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| Tom Lister | |
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| Born | Thomas Brown 21 June 1978 Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Other names | Tom Lister |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999 - Present |
Tom Lister (born 21 June 1978 in Ingleton, North Yorkshire) is an English actor.[1] He is best known for his portrayal of Carl King on the British soap opera Emmerdale.
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Background [link]
Born as Thomas Brown, he discovered another Tom Brown was already in the profession and so decided to take his mother's maiden name. The son of Tom and Jean Brown, founders of Brown and Whitaker builders based in Ingleton and Bentham, he first got involved in drama at Ingleton Middle School. Tom later moved on to Settle High School where he took the lead in the play, The Local War. He recalls: "I realised I wanted to be an actor after appearing in school productions and was inspired by teachers Pete Eastman, Peter Huby and Keith Reeves." At the same time he was acting in sketches at Ingleton Methodist Church and a visit to the Hollybush Youth Camp with the church's youth group led to two years' travelling the country with the Christian theatre company, Activate. He then attended the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2001.[2] His accent on Emmerdale is his real accent (North Yorkshire).
Personal life [link]
He is married to a primary school teacher, called Jenny. The couple have two sons, Benjamin Thomas Brown, born in September 2006 and Samuel Harry Brown born in October 2008.[1] He is good friends with two of his on-screen brothers Nick Miles and Matt Healy.[3]
He appeared on All Star Family Fortunes soap special with his onscreen girlfriend Lucy Pargeter and onscreen brother Nick Miles and sister Kelsey-Beth Crossley and brother Jimmy's onscreen girlfriend Nicola Wheeler and beat Coronation Street family the Webster's.
He is devout christian[4] and he has worked with Christian-based anti-trafficking organisation Hope for Justice.
He is currently living in the Halton, North West Lancashire area, where his wife teaches and children go to school.
Career [link]
- In December 2006 he appeared on a celebrity edition of Stars in Their Eyes as Jamie Cullum.
- In 2007, Tom, along with Lucy Pargeter (aka Chastity Dingle), won Best Couple at the Irish TV Now magazine awards for their portrayal of Chas and Carl.
- In 2009, Tom won Favourite Male Soap Star at the Irish TV Now Magazine awards for his portrayal of Carl King.
Filmography [link]
- Shifting Units (1999) (Credited as Tom Brown) as Sales Office Team Member
- Heartbeat (2002) as Harry Wainwright
- Doctors (2002) as Andy Mills
- The Bill (2002) as Rob Ingram
- Emmerdale (2004–Present) as Carl King
References [link]
External links [link]
https://wn.com/Tom_Lister
Tom Lister (rugby union)
Thomas Norman Lister (born 27 October 1943) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks between 1968 and 1971. His position of choice was flanker.
Born in Ashburton in 1943, Lister was educated at Temuka Primary School and then Waitaki Boys' High School, where he was a member of the 1st XV in 1960.
Career
Lister was selected for South Canterbury in his first year playing senior rugby in 1962.
He moved to Wellington in 1964 to further his chances of making the All Blacks. He linked up with Terry McCashin (who would also become an All Black) to play for Wellington's Athletic club and both worked for a time as rubbish collectors, which helped them become "superbly fit".
He made his debut for the All Blacks on 15 June 1968 against Australia in Sydney. He played in both tests in his first All Black tour, to Australia in 1968. He also played two tests against Wales in 1969 and two more against South Africa in 1970. His final international match was in the fourth test against the 1971 Lions, ending his All Black career with a try. In his All Black career he played a total of 26 games, with eight of them being test matches. He totalled 33 points (11 tries), scoring two tries in test matches.
Tom Lister Jr.
Tommy "Tiny" Lister (born Thomas Lister Jr.; June 24, 1958) is an American character actor and retired professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the film Friday and its sequels, and as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element. He also had a short-lived professional wrestling career, wrestling Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after appearing as Zeus in Hogan's movie No Holds Barred. Lister is blind in his right eye.
Lister has had numerous guest appearances in TV series, including playing Klaang (the first Klingon ever to make contact with humans) in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred in a two-part episode of the courtroom series Matlock as Mr. Matlock's in-prison bodyguard.
Lister had short appearances as a prisoner in The Dark Knight as well as Austin Powers in Goldmember in the "Hard Knock Life" spoof. He also appeared as Sancho in the music video for Sublime's song "Santeria".
