Tom Mison

Thomas James Mison (born 23 July 1982) is an English actor, voice artist, and writer.

Born on 23 July 1982, Mison was raised in Woking, Surrey, part of the London commuter belt.

He attended Hurtwood House, a sixth form college which specialises in drama and music.

He trained at the Webber-Douglas Academy, where he was awarded the Sir John Gielgud Trust Award, from 2001 to 2004.

His speech coach at Webber-Douglas advised him to aim for period pieces.

In 2001, while still a drama student, Mison participated in the American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory program.

Mison had a role in Time on Fire, a play about the American Revolution by Timothy Mason, which the Young Conservatory performed at London's National Theatre and San Francisco's Magic Theater.

Mison played a British soldier hidden and protected by his love interest, played by Caitlin Talbot.

From 2004 to 2012, Mison found steady work in the theatre, appearing as Fortinbras in a Trevor Nunn-directed production of Hamlet at the Old Vic Theatre in 2004; playing Frederick in the simple8 theatre company's adaptation of Les Enfants du Paradis at the Arcola Theatre in 2006 and acting in another simple8 theatre production, The Living Unknown Soldier in 2008; and starring as George Tesman in Hedda at the Gate Theatre in 2008 and as Gabriel in Andrew Bovell's When the Rain Stops Falling at the Almeida Theatre in 2009.

The Evening Standard called his turn in Les Enfants du Paradis "memorable" and said "[t]his is an actor we'll be hearing of again."

The Guardian called his performance "glowing."

From 2005 to 2008, Mison appeared in a number of movies, mainly in small roles.

These early film appearances include roles in the Hallmark Channel movie Mysterious Island; the BBC TV movie A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets; and the Peter O'Toole vehicle Venus.

Following his film debut in Venus (2006), Mison had supporting roles in films such as One Day and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (both 2011).

A close friend and classmate was Rupert Friend, whom Mison collaborated to create the short film The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers in 2009.

In 2009, Mison and fellow Webber-Douglas Academy graduate Rupert Friend, Mison's roommate at the time, wrote and acted in a film short, The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers.

The Brownlee Brothers directed the film, which Mison described as a "Brothers Grimm style fairy tale."

The short film is a dark comic fairy tale about two brothers, played by Mison and Friend, who attempt to kill themselves at the same time every day; Keira Knightley plays a fairy.

Fashion designers Poltock & Walsh screened the film at an event, leading to media reports that the film was made to promote the designers' fashion line.

Mison has said these reports are inaccurate.

The short film screened at a number of festivals, including the 2009 BFI London Film Festival; the 2009 New Hampshire Film Festival, where it won Best Short Comedy; the 2010 Cleveland International Film Festival; the 2010 London Short Film Festival; and the 2010 Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival, where it tied for first place for Best Short.

In 2010, he was cast in British playwright Laura Wade's Posh which ran at the Royal Court Theatre.

Mison played James Leighton-Masters, the president of a fictional Oxford dining club called the Riot Club.

The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer gave it four stars and called Mison "particularly memorable."

Mison next played Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 2011.

In 2011, Mison played Callum in the film adaptation of David Nicholls' novel One Day.

One Day starred Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess; Lone Scherfig directed.

In 2012, the play was revived in the West End at the Duke of York's Theatre.

In 2012, Mison starred in Friend's directorial debut, Steve, a short film that also starred Knightley and Colin Firth.

His most notable film role to date came in 2012 in the romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

Lasse Halstrom directed this film adaptation of Paul Torday's novel, and Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt starred.

Mison played Capt. Robert Mayers, the military boyfriend of Emily Blunt's character Harriet.

The movie was generally well-received critically and did well at the box office.

In the US, it reached the box office top ten, peaking at No. 7. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 67% positive rating among critics, based on 139 reviews.

He is best known for his lead roles as Ichabod Crane on the Fox supernatural drama series Sleepy Hollow (2013–17).

In February 2018, the Donmar Warehouse in London announced the cast for the theatre's 2018 production of The Way of the World, a Restoration comedy by William Congreve.

Mison was cast to play the character of Fainall.

Mison has also written several UK stage monologues including Wood, Bounded, and The Life Man of Portland Mews.

and the clones of Mr. Phillips and the Game Warden on the HBO superhero miniseries Watchmen (2019).

Mison is also known for his supporting roles as Quentin on the Hulu romantic comedy miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019) and Lord Harlan on the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series See (2021–22).