Biography
Tom Ellis is a British and Hollywood actor of Welsh Origin, the star of TV series "Rush" and "Once in a fairy tale." The world popularity was received after the ambiguous role of Lucifer Lucifer played, simply speaking, the devil, in the scandalous TV series "Lucifer", which even before the premiere of the first series agitated fans and ill-wishers and caused folk perturbations and official petitions.Childhood and youth
Tom Ellis was born under the sign of Zodiac Scorpio on November 17, 1978 in Wales. His mother taught music, father, Vallian by nationality, - Pastor in the Baptist Church. Tom's childhood passed in the temple in Bangor, where the father served. From an early age, the future actor and 3 of his sisters played musical instruments.
Tom Ellis went to School in Sheffield. In parallel with learning, he played on the pipe, and then on the horn in the local youth orchestra.
For the first time about the acting profession, Ellis thought about 12 years. At the school evening, his parents met the teacher of dramatic art and said that their boys need to go to theatrical school. The father and mother of Tom Ellis were not "star parents" and never said that the son would be the same, they were just silently supported the Son.
After school, Tom was a limited choice of options. Financially guy could not afford training in London. His friend studied at the University of Glasgow, Ellis arrived at him and fell in love with the city. There he entered the theater school at the Royal Scottish Academy.
His first professional work is a pantomime within the framework of the curriculum. The plot of students came up with themselves. Tom Ellis chose the "Beauty and the Beast", where he had two roles at once - Prince and Beast.
Films
In the youth, Tom sought to work out acting experience, so I did not refuse every opportunity to appear on the screen. Among the work of the initial period of the Creativity of Ellis, the roles in the television films "Catastroph", "Poiro", "silent witness". In 1985, he appeared in the episode of the series "Residents of East-End". After 20 years, in 2006, the actor appeared in the same project in the form of Dr. Oliver. The role was the fateful - on Tom Ellis, proposals from directories fell.
In 2007, Ellis even appeared in the cult British fantastic series "Doctor Who". The actor played the role of Tom Milligan in the episode "Last Lady of Time".
In 2010, the artist starred in another popular British TV series - Fantasy painting "Merlin". From the classical legend about the King Arthur and the legendary court wizard, the plot of the television series is distinguished by the assumption that Merlin at the time of dating with the prince of Arthur was not a deep old man, and the young man - the prince's peers, becoming a servant and friend.
At the same time, the plot unfolds in conditions of persecution of sorcerers, which causes the wizard to hide the magic gift, even from Arthur. In this series, Tom Ellis performed the secondary role of the King of Prenage.
In 2011, Ellis played in another series in fantasy genre, this time the film of American production - "Once in a fairy tale." The actor got the role of Robin Hood. Such a hero is not oddity for the series, since the point of action of the picture announced a fabulous country, where the life of famous characters legends, fairy tales and legends is held, regardless of whether heroes are invented by the people or a specific author.
Along with Robin Hood in the television series, Snow White appears, a beautiful prince, captain hook, talking cricket, evil witch of the West, a white king and a wormer curren. The plot begins with the fact that the evil queen curses the magic country so that a good finale fairy tales get the villains. The fabulous country must save the daughter of Snowball, which did not affect the curse, because she found himself in our real world.
The Ellis filmography is not limited to fantastic television series. In the cinematic biography of Tom Ellis, dozens of films and TV shows, among them Miranda, "purely English murders", "Soldiers Buffalo", "Wedding Witness" and others.
In 2014, the actor played in the American Medical Drama "Rush". Tom Ellis performed the main role of Dr.-party William P. Rasha. Medica clients are famous show business figures, which he has to not only treat, but also to keep their secrets. Together with Tom, Lorenz Teit and Rick Gonzales starred in the film. Later, the actor appeared in the dramatic thriller "strain", where he played a secondary character.
Megapopularity brought him the role of Lucifer Morningstar in the picture "Lucifer". The production of the series started on May 9, 2015, and at the end of the month Americans spoken for family values demanded to suspend a multi-versa film as an offensive for believers.
The initiative proceeded from the American Family Association (ASA) One Million Moms, which published the text of the petition on its own official website. They were outraged by the fact that the series shows the devil from a good side, which contradicts religious dogma and, according to the Association, is directly mockery over the Christian faith. For 2 months, the petition scored 11 thousand signatures, which did not affect the further release of the project.
