Thomas Nelstrop

Biography

An actor and comedian, Thomas plays Wesley in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. Last year he regularly popped up on ITV's comedy drama Honest as Detective Constable Harrison. He's recently filmed a pilot for Comedy Central with Jim Jeffries, and has also been commissioned to write and perform his own comedy project for the BBC. Thomas has appeared in several commercials including Aviva, Sony Ericsson, Ebay and Budweiser and the Mitchell and Webb Mac adverts. Other TV credits include Doctor Who, Eastenders, Arcadia (Talkback Thames), Genie in The House and Comedy Shuffle (BBC3), where his character Gustav Grippenschaaft was one of the hits of the last series. Film credits include, The Chemical Wedding (Focus Films) and A Fitting Tribute (Actaeon Films). This year Thomas will appear alongside Jon Culshaw in a major new sketch show for BBC1. Thomas trained as an actor at Rose Bruford College and since then has performed in two major UK theatre tours - Goodbye Gilbert Harding with Edward Woodward and English Touring Theatre's adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. No stranger to the live comerdy circuit, Thomas runs his own monthly show - Comedy Sleepover at the Albany with fellow performers Gemma Arrowsmith and Tom Golding. He recently launched two successful YouTube campaigns, receiving upwards of 40,000 views and major press attention for his spoof pop video "Preoccupied by the War". He is represented by PBJ Management.