Commonly known as Tom Sturridge, the young English actor was born in 1986 in London to parents, director Charles Sturridge and actress Phoebe Nicholls. Other than his talented and film-biz parents, Tom's grandparents are also well known in the film industry as he is the grandson of Anthony Nicholls and Faith Kent.

He began as a child actor, in the 1996 television adaptation of Gulliver's Travels directed by his father and co-starring his mother. He re-emerged in 2004 with Vanity Fair and Being Julia.

In 2006, the psychological thriller, "Like Minds" was released. It tells the story of two boys Alex and Nigel - played by Tom - placed together as roommates, much to Alex's objections. Alex is horrified and yet fascinated with the ritual-influenced deaths that begin to occur around them, and when Nigel himself is murdered, Alex is blamed.

He was originally cast as the lead in the sci-fi trilogy "Jumper". However two months into production New Regency and 20th Century Fox fearing the gamble of spending over $100 million on a movie starring an unknown actor, replaced him with the "more prominent" Hayden Christensen.