Tom Keir Blyth (born 2 February 1995) is an English actor. He took an interest in drama from a young age, studying acting at the Central Junior Television Workshop and at the Juilliard School.
He had his first lead role in the film Scott and Sid (2018), and has since starred as Glen Byam Shaw in Benediction (2021) and Coriolanus Snow in (2023). On television, he has played the title role in the MGM+ series Billy the Kid (2022–present).
In Nottingham, Blyth attended Arnold Hill Academy and, later, Bilborough College. Blyth's mother and a family friend managed to get him an audition at Nottingham's Television Workshop. At age 15, Blyth was pulled out of school and told his father had been taken to the hospital. Blyth's father died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After the loss of his father, Blyth returned to the Television Workshop and joined the National Youth Theatre, appearing in the productions Twelfth Night, Hay Fever, and A Clockwork Orange. Although he applied and was accepted to several drama schools, he turned them down. In 2016, after spending a summer volunteering for an on-the-move charity fundraiser, Blyth decided to pursue acting as a career. At 21, he auditioned for the Juilliard School in New York City, where he would study on a scholarship and reside in Brooklyn. Whilst at Juilliard, Blyth appeared in productions such as Twelfth Night and Antony and Cleopatra.
In 2023, he starred as a young Coriolanus Snow opposite Rachel Zegler in , an adaptation of The Hunger Games prequel of the same name.
Blyth has upcoming roles in the film Discussion Materials, adapted from Bill Keenan's memoir of the same name, and an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms. In March 2024, it was announced that Blyth, along with Russell Tovey, would star in Plainclothes, an independent film from writer-director Carmen Emmi. The film, which is based on true events, centres around an undercover cop in the 1990s who works to entrap and apprehend gay men until he finds himself drawn to one of his targets. In 2024, it was announced that Blyth would co-star alongside Emily Bader in the Netflix romance film People We Meet on Vacation, based on the novel of the same name by Emily Henry.
On January 21, 2025, it was announced that Blyth would star in Claire Denis' The Fence. The film is based on Bernard-Marie Koltes' play Black Battles With Dogs.
2010 | Robin Hood | Feral Child | |
Pelican Blood | Young Nikko | ||
2018 | Scott and Sid | Sid | |
2021 | Benediction | Glen Byam Shaw | |
2023 | Coriolanus Snow | ||
2024 | Bull Run | Bobby Sanders | |
2025 | Plainclothes | Lucas | |
2026 | Alex Nilsen | Post-production | |
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2022 | The Gilded Age | Archie Baldwin | Episode: "Charity Has Two Functions" |
2022–present | Billy the Kid | William H. Bonney / Billy | Lead role |
2025 | Saturn Awards | Best Actor in a Film | |||
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