Thomas Michael Carter (born 15 September 1987), known professionally as Tom Austen, is an English actor, known for his television appearances portraying Jasper Frost on '' The Royals'' and Guy Hopkins on ''

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''.

Early life

Born in the county of

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and raised in

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, Austen attended

Queen's College, Taunton Queen's College is a co-educational private school located in Taunton, the county town of Somerset, England. It is a day/boarding school for pupils aged 0–18. The school incorporates nursery, pre-prep, prep, and senior schools. The current Hea ...

and then the

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. His younger brother,

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, is also an actor.

Career

Austen's first acting job was portraying

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Anto in an episode of the UK series '' Shameless'' in 2010. He played multi-episode roles on '' The Borgias'' and '' Beaver Falls'' in 2012, and starred as Marc Bayard in the

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series '' Jo'' in 2013. After his costarring role as ''

'' Guy Hopkins in 2014, Austen began portraying duplicitous bodyguard Jasper Frost on the E! drama series '' The Royals'' in 2015. In October 2019, Austen was cast as Daimon Helstrom in the

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series '' Helstrom''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Austen, Tom Living people 1987 births 21st-century English male actors English male film actors British male soap opera actors Male actors from Hampshire Male actors from Somerset People educated at Queen's College, Taunton Actors from Taunton