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Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge

Actor · Born December 5, 1985 (40) · London, England, UK

Thomas Sidney Jerome Sturridge (born 5 December 1985) is an English actor. His early films include Being Julia (2004), Like Minds (2006), The Boat That Rocked (2009), and On the Road (2012). He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performances in Orphans (2013) and Sea Wall/A Life (2019). He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2016 for his performance in a West End revival of the play American Buffalo. Sturridge starred as Dream in the Netflix fantasy series The Sandman (2022–2025).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 5, 1985 (40)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28

What are Tom Sturridge's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
40%
Survival
18%
Power
14%
Bonds
10%
Society
6%
Morality
6%
Ideas
6%
Identity7 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 6 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 11 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 4 of 11 analyzed roles.

Shadow
4 of 11
Ally
2 of 11
Herald
2 of 11
Hero
2 of 11
Shapeshifter
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
11
Contemplative
9
Dread
4
Hopeful
6
Other
16

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet13
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tom Sturridge's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tom Sturridge's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

31 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Man I Love(2026)

    as Dennis

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Revisionist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Jacob Keller

  • The Wizard of the Kremlin(2025)

    as Dmitri Sidorov

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Chronology of Water(2025)

    as Devin

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Widow Clicquot(2023)

    as François Clicquot

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Sandman(2022)

    Show 23 episodes · as Morpheus / Dream

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Irma Vep(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Eamonn

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Nathan

  • Velvet Buzzsaw(2019)

    as Jon Dondon

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • 3 Way Junction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Carl

  • Sweetbitter(2018)

    Show 14 episodes · as Jake

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Hello Apartment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Adam

  • Journey's End(2017)

    as Hibbert

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Mary Shelley(2017)

    as Lord Byron

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Double Date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as John

  • Song to Song(2017)

    as BV's Brother

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Remainder(2015)

    as Tom

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Far from the Madding Crowd(2015)

    as Sergeant Francis Troy

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Effie Gray(2014)

    as Everett Millais

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Hollow Crown(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · as Henry VI

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • On the Road(2012)

    as Carlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Junkhearts(2011)

    as Danny

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Waiting for Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Will Donner

  • Pirate Radio(2009)

    as Carl

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Murderous Intent(2006)

    as Nigel Colbie

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Brothers of the Head(2005)

    as Barry Howe - Two-Way Romeo

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets(2005)

    as William Herbert

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Being Julia(2004)

    as Roger Gosselyn

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Vanity Fair(2004)

    as Older Georgy Osborne

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • FairyTale: A True Story(1997)

    as Hab, a Fairy

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Gulliver's Travels(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tom Gulliver

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles, 30 of them dated from 1996 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Pirate Radio (2009)

$36M worldwide

Highest rated

The Hollow Crown (2012)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

The Sandman (2022)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19962026

Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting31 of 31: 31 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s6 · acting2010s16 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 5% of 19 roles
970717

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Tom Sturridge's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

The Man I Love (2026)

94th percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Hollow Crown (2012)

Midcredits 89th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tom Sturridge's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles17–73 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity13 titles29–63 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles4–69 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles31–88 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles12–68 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tom Sturridge work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tom Sturridge's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sam Riley shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles