Thomas James Mison, professionally known as Tom Mison, portrayed Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow. Mison is an English stage actor who trained at the Webber-Douglas Academy. His theatre credits included 2009's When the Rain Stops Falling at the Almeida Theatre, and Posh at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. He also appeared in the films, Jadoo (2013), Salmon Fishing in Yemen (2011), and One Day (2011), and as Mr Bingley in the limited series, Lost in Austen (2008).
History[]
Born on 23 July 1982, Mison was raised in Woking, Surrey, part of the London commuter belt.[1] He attended Hurtwood House, a sixth form college which specializes in drama and music.[2] He trained at the Webber-Douglas Academy, where he was awarded the Sir John Gielgud Trust Award, from 2001 to 2004.[3][4] His speech coach at Webber-Douglas advised him to aim for period pieces.[5][6] 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 Theater and San Francisco's Magic Theater. Mison played a British soldier hidden and protected by his love interest, played by Caitlin Talbot.[7]
A close friend at Webber-Douglas was Rupert Friend, an actor and writer with whom Mison collaborated to create the short film The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers in 2009.[8]
In September 2013, he was cast as the first Witness, Ichabod Crane, in Fox's television series, Sleepy Hollow. A year later, he was married to actress and writer, Charlotte Coy.
After Sleepy Hollow's cancellation, he talked about retiring at the age of 34. After a two year hiatus, however, he returned to the stage and also took rolls in the television series, Watchmen (2019), See (2021) and The Ex-wife (2022).
Trivia[]
- While auditioning for his role as Ichabod, he had a speech coach who helped him.
- As Ichabod, he was occasionally required to ride a horse, he was quoted as saying that, "actors always lie about horse-riding, and it ends terribly; I can horse-ride-ish."
- Upon Nicole Beharie's departure after Season 3, he said, "I always thought of Ichabod as the sidekick. Abbie is the one the audience can relate to so when you're entering this insane world of Sleepy Hollow, you go with Abbie. She's been the guide and Ichabod is this insane man in the periphery."
Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.broadway.com/buzz/162058/rising-london-star-tom-mison-on-juggling-movies-tv-and-the-timely-west-end-comedy-posh/
- ↑ http://www.hurtwoodhouse.com/life/newsarchive/drama-school-places-over-the-years
- ↑ http://www.hurtwoodhouseperformingarts.co.uk/#/tom-mison/4533746779
- ↑ http://www.zaitseva.com/docs/webberac.htm
- ↑ http://www.mrporter.com/journal/journal_issue52/2#7
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/11/04/sleepy-hollow-tom-mison-ichabod-crane/
- ↑ http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Acting-up-ACT-s-Young-Conservatory-students-2888755.php
- ↑ http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/discovery-tom-mison#_