Early work and child acting (2000s) In 2001, Brodie-Sangster's first acting role was in a BBC television film,
Station Jim. He subsequently appeared in a few more television films, including the lead roles in ''
Bobbie's Girl, The Miracle of the Cards (based on the story of Craig Shergold) and Stig of the Dump. He won the "Golden Nymph" award at the 43rd Annual Monte Carlo Television Festival for his role in the miniseries Entrusted''. Brodie-Sangster's first major theatrical film was
Love Actually (2003), in which he played Sam. He was nominated for a
Golden Satellite Award and a
Young Artist Award for his role in the film. Brodie-Sangster next appeared in a television adaptation of the novel
Feather Boy and played a younger version of
James Franco's Tristan in the film version of
Tristan & Isolde. Brodie-Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film
Nanny McPhee (2005) as the eldest of seven children. In 2007, he appeared in a two-part story ("
Human Nature" and "
The Family of Blood") in
Doctor Who as schoolboy Tim Latimer, and guest-starred in the
Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas ''
The Mind's Eye and The Bride of Peladon''. He also starred in the film adaptation of
Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel
The Last Legion, released in 2007. That same year, he voiced the character of
Ferb Fletcher in the
Disney Channel animated series
Phineas and Ferb. He appeared in the 2008 miniseries
Pinocchio, filmed in Italy, as Lampwick. In 2008, Brodie-Sangster had a role in director
Jane Campion's film
Bright Star, a love story about
John Keats and his lover Fanny Brawne. He also starred as
Paul McCartney in
Nowhere Boy, a film directed by artist
Sam Taylor-Wood, about the teenage years of
John Lennon. Brodie-Sangster appeared as Casey in the film
Some Dogs Bite, about a boy who wants to keep his family together. He also appeared in the Irish film
Death of a Superhero, based on the novel by
Anthony McCarten.
Mature roles, independent films, and established actor (2010s) '' in 2011 In 2011, Brodie-Sangster played Liam in the film
The Last Furlong. In April that same year, he made a guest appearance as Adam Douglas in an episode of British detective drama
Lewis. In 2012, he starred in
The Baytown Outlaws, in which he plays a young disabled man in a wheelchair, and in Ella Jones's short film
The Ugly Duckling, the third instalment of the
Tales trilogy of reworked fairy tales from
More Films. From 2013 to 2014, he played the role of
Jojen Reed in the HBO series
Game of Thrones. Also in 2014, he starred in
the Luka State's music video for their single "30 Minute Break". In 2015, he began providing the voice of
John Tracy in ITV's remake of
Gerry Anderson's puppet series
Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020). Brodie-Sangster played Newt in the 20th Century Fox
Maze Runner trilogy, including
The Maze Runner (2014),
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). In BBC2's 6-part television adaptation of
Wolf Hall (on BBC2 from 21 January 2015), Brodie-Sangster portrayed
Ralph Sadler, the ward of
Thomas Cromwell. On 24 May 2017, a 15-minute sequel to
Love Actually was released, with Brodie-Sangster as part of the cast. It was shown on the BBC as part of Comic Relief's
Red Nose Day and titled
Red Nose Day Actually; it brought back a large number of characters from the first film. In 2017, Brodie-Sangster portrayed Whitey Winn in the 2017
Netflix western drama miniseries
Godless, created by
Scott Frank.
Streaming projects (2020s) Thomas Brodie-Sangster began the 2020s as chess player Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries ''
The Queen's Gambit'' (2020), marking his second collaboration with Frank. His performance earned Brodie-Sangster a nomination for the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2023, Brodie-Sangster played
Jack "Artful Dodger" Dawkins, originally featured in
Charles Dickens' 1838 novel
Oliver Twist, in the
Disney+ miniseries
The Artful Dodger, which follows the character after the novel's events. On 21 November 2024, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a second series and that Brodie-Sangster would reprise his role from the first series. ==Brodie Films and Winnet music==