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Payne in 2018, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Thomas James B. Payne
Place of Birth: Chelmsford, Essex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 21 December, 1982
Ethnicity: English
Tom Payne is an English actor. His roles include the films Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day , The Task (2011), Inheritance (2012), The Physician (2013), MindGamers , Io , Imaginary , Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 , and Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 ; the series Waterloo Road , Wuthering Heights , Luck , New Worlds , The Walking Dead , Talking Dead , Prodigal Son , and Law & Order: Organized Crime ; and the made-for-tv movies Miss Marie Lloyd and Best: His Mother’s Son .
His brother is actor Will Payne. Tom is married to Swedish model, blogger, songwriter, and singer Jennifer Åkerman, with whom he has three children. Jennifer is the half-sister of Swedish-Canadian actress and model Malin Åkerman .
Tom’s paternal grandfather’s surname is Payne.
Tom’s paternal grandmother’s surname is Ames.
Tom’s maternal grandfather was chemist and industrialist Sir Austin Ernest Bide (the son of Ernest Arthur Bide and Eliza Young). Tom’s grandfather Sir Austin was born in Kensington, London, England, and was president of Glaxo, from 1973 to 1985, and chairman of British Leyland, from 1984 to 1986. Tom’s great-grandfather Ernest Bide, Lance Bombardier, Royal Garrison Artillery, was born in Woolwich, Kent, England, and died in WWI in 1918 in France.
Tom’s maternal grandmother was Irene Ward (the daughter of Ernest Auckland Ward and Sarah Yarranton). Irene was born in Islington, London, England. Sarah was the daughter of George Yarranton and Louisa Cooper.
Source: Obituary of Tom’s maternal grandfather, Sir Austin Ernest Bide – https://www.theguardian.com