Thomas Edward James King (born 9 July 1981), known professionally as Jamie Thomas King, is an English actor, best known for playing poet Thomas Wyatt in the television series ''

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Early life

King was born in

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and is the son of American screenwriter Laura Lamson and English television director Christopher King. He was educated at

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, Fine Arts College and the

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Career

King began his acting career in the theatre in the

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's production of

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's '' The History Boys''. He has acted extensively in American and European film and television productions. He is best known for playing poet Thomas Wyatt in the television series ''

''. In 2024 he starred in the short film ''The Light Before the Sun'', which marked both the debut release from his Blackbird Productions studio and his first credit as a screenwriter.

Personal life

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He is married to Canadian actress

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, with whom he launched the Blackbird Productions studio. In 2016 Podemski gave birth to their second child Benjamin, who died just five days after birth, in

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. A coroner's investigation later determined that the death was due to brain damage caused when a hospital delayed Podemski's

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. The experience later inspired him to write a screenplay adaptation of James Titcombe's book ''Joshua's Story: Uncovering the Morecambe Bay NHS Scandal'', about Titcombe's own experience having a child die in infancy due to failures in the management of the

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, which is planned for future release through Blackbird.Michelle Blade
"Mad Men actor adapting Morecambe Bay baby deaths book for the big screen"
'' Lancaster Guardian'', September 27, 2024.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Jamie Thomas 1981 births 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English people of American descent People educated at Dulwich College Living people Male actors from London 21st-century English screenwriters English male screenwriters