Tom Brooke

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Thomas Brooke (born 1978) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Thick Kevin in The Boat That Rocked (2009), Bill Wiggins and Andy Apsted in the BBC One television series Sherlock and Bodyguard respectively, Fiore in the AMC television series Preacher and as MI5 agent J.K. Coe in Slow Horses.

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Early life He is the son of actor Paul Brooke. Brooke attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich, London, and Hull University. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

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Career Brooke played Bill Wiggins in series 3 of BBC's Sherlock, "Lame" Lothar Frey in season 3 of HBO's Game of Thrones, and Fiore in AMC's Preacher.

In 2011 Brooke played the dimwitted Lee in Jez Butterworth's much-garlanded play Jerusalem at The Royal Court theatre to great acclaim. The following year, he reprised the role in the play's first West End run at The Apollo and was soon after cast in the lead role of the National Theatre's revival of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen to critical plaudits.

In 2024, Brooke played quiet and reclusive MI5 operative and psychologist, J.K. Coe (known as Coe), in Season 4 of Apple TV's Slow Horses. He returned in season 5 with a more prominent role in the plot.

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Personal life In 2014, Brooke married Irish actress Fiona Glascott

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Filmography

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Film

2004		Production Assistant
2009	The Young Victoria	Man on Soap Box
	The Boat That Rocked	Thick Kevin
2011	The Veteran	Danny Turner
2017	The Death of Stalin	Sergei
	How to Talk to Girls at Parties	PT Waldo
2020	Say Your Prayers	Vic
2022	Empire of Light	Neil

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Television

2009	Pulling	Greg	Episode: "Final Special"
	Hustle	Joel (Diamond expert)	Episode: "Diamond Seeker"
2010		Martin Palmer
2010-2011	Rock & Chips	DC Martin Stanton	2 episodes
2012	The Hollow Crown	Nym	Episode: Henry V
2012	Mrs Biggs	Mike Haynes
2013	Game of Thrones	"Lame" Lothar Frey	2 episodes
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Lawrence Boswell Tysoe	Episode: "The Big Four"
	Ripper Street	John Goode	Episode: "Am I Not Monstrous?"
2014, 2017	Sherlock	Bill Wiggins	2 episodes
2016–2019	Preacher	Fiore	12 episodes
2017	Electric Dreams	Tall Man in Light Coat	Episode: "The Commuter"
2018	Bodyguard	Andy Apsted	3 episodes
2020	The Crown	Michael Fagan	Episode: "Fagan"
2024–	Slow Horses	JK Coe	Seasons 4 & 5

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Awards Brooke received the TMA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Sheffield Lyceum in 2006.

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External links

• Brooke's page at Royal Court Productions

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