Tom Datnow is an actor, writer and director who graduated from THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL as the first British male ever to do so from their Drama Division. Before which, he was a member of the RADA Young Actors Company. He is also an alumnus of the ROYAL COURT YOUNG WRITERS PROGRAMME. He has been featured in The New York Times and Vogue Paris. His work in front of the camera can be seen in BORG/MCENROE as tennis icon ‘Jimmy Connors’ opposite Shia Lebouf, which opened the Toronto Film Festival in 2017. He starred as the titular role in the film WADE directed by Devereux Milburn (Honeydew) which made its way to Cannes as well as being the official selection at Sun Valley. Tom recently portrayed Cpt. James Hollander in the feature film, POACHERS MOON which he also wrote and directed and was shot in South Africa. The film is making its South African premiere at the Durban International Film Festival and is scheduled to release later this year. He is attached (option agreement) to play the infamous Victorian painter Richard Dadd in PERFECT DARKNESS, written by fellow Juilliard alumni Tommy Smith. Tom’s recent stage work includes the national tour of WHAT’S IN A NAME directed by BAFTA award-winning and TONY nominated Jeremy Sams and starring Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners). The workshop and development of a feature film (SULLY) with James Bond producer Michael Wilson and a staged reading of TOSCA’S KISS with Jason Isaacs and Imogen Stubbs.