fisherman in Little Shit and a football fan in Delilah. In 2024 Jessop played Tommy opposite Callum Turner...
Nancy Farino as Lil, a barmaid at a pub frequented by the airmen TommyJessop as Tommy, a local whom Egan befriends Toby Eden as Billy Taylor, a boy who...
Sohota Gregory Piper as Ryan Pilkington Tomi May as Miroslav Minkowicz TommyJessop as Terry Boyle Andrea Irvine as Roisin Hastings Maanuv Thiara as Vihaan...
all and scenes were performed by TommyJessop, and Lawrie Morris in the cabinet office in 2012 and by TommyJessop and Katy Francis on stage at Shakespeare's...
O'Rourke as Keely Pilkington (series 1) Elliot Rosen (guest series 1) and TommyJessop (series 6, guest series 5) as Terry Boyle Steve Toussaint as Mallick...
Jones Tara Divina as PC Lisa Patel Gregory Piper as PC Ryan Pilkington TommyJessop as Terry Boyle Andi Osho as Gail Vella Prasanna Puwanarajah as Nadaraja...
Award in the Sony Radio Academy Awards. Nicholas Hoult as David Philips TommyJessop as Ben Philips Emer Kenny as Gail Katie Griffiths as Alice Julia Ford...
(EastEnders) Bridge Collapse (Emmerdale) Villain of the Year Presented by TommyJessop and Gregory Piper Maximus Evans (Corey Brent in Coronation Street) Laura...
Conservative Disability Group, Down's Syndrome Policy Group and actor TommyJessop. The bill had the following cross-party co-sponsors in the House of Commons:...
2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021. "Award-winning short Innocence starring TommyJessop and Beth Asher to be released on Omeleto during Down syndrome week"....
syndrome to perform the play professionally. The title role was played by TommyJessop. Graeae Theatre Company is a British organisation composed of artists...
series was broadcast on BBC Two from 19 June 2006. It features Coogan as Tommy Saxondale, a former roadie with anger issues who now owns a pest control...
defunct sister series Murder Investigation Team was cast as schoolteacher Rod Jessop as part of a long-running story arc for June that saw her get engaged to...
character retired in 2007, having fallen in love with school teacher Rod Jessop (Richard Hope). Ackland's storylines included being targeted by an assassin...
chemistry between Pascal and Ramsey for praise. Evening Standard's Vicky Jessop said the two "steal every scene they're in", while Rolling Stone's Alan...
into Kim Fox's (Tameka Empson) caravan on the Square. Alfie hires Greg Jessop (Stefan Booth) to refurbish The Queen Vic and Alfie's cousin, Michael Moon...
against Gloucestershire when Gilbert Jessop scored 157 in an hour, Burton was injured and didn't bowl during Jessop's innings. Returning from the tour he...
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