The exclusive of the film crew was that the plot is not based on the Bible or other sacred texts. The picture was discontinued based on the author's artwork - Lucifer comic series Nile Gamean and Sam Keit, released by Vertigo publishing house, DC Comics Imprint. Interestingly, the leadership itself had to be explained with her relatives who came terror after watching the series trailer.
In the plot, Lucifer was bored in hell, and he went to Los Angeles. At first, the character leads the devilish lifestyle. The main character opens his own luxurious LUX bar, where both the owner and visitors lead a rampant lifestyle and indulge in sins. But life changes when a murder and Lucifer occurs in the bar and lucifer faces the police. The devil accidentally goes to work in the police office: colleagues were surprised to noted that in his presence everyone speaks the truth.
Lucifer remains in service as a consultant, but the main reason for the sudden thrust of the devil to justice becomes a detective chloe deckker, the heroine of the actress Lauren Jerman, on which the spells of the king of hell are mysteriously. This riddle has a simple answer - Lucifer for the first time in life in love, which makes it defenseless to the parent.
The Lucifer's pilot series was published in 2015 at the International Annual Gick Festival Comic-Con in San Diego, and the display of the full version was held on January 25, 2016. The season includes 13 episodes, which can be regarded as another storyline. In the spring, after showing the final series, it became known about the beginning of the shooting of the 2nd season. Subsequently, the rating project was continued as the 3rd and 4th seasons.
At the same time, the series has average estimates, film critics and viewers respond about him as good or give mixed reviews.
Personal life
In 2006, Tom Ellis married Actress Tamzin Autage. Two daughters were born in this marriage - Florence Eli and Marny Mei. Total artist three children. The eldest daughter of Nora was born in previous relationships.Embed from getty imagesSpouses lived together for 7 years. In August 2013, they announced that they were bred. The cause of parting the wife of the actor called his infidelity. In 2014, Ellis officially broke up with Tamzin.
A year later, it became known that the personal life of the publish the public was again improved. His chosen was the actress and the Writer Megan Oppenheimer. The couple does not advertise their relationship, but does not hide from paparazzi. In addition, joint pictures with a beloved periodically fall on the personal page of a man in a social network.
The daily life of Toma was reflected in the verified account of Ellis in "Instagram". The profile is replete with photos of familiar actors, kittens, food, legs in slippers and other everyday trifles.
Tom Ellis is an ardent football fan. His favorite was the club "Sheffield Wednesday", but now he is sick for Arsenal. The artist himself regularly visits the gym, so with growth 191 cm its weight does not exceed 86 kg. The performer often demonstrated a puffed torso, being in the form of a charming lucifer, which even more raised the series rating thanks to representatives of the beautiful sex.
Tom Ellis now
In 2018, it became known that the Netflix channel bought the right to shoot the series "Lucifer" from his colleagues from FOX. In the new series there are several new characters, and the film itself fell into the category R.
Now, continuing to work on a project that brought world popularity, the actor simply appears in other American TV shows. In 2018, he took part in creating a comedy "Queen America" about the stage coach, which is taken from the provincial loser of the Queen of Beauty. The main role in this telefilm went to Catherine Zeta Jones.
In 2019, fantasy kinicomedy "Well, not romantic, where Ellis also lit up to the screens. The main heroine of the story has long been disappointed in love, she no longer waits for change on the "personal front". But one day her world changes, the circumscribed feature of the genre of a romantic comedy.
A handsome man in love appears in her, who tasks the girl with flowers and arranges dates under the summer rain. The film attracted the attention of the public to an interesting acting, which entered Wilson's edges, Liam Hemsworth, a pleasant of Chopra and others.
Filmography
- 2001 - "English robbery"
- 2005 - "Shakespeare for a new way"
- 2006 - "Residents of East End"
- 2007 - "Doctor Who"
- 2009-2015 - Miranda
- 2011 - "Once in a fairy tale"
- 2013 - "Poiro Agatha Christie"
- 2014 - "Rush"
- 2015 - "Strain"
- 2016-2019 - "Lucifer"
- 2019 - "Well, isn't it romantic?"